Firefox/Features/Add plugincheck functionality to Add-on Manager

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Status

Add plugincheck functionality to Add-on Manager
Stage	Planning
Status	`
Release target	Firefox 7
Health	Blocked
Status note	Blocked on finding an implementor, and possibly PFS2.

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Team

Product manager	Kev Needham
Directly Responsible Individual	Dave Townsend
Lead engineer	`
Security lead	`
Privacy lead	`
Localization lead	`
Accessibility lead	`
QA lead	Henrik Skupin
UX lead	Jennifer Boriss
Product marketing lead	`
Operations lead	`
Additional members	`

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Open issues/risks

• Determine where to retrieve latest plugin info from. Possibilities:
  • PFS2
  • New API provided by PluginCheck
  • PFS1

Stage 1: Definition

1. Feature overview

Integrate Plugin Check with installed plugins in the Add-ons Manager.

2. Users & use cases

• Plugin A is out of date. Vendor provides a link to an updated installer. Can download installer directly from Addons Manager.
• Plugin B is out of date. Vendor provides a link to a page that contains information on how to update. Can get to that page from the Addons Manager.
• Plugin C is out of date. SUMO has a support article on how to update it. Can get to that page from the Addons Manager.
• Plugin X is up to date. User sees this and is overcome with joy.

3. Dependencies

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4. Requirements

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Non-goals

• Installing and updating of all plugins via XPI hosted on AMO (long-term plan?).

Stage 2: Design

5. Functional specification

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6. User experience design

Stage 3: Planning

7. Implementation plan

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8. Reviews

Security review

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Privacy review

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Localization review

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Accessibility

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Quality Assurance review

Most (if not all) of this should be able to be automated with browser-mochitest tests and a fake PFS/PFS2 server.

Operations review

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Stage 4: Development

9. Implementation

Bug for this feature is bug 613305.

Intermediate step is to include a link to the PluginCheck page in the Addons Manager. See:

• Project page
• bug 656269

PFS2 may be a dependency.

Stage 5: Release

10. Landing criteria

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• • PFS2
  • New API provided by PluginCheck
  • PFS1

|Feature overview=Integrate Plugin Check with installed plugins in the Add-ons Manager. |Feature users and use cases=* Plugin A is out of date. Vendor provides a link to an updated installer. Can download installer directly from Addons Manager.

• Plugin B is out of date. Vendor provides a link to a page that contains information on how to update. Can get to that page from the Addons Manager.
• Plugin C is out of date. SUMO has a support article on how to update it. Can get to that page from the Addons Manager.
• Plugin X is up to date. User sees this and is overcome with joy.

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Intermediate step is to include a link to the PluginCheck page in the Addons Manager. See:

• Project page
• bug 656269

PFS2 may be a dependency. |Feature landing criteria=` }}

Feature details

Priority	P2
Rank	999
Theme / Goal	`
Roadmap	Plugin Interactions
Secondary roadmap	`
Feature list	Desktop
Project	`
Engineering team	Desktop front-end

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Team status notes

	status	notes
Products	tbd	`
Engineering	tbd	`
Security	tbd	`
Privacy	tbd	`
Localization	tbd	`
Accessibility	tbd	`
Quality assurance	tbd	`
User experience	tbd	`
Product marketing	`	`
Operations	`	`

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