B2G/Meeting/2016-06-07
B2G Weekly Meeting
- Date: 2016-06-07
- Host: Ben Francis
- Notes copied to the wiki each week B2G/Meeting
- Meeting time: Tuesday, 9am Pacific
Announcements
Status Updates
Code Transition
Upgrading to C++11 so we can keep B2G building
- Bug 1276927 - Build B2G with modern C++11 compiler and STL
Remaining blockers preventing pine merge into m-c (hoping to land them today)
- Bug 1274295 - Meta blockers for merging pine to m-c
- Bug 1252482 - Testing / Build Related Tasks
Porting
Fairphone 2 build still blocked, Novski need some help to apply the patch Jovan worked on b2g installer signing bugs, 1 is currently reviewed
- (thanks Jovan !)
WIP port for Xperia Z2 tablet Ownership status of https://github.com/cm-b2g is in pending.
Documentation
Working session last Thursday: https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/B2GOS-community/issues/19 The FAQ need some review : B2G/Transition_Project/FAQ
- ongoing here: https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/b2g_faq_wiki
MDN page has been change to remove the "transition phase" status Change will be done on the wiki too after transition meeting
- B2G/Transition_Project will no longer be the "root page" > but still available, to have an history of the transition phase
Current main page on wiki B2G
Governance
- Alberto Pastor was appointed as a new dialer peer
- Started updating & pruning the modules list, will migrate the page so that it reflects the new name of the project
Communications
Call for contribution now translated in 6 languages, with the addition of Korean last week
- Spanish translation almost done
A list of translators is (almost) done - to easily contact them later if needed: B2G/Transition_Project/Working_Groups Manifesto: [Lapineige] I still have to write my proposal
Smartphone
Dialer can make and receive calls, but only if the dialer is open
- Bug 1277836 - Incoming calls are not received if the Dialer is not open
Smart TV
Working on 2.6 branches
- https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gecko-b2g/tree/b2g48_v2_6
- https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gaia/tree/v2.6
All 2.6 major feature completed: (TV_2.6#FxOs_2.6_TV_key_features)
- Remote Control
- Enhanced browser UI
- Smart Folder
Tracked by meta bug in Bugzilla bug 1253245 Feature Complete: 15th July 2016 Code Complete: 1st September 2016
Tablet
Connected_Devices/Projects/Project_Tablet
- Project Tablet kicked off last week. Notes on Etherpad https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/tablet
- Working in gecko-tablet repo on GitHub https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gecko-tablet
- Build instructions on the wiki Connected_Devices/Projects/Project_Tablet#Building_the_Prototype
- Issues tracked on GitHub https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gecko-tablet/issues
- Designing a user study https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s6cpRldwbJZifxxrB65iBzHihrcMcteAyFIuu5x_8b0/edit?usp=sharing
- We plan to use the Sony Xperia Z2 tablet for the prototype, porting in progress
Round Table
question from telegram group (Sai Karthik Karra): who holds the admin rights for github.com/cm-b2g
- Maybe ask gerard-majax on IRC? Or Adam?
Do we want to support more CM ports?
- Yes. Has some breakage, need people to work on this
Who is now working on the telephony porting? I would like to help
- https://discourse.mozilla-community.org/t/help-on-the-dialer/8779
- Any update? the thread is quite old
- see the smartphone part above
- Alberto ported over front end to chrome (albertopq)
- Talk to Gabriele about telephony APIs, have an idea to create a new telephony service to replace telephony API
(Final) Monthly transition meeting: Thursday the 9th
- https://discourse.mozilla-community.org/t/monthly-b2g-os-transition-meeting-2016-06-09/9120
- Status of B2G OS, the working groups, and call for action
- Reach out to Marvin Khoo to see if marketing can help