This is a task list for the [[Content Processes|Electrolysis]] project, listing work areas, owners, mentors, etc. To volunteer for a project, please contact [mailto:benjamin@smedbergs.us?subject=Electrolysis%20Volunteer Benjamin Smedberg] == Core == {| border="1" cellpadding="3" width="100%"|- align="center"| '''Project'''| '''Owner'''| '''Mentor'''| '''Bug'''| '''ETA'''| '''Notes'''#REDIRECT {{CPTask| task=Statically check [[IPDL]] specs and C++ implementations| name=cjones| mentor=| bug=| ETA=| notes=}}{{CPTask| task=Dynamic fuzzinghttps:/checking of cross-process infrastructure| name=| mentor=bsmedberg| bug=| ETA=| notes=Fuzzing for bad data, closed sockets, crashed processes}}{{CPTask| task=[[IPDL/Unit test generation|Systematic dynamic checking of C++ code implementing IPDL protocols]]| name=robin_bb| mentor=cjones| bug={{bug|506303}}| ETA=| notes=It should be possible to generate pretty exhaustive unit tests from IPDL specsbugzilla...}}|} == Plugins == {| border="1" cellpadding="3" width="100%"|- align="center"| '''Project'''| '''Owner'''| '''Mentor'''| '''Bug'''| '''ETA'''| '''Notes'''{{CPTask| task=NPObject-over-IPC| name=paritosh| mentor=bent/josh| bug={{bug|516524}}| ETA=| notes=}}{{CPTask| task=Clean up plugin processes when we don't need them| name=bent| mentor=| bug=| ETA=| notes=Needed so we don't orphan processes on unit-test machines}}{{CPTask| task=NPStream implementation| name=bsmedberg| mentor=| bug=| ETA=15-Sep| notes=Mostly done. jgriffin is working on tests. Still need to implement plugin->browser streams.}}{{CPTask| task=windowless plugins (Win+Linux)| name=karlt/jmuizelaar| mentor=| bug=| ETA=| notes=Chromium experience is that synchronous drawing is unacceptably slow... they maintain pixel buffers and asynchronously ship pixels across}}{{CPTask| task=Mac plugin remoting (graphics work)| name=| mentor=josh| bug=| ETA=| notes=Experiments may be necessary}}|} == Mobile == {| border="1" cellpadding="3" width="100%"|- align="center"| '''Project'''| '''Owner'''| '''Mentor'''| '''Bug'''| '''ETA'''| '''Notes'''{{CPTask| task=Async canvas.drawWindow for remote content| name=joedrew| mentor=| bug={{bug|505847}}| ETA=| notes=Important for the Fennec UI}}{{CPTask| task=Forward mouse and keyboard events from the parent to the child| name=| mentor=| bug=| ETA=| notes=For the fennec canvasbrowser}}{{CPTask| task=Implement readonly remoting of preferences (nsIPrefService/nsIPrefBranch)| name=Tibor Mezei| mentor=bsmedberg| bug={{bug|506269}}| ETA=| notes=Relatively easy, good beginner project.}}{{CPTask| task=Remote all network access to the parent process| name=jduell/ehsan| mentor=jst/biesi| bug=| ETA=| notes=Need smaller subtasks!}}{{CPTask| task=Asynchronous and remote resolution of history queries| name=sdwilsh| mentor=bz| bug=| ETA=| notes=At least the asynchronous part should land on mozilla-central}}{{CPTask| task=IPDL/runtime support for shared-memory buffers| name=Rohit| mentor=cjones/bsmedberg| bug=| ETA=| notes=Probably needed to make networking and canvas.drawWindow efficient}}{{CPTask| task=Session history for remote tabs| name=| mentor=bz| bug=| ETA=| notes=Need to figure out what information the parent process/UI actually useorg/need}}{{CPTask| task=Clean up tab process(es) when we don't need it| name=fred23| mentor=bent| bug={{bug|512694}}| ETA=| notes=}}{{CPTask| task=Present prompts from the chrome process if necessary (not the content process)| name=| mentor=bsmedberg| bug=| ETA=| notes=There aren't significant security concerns with just presenting prompts other than the ability to DOS somebody in a loop, but this is probably a good place to do some thinking about the prompt architecture we actually want to end up withshowdependencytree.}}{{CPTask| task=[[Content Processes/JPW]]: RPC wrapper for JS objects| name=mrbkap| mentor=| bug=| ETA=| notes=This is for extension-compat eventually, but for now will be a crutch to get UI code working.}} |} == Firefox =cgi?id= {| borderelectrolysis&hide_resolved="1" cellpadding="3" width="100%"|- align="center"| '''Project'''| '''Owner'''| '''Mentor'''| '''Bug'''| '''ETA'''| '''Notes'''{{CPTask| task=Link targeting for remote tabs| name=bz| mentor=| bug=| ETA=| notes=}}{{CPTask| task=<browser> and <tabbrowser> basically working on remote tabs| name=| mentor=bz| bug=| ETA=| notes=May involve some significant rearch: data which is currently available synchronously will not be!}}{{CPTask| task=Refactor the Firefox context menu to work with remote tabs| name=dolske| mentor=| bug=| ETA=| notes=Events don't bubble through the content tabs the same way... will probably involve collecting necessary information on the child side and passing it to the chrome process in a trusted manner.}}{{CPTask| task=Implement find-in-page for remote tabs| name=Josh Matthews| mentor=bz| bug={{bug|514925}}| ETA=| notes=}}{{CPTask| task=Implement session restore for remote tabs| name=| mentor=| bug=| ETA=| notes=}}{{CPTask| task=Crash reporting + multiple processes| name=| mentor=ted| bug=| ETA=| notes=Breakpad has existing support for client/server exception handling that we're not currently using. This should fit perfectly here. (Also probably being used in Chromium.)}}{{CPTask| task=Multi-process dashboard| name=| mentor=| bug=| ETA=| notes=Shows CPU/memory usage/etc for tab and plugin processes}}{{CPTask| task=Form and password autofill| name=| mentor=| bug=| ETA=| notes=Needs careful security architecture!}}{{CPTask| task=Mac implementation of remote tabs| name=| mentor=josh| bug=| ETA=| notes=Or we could just use tilebrowser in Firefox, which means that the content process wouldn't draw directly to the screen}}|}
