Agenda

• Flightdeck
• SDK
  • SDK Q4 Goals
• Roundtable
  • (dcm) need a volunteer to present jetpack update at tomorrow's Fx Planning Meeting
  • (alex) l10n big picture
  • (dbuc) Builder as an app and the timing for transitioning to a JS-based SDK packager

Attendees

• ochameau
• ejpbruel
• myk
• ZER0
• jorgev
• dcm
• canuckistani
• krizsa
• dbuc
• wbamberg
• arron
• shorlander
• limi
• boriss
• warner
• mossop
• gozala

Minutes

FlightDeck

• release happening Wednesday
• nearly all of search goals met
• transition to frameworks complete

• will publish 2012 roadmap draft today
• includes high-level goals and actions
• includes rough estimates of dates

• this release includes the ability to mark addons as examples
• examples are called out in search UI, and you can filter based on them
• satisfies request by wbamberg

• SDK 1.4 release includes a new XPI layout
• piotr is going to take a look at the extent of changes
• SDK 1.4 ships on Tuesday, January 10
• FlightDeck should be ready for it by then

SDK

• Q4 goals
  • Build a prototype SDK that can build add-ons that use non-UI based features for Fennec
    • ZER0 has prototype based on 1.3, but it needs updating for 1.4
    • not sure we'll be able to finish that work this quarter
  • Build an API that developers can use to localise JS strings
    • ochameau should have patch for review this week
  • Create a plan for extending that API to allow localising HTML content
    • myk working on related subject: short-term solution for localizing HTML pages in SDK-based Firefox features
    • myk to take on this goal, although it is at risk
  • Create a new Add-on Tab API
    • gozala has split the work into several chunks, working on one of those at the moment
    • it should be on-track
  • Support community member(s) landing Prefs API
    • erikvold landed the patch, so the feature is done
    • it has received some testing to date, and erikvold has been responsive to bug reports
    • it needs lots of testing to make sure we stabilize it and ship a great feature
  • Make it no longer necessary to unpack/repack XPIs
    • warner knows what needs to be done
    • on track
  • Continue to release new versions of the SDK periodically with new features and bug fixes
    • SDK 1.3 released!
  • Land the platform support side of an IndexDB API to be ready for the developer-facing API in Q1
    • seems on track, one issue remains, krizsa should have patch soon
    • the time it takes to get review could be an issue

• myk to spin 1.4b1 today
• contact a driver if there's something you think should go into the beta

Roundtable

• UX team is doing a redesign that makes addons more core to the product
• to make it obvious how to extend firefox, add capabilities to the product, and uninstall addons
• UX team will write up what they're trying to accomplish over next couple of weeks and solicit jetpack team's input
• it will include both a grand vision and identifying steps to make progress iteratively

• we have existing plan to move widgets to navigation bar
• that work took a back seat to mobile support and l10n this quarter
• dcm will be in bay area next week to work on 2012 jetpack roadmap
• dcm will raise this during roadmap planning process

• we need a volunteer to present latest update at planning meeting tomorrow
• gozala to do it

• ochameau has posted an etherpad presenting the big picture for localization
• please give him feedback!

• any update on when we might implement a JS-based packager?
• we've previously talked about 2012 Q3/Q4
• no update, but we'll revisit the question after we update the jetpack roadmap