Firefox3/StatusMeetings/2007-08-21

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Firefox 3 Meeting

Meeting Details

• Tuesdays - Firefox 3 - 11:00am Pacific, 2:00pm Eastern, 18:00 UTC
• Mozilla Building S - <script> conference room
• 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x91 Conf# 217 (US/INTL)
• 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 217 (US)
• irc.mozilla.org #granparadiso for backchannel

PRD Status Update

• Perma Links: Current PRD & Detailed Feature List & Firefox Next Requirements.
• Outstanding Change Requests to review.
• Install as a non-admin user on Vista - bug 370571
• Extension Options available in Application Options (ADD-002a and ADD-002a) - bug 384956 needs UX guidance.
• Distribution and Retention Requirements - if they are requirements please add them to the PRD

Open Action Items

• mkaply: please write a note that documents how to take advantage microformat
  • Microformats Howto
• ADD-003a needs bug 347585 implemented
  • underway: beltzner and mconnor currently arguing about whether or not it's necessary
• dolske: prepare feature plan template for security review by next meeting
  • See Wiki
  • DBaron/BZ for content interaction
  • DVeditz/Jesse for security experts
  • Toolkit peers for API & design
  • Public call for participation
• Decision about private browsing mode
• Addons Manager redesign (a la Personas)

Schedule

• Proposed Schedule
• Current BMO report for M8
• Shall we review the branch mechanics - overall plan and Short-term Plan?

Work in progress

• Web-based protocol handling (PH team)

• Microformats (mkaply)
  • Documented using the microformats code
  • Operator 0.8 has the sidebar so people can see what it would look like (released today)
  • Had some discussion about parser hooks on newsgroup/IRC - nothing added to bug

• Places (Places team)
  • 30 Blockers - some overlap with the UI bugs
  • UI implementation bugs - in-progress patches on:
    • organizer property pane
    • organizer menu/toolbar changes
    • saved searches
    • organizer search builder
    • bookmark thumbnails storage
    • location bar scope and perf improvements

• Download Manager (sdwilsh)
  • 3 Blockers for M8
  • 2 Wanted-Firefox3 for M8
  • bug 355554 File downloads should honor Vista's parent control setting landed (jimm)
  • bug 308073 Change default downloading folder in Windows Vista from Desktop to Downloads (jimm)
  • New UI landed - lots of work still ongoing

• Storage (sdwilsh)
  • bug 391697 add escapeStringForLIKE to mozIStorageStatement (seth). Anyone who uses LIKE and takes user input should be using this!!!

• Password Manager (dolske)

• Addons Manager (Rob Strong, Mossop, mwu)
  • Support displaying information about the update in the updater (ADD-003g) - Mossop is finishing this in bug 297903, going to be blocking on bug 102699
  • Started on Extension Options available in Application Options (ADD-002a and ADD-002a) - bug 384956 needs UX guidance.
  • Several polish fixes completed for Plugins management in Add-ons Manager (ADD-003e) - bug 391730 tracks the remaining work. Bugs exposed in about:plugins are not being tracked or worked on as part of this effort.
  • Add visual indication to browser UI when Add-on updates are available (ADD-003a) - at risk without bug 347585 being fixed.
  • Add permanent button for restarting Firefox (ADD-003b) - this has required several follwup fixes - I believe bug 392812 and bug 391414 are the last ones.
  • Remove extension whitelist from UI awaiting review bug 252830
  • Extensions targetting toolkit nearing completion bug 299716
  • Extension update security work nearly implemented bug 378216
  • Remainder depend on the Add-ons Manager redesign

• Security UI (johnath)
  • bug 341472 landed! No more "Warning! You're secure!" on default profiles.
  • Other work in patches awaiting review

• Distribution Reqs (dmills)

• Security, Privacy
  • Countermeasures for Java/plugin/extension vulnerabilities (disable, warn, offer updates) (SPI-003b) - still to do: additional blocklist backend work, user notification along w/ plugin finder, add-ons manager integration. bug 391731 tracks the remaining work but isn't up to date.

• User Experience
  • Take away 20 user experience bugs & n delightful UI features
    • mconnor to publish list and bugs to track this week
  • Theming/Visual Makeover
    • Still working on finding an icon designer for Windows/Linux.

Security Review

• Design Review Proposal
• Need to come up with schedule and process [Action: Window]
• Suggested order for review
  • Password Manager
  • Places
  • Web Content Handlers, Microformats & RSS
  • Add-Ons
  • Offline Apps
  • Cross-domain XMLHttpRequest
  • Distribution/Customization
  • ContentEditable
  • Private Browsing
  • Malware Protection

Release Notes

• Add your items to the current draft

QA Status/Topics

• Draft Fx 3 Test Plan wiki
• Daily Smoketests on nightly builds ran by Tiger Test Team.
• Testdays Fridays topics will concentrate focus on Firefox 3 features until RC1
• Crash reporter is broken on trunk. Bug 389131
• Testing, Verifying, Testing, Documenting, Testing...

Build Topics

• Status of ref platform for Windows, Mac & Linux [requirement for M8 release]

Round table

• Don't forget to add changes that may impact documentation to the Firefox 3 for developers page.
• reminder to use #granparadiso on IRC for discussion of milestone-releated deliverables, features, QA testing, etc; it's to be the defacto location for chatter regarding Gran Paradiso releases

Gecko 1.9 Meeting

Meeting Details

• Wednesdays - 11:00am Pacific, 2:00pm Eastern, 18:00 UTC
• Mozilla Building S - <script> conference room
• 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x91 Conf# 217 (US/INTL)
• 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 217 (US)
• join irc.mozilla.org #granparadiso for backchannel

General Discussion

• Mac Crashes of Late
• No Gecko 1.9 Meeting Next Week (On-Site)
• Sun Guys Visiting to Discuss DTrace and Probes during On-Site (Shebs)
• 'perf' keyword usage.
• Prioritize by complexity and duration.
• Next code freeze is Sept 5. Planned M8 Ship date: Sept 15. See The Firefox 3 Schedule
• Quick status on major regressions (if any) for the big landings for M7:
  • Cross Origin Wrappers
  • XSite XML HTTP Request
• 1.9 Approvals: Everything clear? Working? Frequent?

Blockers and Noms

Blockers report:

• Noms
• Blockers

GFX Update

• Progress Last Week
• Planned for This Week
• Issues/concerns:

Layout Update

• Progress Last Week
• Planned for This Week
• Issues/concerns:

Content Update

• Progress Last Week
• Planned for This Week
• Issues/concerns:
  • bug 199692 (implement document.elementFromPoint) changes behavior from a web point of view, adding a new API. The method is otherwise cross-browser, and all the browsers people care about already support it. The patch is mostly ready and partially approved at this point (may be totally ready/reviewed by meeting time), and it has a fair number of tests for various edge cases (XUL, anonymous content, generated content, etc.). Since this affects web behavior, if it's to be in 1.9 it will need approval to break the Gecko feature freeze.

Mac OS X Update

• Progress Last Week
  • Josh worked on focus patch, partially on vacation
  • Steven worked on various blockers
  • Stan worked on form widget printing
  • Colin worked on menu stuff
• Planned for This Week
  • Josh working on catch-up, reviews, and the focus bug (354768). Current patch breaks embedding.
  • Steven on vacation
  • Stan working on url type support for dnd and copy/paste (386790)
  • Colin working on menu stuff
• Issues/concerns:

Platform/Build Tools Update

• Fixed "make install" to use the same packaging system and manifests that we use for tarballs, and install an SDK that matches what we use for FF+XR builds

Release Notes

• Add your items to the current draft