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Re:Firefox 42 will not allow unsigned extensions by soapdog on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @10:31AM (#10041297)
You can sign the addons and distribute it on other channels. If you want to have it on AMO then it takes a while to review. The process is done by volunteers
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Re:Firefox 42 will not allow unsigned extensions by e1ven on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @10:51AM (#10041461)
This is one of the things which is frustrating about Mozilla. I love that they stand for open protocols, free software and user privacy, but I don't love what they prioritize.

Reviewing extensions is critical to their user-experience. If this really doesn't have an team of paid staffers, that's unfortunate.

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Re:Firefox 42 will not allow unsigned extensions by soapdog on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @03:15PM (#10043618)
It has paid staff and volunteers. More volunteers than paid staff IIRC. Reviewing stuff correctly takes time :-( sorry.

This can be mitigated by having more volunteers (or paid staff (or both)) to help though.

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