Labs/Jetpack/Weekly Meeting/2011-11-1

Agenda

• FlightDeck
• SDK
  • 1.3b2 status
  • development branch test failures
  • 1.1 -> 1.2 repack testing
• Roundtable
  • (dcm) Alex's l10n proposal Forum | blog post | bug 691782
  • reminder to become an AMO reviewer and try reviewing some addons
  • Slightly-less-ghetto-Sidebar-module is now a library you can use on Builder. The code adds your sidebar to each applicable window now, no auto-unload support yet though:
    • Sidebar library: https://builder.addons.mozilla.org/library/1023335/latest/
    • Sidebar usage example: https://builder.addons.mozilla.org/addon/1019415/latest

Attendees

• canuckistani
• wbamberg
• dcm
• mossop
• kwierso
• myk
• zer0
• jorgev
• warner
• dbuc
• arron

Minutes

FlightDeck

• first addon repack test run happened yesterday
• six addons failed to repack due to an issue with IDs
• -> dbuc to get clouserw to send IDs of failing addons to warner for analysis

• jinja template rewriting ahead of schedule
• new frontend framework integration on schedule
• new search stuff, other bug fixes being pushed to production tomorrow

• 1.3 repack testing can happen as soon as next week

• -> folks to test repacked addons today
• -> team to repack addons tomorrow if all goes well

SDK

1.3b2

• myk will spin 1.3b2 today
• many bug fixes have landed in the last week
• help myk decide what to cherry-pick by telling him which fixes should/shouldn't ship in 1.3

• FlightDeck could still use the ability to mark an addon as Builder-based
• -> warner to put together minimal fix today

test failures

• there have been lots of test failures in test automation recently
• consistent failures have been resolved, but there are still many intermittent failures
• too many/too frequent intermittent failures makes it hard to use test automation to validate changes
• check https://tbpl.mozilla.org/?tree=Jetpack&usetinderbox=1 after pushing changes
• help out with tracking down and resolving intermittent failures

repack process

• it's important for SDK developers to test the repack process
• even when we start repacking only Builder-based addons
• since Builder-based addons are also SDK-based addons
• and we need to make sure the process is the best possible experience for addon developers
• thus please test the results of the repack test run today

loader changes

• the original loader was overly flexible and generic, with a lot of extra options that we didn't use
• the new loader is mostly new, simpler, more specific code

• only respects the manifest, no longer does a runtime search of files in the XPI
• includes preliminary e10s support
• has @module syntax for loading special modules (f.e. @packaging)
• has internal module! syntax for using modules to load other modules

• addon developers should not see any changes
• sandboxes are being used in a slightly different way
• manifest has a litle more information than it did before
• `cfx test` builds XPIs with all the tests inside them
• no more XPCOM component, only bootstrapper
• will enable us to not unpack XPIs
• will enable us to fix "paths too long" issues

• -> warner to put together presentation about new startup flow

Roundtable

• note Alex's l10n proposal

• become an AMO editor and try reviewing some addons!

• Slightly-less-ghetto-Sidebar-module is now a library you can use on Builder

• we need a way to specify metadata about modules (in particular, what host apps they support)
• either in the package.json files for packages or, perhaps better, in the modules themselves
• not clear what is the best way to do so
• -> ZER0 to post suggestions

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