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Re:Firefox 5 Beta is available for download by ZoFreX on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @08:54AM (#2579592)
I don't think it really counts as an "upgrade" if you opt-in to a beta.
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Re:Firefox 5 Beta is available for download by lurker19 on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @11:41AM (#2580259)
True, but unless FF adds a "re-version-tag my addons based on feedback from testers" feature, we will get bitten when FF5 final comes out and disables all existing deployed extensions.
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Re:Firefox 5 Beta is available for download by gmac on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @01:55PM (#2580842)
In actual fact, they've changed the process so this generally won't happen:

http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2011/04/19/add-on-compatibili...

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