App.update.channel
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Contents
Background
This preference determines what types of builds auto-updates will look for.
Possible values and their effects
The type of build you originally downloaded determines the default value of this pref, and is found in channel-prefs.js of the application directory. Software_Update#Update_channels_-_Advanced has more detailed description of these channels.
release
All final releases.
esr
Special release channel for extended support releases.
beta
Betas / release candidates (up to Gecko 2.0 also final releases).
aurora
Pre-beta
nightly
All nightly builds.
default
No updates are offered.
Caveats
- This preference can only be changed by editing "channel-prefs.js" in the application directory.
First checked in
Has an effect in
- Firefox (all versions since 1.5)
- Thunderbird (all versions since 1.5)
- SeaMonkey (all versions since 2.0)
