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'''''Project Candle is currently on hiatus. It may return in the future.''''' | |||
Project Candle aims to reduce the power consumption of Firefox (on desktop and mobile) and Firefox OS, in order to increase battery life for users on mobile devices. Some reductions in power consumption will also help improve performance, such as those that reduce CPU usage. | Project Candle aims to reduce the power consumption of Firefox (on desktop and mobile) and Firefox OS, in order to increase battery life for users on mobile devices. Some reductions in power consumption will also help improve performance, such as those that reduce CPU usage. | ||
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== Mailing list == | == Mailing list == | ||
'''''The mailing list still exists, but in practice nobody is posting to it for now.''''' | |||
The Project Candle mailing list is called [https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-power dev-power]. | The Project Candle mailing list is called [https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-power dev-power]. | ||
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== Bug tracking == | == Bug tracking == | ||
'''''Triage threads are not being performed at the moment, and "[Power]" whiteboard annotations are currently not being used.''''' | |||
Bugs are prioritized via periodic triage threads on the mailing list. The process is described in the section below. | Bugs are prioritized via periodic triage threads on the mailing list. The process is described in the section below. | ||
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== Bug triage process == | == Bug triage process == | ||
These threads will have a title such as "Project Candle bug triage (7th September 2015)". The triage manager | '''''The email-based triage process turned out to be flawed. The responsibility to write something substantive for every nominated bug was onerous. Synchronous meetings will likely be more effective.''''' | ||
These threads will have a title such as "Project Candle bug triage (7th September 2015)". The triage manager will initiate these threads, listing each bug, asking relevant questions, and suggesting priorities. | |||
The primary purpose of these threads is to get eyes on bugs that have been marked with the "[Power]" whiteboard marking and to triage them. If we can also find people to do further investigation and/or assign themselves to a bug, even better, though that is not expected to happen with every bug. | The primary purpose of these threads is to get eyes on bugs that have been marked with the "[Power]" whiteboard marking and to triage them. If we can also find people to do further investigation and/or assign themselves to a bug, even better, though that is not expected to happen with every bug. | ||