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==Attendees==
==Attendees==
*  
* Larissa
* Laura
* Sylvestre
* Tarek
* Nick
* Matthew
* Dave
* Lara
* Toby
* Axel
* Rob


==Agenda==
== Agenda ==  
===Q4 Goals===
=== Q4 Goals ===  
(note that Larissa will add tracking bugs this week)
* Ship Hello as a system add-on.
* Ship Hello as a system add-on.
** yes! in progress!
* Convert another feature to system add-on (likely Pocket).
* Convert another feature to system add-on (likely Pocket).
** Laura to confirm with Mark Mayo
* Launch IdeaTown and the first Experiment on it.
* Launch IdeaTown and the first Experiment on it.
** Nick: doing that internally in Q4. ("big launch" at Orlando)
* Design and build out automation to begin shipping go-faster code updates.
* Design and build out automation to begin shipping go-faster code updates.
** scary, but we have a plan
* Ship security updates separately from trains.
* Ship security updates separately from trains.


=== Updates ===
=== Updates ===
* Updates per team:
* Client integration (Mossop/rhelmer)
** Client integration (Mossop/rhelmer)
** Blogged: http://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/2015/10/Delivering-Firefox-features-faster
** Build pipeline (JP/rhelmer)
** One or two patches still in progress
** IdeaTown (nchapman)
** Security review happened
** Updates (tarek)
** Next up is figuring out installing without restarts
** Fennec (rnewman)
 
* Build pipeline (JP/rhelmer)
** what does the build part of a system addon look like
** SF time week after next
* IdeaTown (nchapman)
 
* Updates (tarek)
** client not landed yet - some pending reviews related to performances
** we should have some news by the end of the week on this
** working on the next topics in the meantime : signing/verification
 
* Fennec (rnewman)
** getting close to downloadable content being ready, we need to make some changes to the hyphenation code in gecko
** engineer is also working on literally 6 other things at the same time
 
 
== Roundtable and Q&A ==
* Mossop's blog post: http://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/2015/10/Delivering-Firefox-features-faster


==Roundtable and Q&A==
* Mossop's blog post: [http://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/2015/10/Delivering-Firefox-features-faster http://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/2015/10/Delivering-Firefox-features-faster]
* Some MVP decisions for v1:
* Some MVP decisions for v1:
** Updates not to be restartless. (We'll do user research - Laura discussing with Madhava and Bill Selman - to figure out where to go from here.)
** Updates not to be restartless. (We'll do user research - Laura discussing with Madhava and Bill Selman - to figure out where to go from here.)
** Updates should not change strings, for v1.
** Updates should not change strings, for v1.
** We'll reuse existing build, l10n, and test infrastructure as much as possible.
** We'll reuse existing build, l10n, and test infrastructure as much as possible.
* Action: Laura to update the PRD to reflect current thinking

Revision as of 20:34, 6 October 2015

October 6, 2015

Meeting details

Attendees

  • Larissa
  • Laura
  • Sylvestre
  • Tarek
  • Nick
  • Matthew
  • Dave
  • Lara
  • Toby
  • Axel
  • Rob

Agenda

Q4 Goals

(note that Larissa will add tracking bugs this week)

  • Ship Hello as a system add-on.
    • yes! in progress!
  • Convert another feature to system add-on (likely Pocket).
    • Laura to confirm with Mark Mayo
  • Launch IdeaTown and the first Experiment on it.
    • Nick: doing that internally in Q4. ("big launch" at Orlando)
  • Design and build out automation to begin shipping go-faster code updates.
    • scary, but we have a plan
  • Ship security updates separately from trains.

Updates

  • Build pipeline (JP/rhelmer)
    • what does the build part of a system addon look like
    • SF time week after next
  • IdeaTown (nchapman)
  • Updates (tarek)
    • client not landed yet - some pending reviews related to performances
    • we should have some news by the end of the week on this
    • working on the next topics in the meantime : signing/verification
  • Fennec (rnewman)
    • getting close to downloadable content being ready, we need to make some changes to the hyphenation code in gecko
    • engineer is also working on literally 6 other things at the same time


Roundtable and Q&A

  • Some MVP decisions for v1:
    • Updates not to be restartless. (We'll do user research - Laura discussing with Madhava and Bill Selman - to figure out where to go from here.)
    • Updates should not change strings, for v1.
    • We'll reuse existing build, l10n, and test infrastructure as much as possible.
  • Action: Laura to update the PRD to reflect current thinking