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Firefox 42 will not allow unsigned extensions

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288 points fernandotakai | 2 comments | 11 Aug 15 03:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.449s | source
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GeorgeOrr ◴[11 Aug 15 03:56 UTC] No.10039015[source]▶
It's important to note that the Developers Editions (and the Nightlys) will have a setting for disabling the requirement.

The assumption being that developers need to test as they develop. And are a more informed user.

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1. azakai ◴[11 Aug 15 04:25 UTC] No.10039080[source]▶
The link also says that there will be builds of normal (release) and beta Firefox that do not have this limitation, for those that want them.

(In addition to people always being able to recompile the browser with whatever modifications they want, of course.)

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2. rndgermandude ◴[12 Aug 15 04:03 UTC] No.10045945[source]▶
I was only commenting on the "trival build or not" part. You're right that there are plans to have official "unofficial" release and beta builds without signing requirements, but only for the en-US locale (yes, language packs exist, no, not every developer on Earth speaks English)