B2G/Meeting/2016-06-07

B2G Weekly Meeting

• Date: 2016-06-07
• Host: Ben Francis
• Notes copied to the wiki each week B2G/Meeting
• Meeting time: Tuesday, 9am Pacific

Announcements

Status Updates

Code Transition

• Upgrading to C++11 so we can keep B2G building
  • Bug 1276927 - Build B2G with modern C++11 compiler and STL
• Remaining blockers preventing pine merge into m-c (hoping to land them today)
  • Bug 1274295 - Meta blockers for merging pine to m-c
  • Bug 1252482 - Testing / Build Related Tasks

Porting

• Fairphone 2 build still blocked, Novski need some help to apply the patch
• Jovan worked on b2g installer signing bugs, 1 is currently reviewed
  • (thanks Jovan !)
• WIP port for Xperia Z2 tablet
• Ownership status of https://github.com/cm-b2g is in pending.

Documentation

• Working session last Thursday: https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/B2GOS-community/issues/19
• The FAQ need some review : B2G/Transition_Project/FAQ
• ongoing here: https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/b2g_faq_wiki
• MDN page has been change to remove the "transition phase" status
  • Change will be done on the wiki too after transition meeting
• B2G/Transition_Project will no longer be the "root page" > but still available, to have an history of the transition phase
• Current main page on wiki B2G

Governance

• Alberto Pastor was appointed as a new dialer peer
• Started updating & pruning the modules list

Communications

• Call for contribution now translated in 6 languages, with the addition of Korean last week
  • Spanish translation almost done
• A list of translators is (almost) done - to easily contact them later if needed B2G/Transition_Project/Working_Groups
• Manifesto: [Lapineige] I still have to write my proposal

Smartphone

• Dialer can make and receive calls, but only if the dialer is open
  • Bug 1277836 - Incoming calls are not received if the Dialer is not open

Smart TV

Firefox_OS/Smart_TV

• Working on 2.6 branches
  • https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gecko-b2g/tree/b2g48_v2_6
  • https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gaia/tree/v2.6
• All 2.6 major feature completed: (TV_2.6#FxOs_2.6_TV_key_features)
  • Remote Control
  • Enhanced browser UI
  • Smart Folder
• Tracked by meta bug in Bugzilla bug 1253245
• Feature Complete: 15th July 2016
• Code Complete: 1st September 2016

Tablet

Connected_Devices/Projects/Project_Tablet

• Project Tablet kicked off last week. Notes on Etherpad https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/tablet
• Working in gecko-tablet repo on GitHub https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gecko-tablet
• Build instructions on the wiki Connected_Devices/Projects/Project_Tablet#Building_the_Prototype
• Issues tracked on GitHub https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gecko-tablet/issues
• Designing a user study https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s6cpRldwbJZifxxrB65iBzHihrcMcteAyFIuu5x_8b0/edit?usp=sharing
• We plan to use the Sony Xperia Z2 tablet for the prototype, porting in progress

Round Table

• question from telegram group (Sai Karthik Karra): who holds the admin rights for github.com/cm-b2g
  • Maybe ask gerard-majax on IRC? Or Adam?
• Do we want to support more CM ports?
  • Yes. Has some breakage, need people to work on this
• Who is now working on the telephony porting? I would like to help
  • https://discourse.mozilla-community.org/t/help-on-the-dialer/8779
  • Any update? the thread is quite old
  • see the smartphone part above
  • Alberto ported over front end to chrome (albertopq)
  • Talk to Gabriele (gsvelto) about telephony APIs, have an idea to create a new telephony service to replace telephony API
• (Final) Monthly transition meeting: Thursday the 9th
  • https://discourse.mozilla-community.org/t/monthly-b2g-os-transition-meeting-2016-06-09/9120
  • Status of B2G OS, the working groups, and call for action
  • Reach out to Marvin Khoo to see if marketing can help