Details

• Time: Tuesday, 2012 July 3, 9:00 - 9:45am PT (16:00 - 16:45 UTC)
• Backchannel:
  • irc.mozilla.org #openwebapps
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  • "Mozilla Apps" Vidyo room
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  • Mountain View: 4K - Kung Fu
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Agenda

• Significant Updates
  • Implementing security changes to the manifest, tracker bug 768862:
    • Needs changes to be written up in the spec
    • Needs enforcement in WebRTs across desktop, android and b2g
    • Needs update to marketplace validator
    • Affects current platform work
  • Launching of apps within a desktop browser has landed - bug 772600
• Questions and Concerns
  • Concern - QA is blocked on bug 772363 - need input on how to test on each platform (desktop, android, b2g)
  • What differences exist in the app manifests used for Gaia apps vs. typical app manifests (i.e. what desktop & android install apps against)? Example manifest properties I see:
    • permissions
    • orientation
    • activities
    • attention_page
    • background_page
  • How does B2G make use of packaged apps?
  • Can any of the gaia apps be ran on desktop or android as well?
• Roundtable

Minutes

• Significant Updates
  • Implementing security changes to the manifest, tracker bug 768862:
    • Needs changes to be written up in the spec
    • Needs enforcement in WebRTs across desktop, android and b2g
    • Needs update to marketplace validator
    • Adding an app_home field (i. e., to show that a particular app is really a facebook app)
    • Affects current platform work
    • Note: not displaying permissions info at install time, only at runtime
  • Launching of apps within a desktop browser has landed - bug 772600
• Questions and Concerns
  • Concern - QA is blocked on bug 772363 - need input on how to test on each platform (desktop, android, b2g)
    • no simple answer yet; interested parties should talk to Lucas
    • Q: will packaged apps implementation land by July 20? A: No. Q: Still in scope for V1? A: Yes.
    • Mike Trese defining App update workflow now
  • What differences exist in the app manifests used for Gaia apps vs. Marketplace apps -- apparent differences:
    • expected: permissions, orientation
    • not expected: activities, attention_page, background_page
  • How does B2G make use of packaged apps?
    • NB: Prevent deletion of Marketplace app on B2G V1 [make it be a certified App?]
  • Can any of the gaia apps be ran on desktop or android as well?
• Roundtable
  • Prioritizing upcoming work on WebRT [ragavan]
    • Need support for trusted and certified apps on desktop and android
    • Need android WebRT to have parity with desktop WebRT
    • Need windows 8 support for WebRT
    • Enabling better discovery and install experiences -- leverage 100's of M's of desktop users to put apps on their phones; recommendations
    • Solving the bootstrap problem
    • Launching apps from dashboards, using intents, etc.
    • Developer support -- supporting multiple window apps; native windows

Actions

• Add fields to app manifest and spec for blocking items linked to tracker bug 768862 [anantn]
• Figure out how to track implementation of permissions enforcement [caitlin]
• Support new manifest fields in Mortar [wenzel]
• Caitlin to schedule meeting with Jason, Lucas about Packaged Apps
• Need to accept or reject "activities", "attention_page", "background_page" [anantn, dietrich]
• Investigate making Marketplace be a certified app on b2g so that it can't be deleted [clouserw, caitlin]