BMO/Roadmap 2014

BMO 2014 roadmap

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• [bz] Upstream Bugzilla
• [bmo] BMO Specific
• [p1] Most Important
• [p4] Least Important

API

• [bmo] [p1] bzapi compatibility extension
  • deprecating and decommissioning api-dev endpoint
• [bz] [p2] rest redesign
  • redesign endpoints, drawing heavily from bzapi's design
  • investigate using oauth with api-keys instead of user/pass

UI/UX

• [bz] [p3] responsive design
  • tables for layout --> divs
  • show_bug only
• [bz (framework) bmo (ext)] [p3] user roles / show_bug alternatives
  • required: responsive design
  • initially javascript to hide/show selected fields
• [bmo] [p3] complete sandstone (footer, etc)
• [bz] [p3] migrate from yui2 to yui3 or jquery
  • propose splitting the bug and work:
    • a line-for-line yui2 --> yui3 migration
    • then change to more modern js (csp, etc)
• [bz] [p4] show/edit mode
  • requires: responsive design
  • default to show
  • hide fields without values set
  • edit to show all fields
• [bz] [p4] markdown support
  • requires custom markdown library
  • limited markdown code only (no html, no image embedding)
  • glob has a functional POC
• migrate sandstone skin upstream, make default
  • split to match upstream css assets
  • replace mozilla branding
  • license?
  • retain skin specific header and footer, or rework all skins to use sandstone's html?

Performance

• [bz] [p1] memcached
• [bz] [p1] api throttling
  • required: memcache
  • cache REST requests with memcache
  • prevent too-frequent polling with identical requests, and accidental DDOS
  • a 5 minute cache of duplicate bzapi requests would have a 25% hit rate
• [bmo] [p2] standardise instrumentation
  • [p2] new relic integration
• [?] build standard system for logging
  • currently just write to apache's error log, access via syslog
  • need to log all api calls, which aren't currently visible (POSTs)
  • log to database table, in background process?
• [bmo] [p3] push notifications
  • pub/sub system (pulse and websockets)
  • just push the bug-id and delta-ts
• [bz] [p4] explore consolidation of stylesheets at checksetup time, minimising javascript
  • requires an "is development" setting in localconfig

Push BMO Customisations into Upstream Bugzilla

• [p1] inline history
• [p1] component watching
• [p2] securemail
• [p2] user activity report
  • needs a webservice endpoint
• [p2] patchreader
  • uninit warnings need to be resolved first
• [p3] profile.creation_ts
• [p3] administration reports and tools

Migrate Tools From Command Line Scripts To CGI

• create an "admin's toolbox"?
• [p4] project honeypot integration
• [p4] anti-spam

Community Engagement / Ecosystem

• migrate from bzr to git
• focus on documentation
• identify a point of contact for new contributors (mentors)
• reach out to known contributors
• clearly set expectations (code review times, etc)
• regular meetings with agendas and summaries
• code review guidelines, especially with regards to new contributors
• extensions and dashboards database
  • proper database app, with filters etc
• investigate migrating off mod_perl to fastcgi
  • revisit plack
• documentation
  • separation of documentation into target audiences (user guide, admin/install guide, hacking guide, api consumer guide)
  • hosting of both upstream and site specific docs