"byUser" parameter in permissions.onAdded / permissions.onRemoved

[Bazooka_Tano]

Users can toggle an extension's optional permissions in about:addons

Problem:
They can disable a permission the extension currently needs, or enable a permission it currently doesn't need.

When a user does this, it would be great if the extension could warn him.
All the extension needs for this are permissions.onAdded and permissions.onRemoved listeners.

Problem:
The listeners know which permissions were added/removed, but they dont know who added/removed the permissions.

• the user in about:addons
• the extension with permissions.remove() or permissions.request()

Suggestion:
Add a "byUser" parameter to the listener signatures.

• old:
  function permissionsOnAddedListener(permissions: permissions.Permissions) {}
• new:
  function permissionsOnAddedListener(permissions: permissions.Permissions, byUser: boolean) {}

[Jon]

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