Firefox3/StatusMeetings/2007-08-07

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Firefox 3 Meeting

Meeting Details

• Tuesdays - Firefox 3 - 11:00am Pacific, 2:00pm Eastern, 18:00 UTC
• Mozilla Building S - <script> conference room
• 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x91 Conf# 217 (US/INTL)
• 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 217 (US)
• irc.mozilla.org #granparadiso for backchannel

PRD Status Update

• Perma Links: Current PRD & Detailed Feature List & Firefox Next Requirements.
• Outstanding Change Requests to review.
• Install as a non-admin user on Vista - bug 370571

Open Action Items

• mkaply: please write a note that documents how to take advantage microformat
• ADD-003a needs bug 347585 implemented
  • underway: beltzner and mconnor currently arguing about whether or not it's necessary
• dolske: prepare feature plan template for security review by next meeting
  • See Wiki
  • DBaron/BZ for content interaction
  • DVeditz/Jesse for security experts
  • Toolkit peers for API & design
  • Public call for participation
• Decision about private browsing mode
• Addons Manager redesign (a la Personas)

Schedule

• Proposed Schedule
• Current BMO report for M8
• Shall we review the branch mechanics - overall plan and Short-term Plan?

Work in progress

• Web-based protocol handling
  • Back end on track
  • Front end work looks to be long pole
  • Less risk than previously believed
• Microformats (mkaply)
  • UI nailed down. Starting to look at that effort.
  • Parser basically done. Need to document how people can take advantage of it (per last week)
  • Still need some folks thinking about parser integration for microformats.
• Places (Places team)
  • 50 M8 blockers (view)
  • UI bugs tagged with "places-ui" (view)
• Download Manager (sdwilsh)
  • (sdwilsh) UI rewrite (bug 388517) pending review (mano)
  • (jimm) Parental controls (bug 355554) pending review (gavin)
  • (robarnold) Virus Scanning (bug 103487) pending review (gavin)
  • (dmose) SoC update (bug 377243)
• Storage
  • updated SQLite to v3.4.1
• Password Manager (dolske)
  • Working on patches for M8
• Addons Manager (Rob Strong, Mossop, mwu)
  • ADD-003e - Unify add-ons management system and add plugin management system. Will be reviewed today.
  • ADD-003j - Support add-on conflict resolution - design to be reviewed this week.
• Identity UI (johnath)
• Cert Errors (johnath)
• Distribution Reqs
• User Experience
  • Take away 20 user experience bugs & n delightful UI features
  • Themeing/Visual Makeover

Security Review

• Design Review Proposal
• Need to come up with schedule and process [Action: Window]
• Suggested order for review
  • Password Manager
  • Places
  • Web Content Handlers, Microformats & RSS
  • Add-Ons
  • Offline Apps
  • Cross-domain XMLHttpRequest
  • Distribution/Customization
  • ContentEditable
  • Private Browsing
  • Malware Protection

Release Notes

• Add your items to the current draft

QA Status/Topics

• Draft Fx 3 Test Plan wiki is now available.
• Alpha 7 shipped. Test results

Build Topics

• Status of ref platform for Windows, Mac & Linux [requirement for M8 release]

Localization Topics

• First l10n builds with M8. If we do so, it will increase total build time. Will the strings be frozen by then? or at least slushy?

Round table

• Don't forget to add changes that may impact documentation to the Firefox 3 for developers page.
• reminder to use #granparadiso on IRC for discussion of milestone-releated deliverables, features, QA testing, etc; it's to be the defacto location for chatter regarding Gran Paradiso releases
• when is the best time to land the next sqlite upgrade? (still a little bit of work to do before that becomes trivial)

Gecko 1.9 Meeting

Meeting Details

• Wednesdays - 11:00am Pacific, 2:00pm Eastern, 18:00 UTC
• Mozilla Building S - <script> conference room
• 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x91 Conf# 217 (US/INTL)
• 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 217 (US)
• join irc.mozilla.org #granparadiso for backchannel

General Discussion

• Mac Crashes of Late
• No Gecko 1.9 Meeting Next Week (On-Site)
• Sun Guys Visiting to Discuss DTrace and Probes during On-Site (Shebs)
• 'perf' keyword usage.
• Prioritize by complexity and duration.
• Next code freeze is Sept 5. Planned M8 Ship date: Sept 15. See The Firefox 3 Schedule
• Quick status on major regressions (if any) for the big landings for M7:
  • Cross Origin Wrappers
  • XSite XML HTTP Request
• 1.9 Approvals: Everything clear? Working? Frequent?

Blockers and Noms

Blockers report:

• Noms
• Blockers

GFX Update

• Progress Last Week
• Planned for This Week
• Issues/concerns:

Layout Update

• Progress Last Week
• Planned for This Week
• Issues/concerns:

Content Update

• Progress Last Week
• Planned for This Week
• Issues/concerns:

Mac OS X Update

• Progress Last Week
  • Josh worked on focus patch, partially on vacation
  • Steven worked on various blockers
  • Stan worked on form widget printing
  • Colin worked on menu stuff
• Planned for This Week
  • Josh working on catch-up, reviews, and the focus bug (354768). Current patch breaks embedding.
  • Steven on vacation
  • Stan working on url type support for dnd and copy/paste (386790)
  • Colin working on menu stuff
• Issues/concerns:

Platform/Build Tools Update

• Fixed "make install" to use the same packaging system and manifests that we use for tarballs, and install an SDK that matches what we use for FF+XR builds

Release Notes

• Add your items to the current draft