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If Developer and Beta are both 55b2, what's the point of having the two separate channels any longer?
by JohnTHaller 9y ago
If Developer and Beta are both 55b2, what's the point of having the two separate channels any longer?
- blacksmith_tb 9y agoI think Mozilla may want to encourage non-devs to beta test. And/or us users of the Dev Edition are a captive audience, willing (maybe even eager) to beta test, while still wanting the (extra) dev tools.
- callahad 9y agoThe underlying engine is the same as in Beta, but the product itself is built with different flags, default settings, and other features. For example, add-on signing is optional in Developer Edition, so it's better suited for developing Firefox add-ons than Beta. Similarly, we may ship new versions of the DevTools into DevEdition before they're ready for the broader Release population.
- JohnTHaller 9y agoAh, forgot about the add-on signing. Having Dev Tools tests makes sense, too.