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		dblohm7 on Nov 17, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Firefox 57.0 Released Legacy extensions were not an API: http://dblohm7.ca/blog/2015/08/30/on-webextensions/ Nor were they userspace: http://dblohm7.ca/blog/2017/11/16/legacy-firefox-extensions-...

qplex on Nov 22, 2017 [–]

Sure, to be pedantic about it, but the point of "not breaking userspace" is not a technical nitpick on browser extensions.

It's the guideline from Linus and for a good reason. It's impossible to base work on shifting sands.

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