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<small>[[Firefox2/StatusMeetings/2006-02-14|<< previous week]] | [[Firefox2/StatusMeetings|index]]</small> | <small>[[Firefox2/StatusMeetings/2006-02-14|<< previous week]] | [[Firefox2/StatusMeetings|index]] | [[Firefox2/StatusMeetings/2006-02-28|next week>>]]</small> | ||
= In Attendance = | = In Attendance = | ||
autonome, axel, beltzner, ben, brettw, bsmedberg, darin, gavin, jhughes, markp, mconnor, schrep | |||
= Agenda = | = Agenda = | ||
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= Alpha 1 Status = | = Alpha 1 Status = | ||
== Features == | == Features == | ||
* Places infrastructure (performance, stability, toolbar drag & drop) | * '''Places infrastructure (performance, stability, toolbar drag & drop)''' | ||
* Undo Close Tab | ** ben: turned it on, turned it off again | ||
* Tab Overflow | ** ben: eight issues remaining, some small, some more significant; wary of not getting at least a week's worth of nightlies before shipping the alpha. Quick triage showed that there are 4-5 things that can be fixed within 24 hours or so, and another 4 that are more elaborate. | ||
* Extension Blacklisting | ** brett: a bunch of performance things can be fixed this week, and we've got a fix for some of the character loss. Haven't looked at the file size issue yet. I have some ideas how to fix the journal corruption bug. | ||
* Extension Dependencies | *** schrep: how many of these issues were identified as a result of turning it on? | ||
* Search Plugin Format Changeover (with sherlock import) | *** ben: a lot of it was regression discovery | ||
* Spell-As-You-Type (english only) | *** brettw: some of it was that we knew performance was bad, so it's a little surprising that one of the reasons we turned it off was related to that (specifically the pageload time and perhaps the file size) | ||
* Instrumentation Infrastructure | ** schrep: so, net-net on time to resolve known issues before we can turn it back on? | ||
* RSS parser | *** ben: I'm hesitant to say anything or speak for brettw, so I don't know. It depends on what content you want to have for alpha1. | ||
* RSS content detection (?) | *** annie: I would rather see the UI tweaks go in first | ||
*** ben: at the very least, regardless of A1/A2 targeting, it needs to be turned on for nightly testing ASAP. | |||
*** beltzner: I think that it's very useful to have the backend changes in place for Alpha 1 if it's going to be a developer preview, and to let the UI change radically for the second alpha which we can open up to a wider range | |||
** schrep: do we think we can get it turned back on in nightlies by next week? | |||
*** brettw: yes, although I haven't looked at the journalling stuff | |||
** schrep: so, reading backwards, soonest we could do A1 is Fri, Mar 3rd, assuming we put Places on early next week. But this date isn't a high confidence date. | |||
*** brettw: any reason we can't get Places turned back on thursday morning? | |||
*** annie: does it make sense to wait for a11y or l10n? | |||
*** schrep: doesn't seem to if what we're saying is that the UI will change dramatically. | |||
* '''Undo Close Tab''' | |||
** ready for review | |||
* '''Tab Overflow''' | |||
** work in progress, eta Thursday | |||
* '''Extension Blacklisting''' | |||
** ready | |||
* '''Extension Dependencies''' | |||
** ready | |||
* '''Search Plugin Format Changeover (with sherlock import)''' | |||
** needs review from ben/mconnor, but ready otherwise | |||
* '''Spell-As-You-Type (english only)''' | |||
** not ready; been bogged down with Places work | |||
* '''Instrumentation Infrastructure''' | |||
* '''RSS parser''' | |||
* '''RSS content detection (?)''' | |||
== Blockers == | == Blockers == | ||
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** currently set at 1.6a, should it be 2.0a? | ** currently set at 1.6a, should it be 2.0a? | ||
** beltzner needs to file patch to set branding to "Bon Echo" | ** beltzner needs to file patch to set branding to "Bon Echo" | ||
** need to flip switch on branch tinderboxen to use unofficial branding once Bon Echo change lands | |||
== Release Requirements == | == Release Requirements == | ||
* time | * Typical RC/Beta release is 4 business days (includes time for packaging, basic smoke testing, and configuring the update channels). | ||
= Status Updates = | = Status Updates = | ||
== Places == | == Places == | ||
* A2/B1 list is growing, needs to be rebalanced to create good estimates | |||
* '''action:''' set up meeting for late next week (ben, schrep, mconnor?) to reset milestone targets and get solid date estimates? | |||
* UI documentation is being updated on the wiki and should be finalized by the end of the week | |||
== Tabbed Browsing == | == Tabbed Browsing == | ||
''mconnor will update shortly'' | |||
* Undo Close Tab will be posted for review shortly | |||
* Tab overflow is in progress, spec done, will have patch by Thursday at the latest | |||
* Will blog browsermessage API changes by the end of the week | |||
== Extension Manager Enhancements == | == Extension Manager Enhancements == | ||
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* Extension Update Notification - need to rethink the how we are going to provide notification - on startup is problematic due to requiring a check for only items that haven't been notified in a previous notification (e.g. avoiding notification on each startup). [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307358 Bug 307358] | * Extension Update Notification - need to rethink the how we are going to provide notification - on startup is problematic due to requiring a check for only items that haven't been notified in a previous notification (e.g. avoiding notification on each startup). [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307358 Bug 307358] | ||
* Extension Manager UI - if I have time I am planning on a few changes to the ui. Will get with beltzner. | * Extension Manager UI - if I have time I am planning on a few changes to the ui. Will get with beltzner. | ||
* rob_strong: we might not want to use preferences to control the blacklist as a malicious extension could simply override that preference | |||
** ben: yeah, no matter where you keep that, I'm guessing that an extension could overwrite it | |||
** schrep: so would you want to not have it configurable at all? | |||
** rob_strong: I'm not sure if locked prefs work anymore or not, or a config file (that idea doesn't seem right, though). It's just something to keep in mind. | |||
== Installer == | == Installer == | ||
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**Are parameters hardcoded in the search plugin file sufficient for a1? | **Are parameters hardcoded in the search plugin file sufficient for a1? | ||
* discuss Namespace/OpenSearch-support (Axel) | * discuss Namespace/OpenSearch-support (Axel) | ||
** axel: do we want to avoid the opensearch namespace? | |||
** mconnor: this is an internal format only | |||
** bsmedberg: why does it matter? | |||
** axel: it matters because searchplugins will tend to make errors one way or another; the question is how strict we do the parsing. I don't think we shouldn't be mixing namespaces for no good reason. | |||
** bsmedberg: any reason this can't be brought up offline w/gavin as a bug or discussion on the wiki? this doesn't seem like an issue for this larger group. | |||
== Visual Refresh == | == Visual Refresh == | ||
* updated wiki documentation with requirements | |||
* opening up discussion via blog entries and posts in dev-apps-firefox@lists.mozilla.org this week | |||
== Platform Uplift == | == Platform Uplift == | ||
* SVG <code>textPath</code> has a patch for the branch in [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=327539]. Need to figure out what the test plan looks like, but it looks like we're in good shape here. | * SVG <code>textPath</code> has a patch for the branch in [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=327539]. Need to figure out what the test plan looks like, but it looks like we're in good shape here. | ||
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== Inline Spell Check == | == Inline Spell Check == | ||
* licensing issues still open: | |||
** english is being shipped with thunderbird, so it should be fine | |||
** l10n are GPL or LGPL, so we can't ship without extra work | |||
** axel: gerv is thinking about the topic as well | |||
== Instrumentation / Exit Surveys == | == Instrumentation / Exit Surveys == | ||
* Decided on XML data format with bzip2 compression for uploading user event logs | |||
* Client and server work ongoing | |||
* Tracking bug for enabling feature in alpha 2: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=328064 | |||
== Session Saver == | == Session Saver == | ||
* Using a modified JS XPCOM service from the CrashRestore extension, working on getting it hooked up to bon echo. | * Using a modified JS XPCOM service from the CrashRestore extension, working on getting it hooked up to bon echo. | ||
== Branding & Update Systems == | == Branding & Update Systems == | ||
no update | |||
== RSS == | == RSS == | ||
no update | |||
== Offline mode / better use of cache == | == Offline mode / better use of cache == | ||
Christian suggested a better overall solution for {{bug|189570}}, but I may still go with my solution for now. I plan on landing something this week. --Darin | |||
== Anti-Phishing == | == Anti-Phishing == | ||
* darin: fritz only has three weeks left so we're looking to move on this sooner rather than later | |||
** beltzner: we should make sure cbeard gets in touch with you before we decide what goes in the product, as we're looking at a variety of solutions and priorities | |||
** darin: sure, but there's no point in not landing this on trunk now | |||
** bsmedberg: absolutely, that's the right way to go | |||
** beltzner: I didn't mean to say that it wasn't, just that I felt that you should know that cbeard has issues around this and you should talk to him | |||
** darin: OK, well, get him to get in touch with us sooner rather than later, since I don't see why we can't do this in parallel | |||
** '''action:''' cbeard to get in touch with darin | |||
== EULA == | == EULA == | ||
no update | |||
== Performance == | == Performance == | ||
no update | |||
= Other Business = | = Other Business = | ||
* darin: there is some work being done for CJK issues by jshin (Junshik Shin) that might be available for Alpha 2. See {{bug|162361}}. | |||