Firefox3/StatusMeetings/2007-08-28

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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)

• Places (Places team)
  • 25 Blockers - some overlap with the UI bugs
  • UI implementation bugs

• Download Manager (sdwilsh)
  • 3 Blockers for M8
  • 2 Wanted-Firefox3 for M8

• Storage (sdwilsh)

• Password Manager (dolske)

• Addons Manager (Rob Strong, Mossop, mwu)

• Security UI (johnath)

• Distribution Reqs (dmills)

• Security, Privacy

• 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, Focused Area testing, and monitoring nightly checkins 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...

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

• Goals

Blockers and Noms

Blockers report:

• Stacked Blockers
• 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:

Release Notes

• Add your items to the current draft