Oxymoronical » status http://stage.oxymoronical.com Spouting nonsense from the depths of my spare time Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:15:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Mossop Status Update: 2011-10-29 http://stage.oxymoronical.com/blog/2011/10/Mossop-Status-Update-2011-10-29 http://stage.oxymoronical.com/blog/2011/10/Mossop-Status-Update-2011-10-29#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 09:50:23 +0000 Mossop http://www.oxymoronical.com/?guid=e2f4f8c227014e46aac320cf1efb18cb

Done:

  • Implemented a number of performance fixes for mobile (bug 696141 and dependents)
  • Reviewed more of the default to compatible work
  • Basic implementation for add-on hotfix (bug 694068)
  • Landed the final third-party add-on patches on aurora and beta
  • Product planning meeting for Firefoxes 8, 9 and 10

Next:

  • Finish the add-on hotfix work
  • Various HR stuff
  • Start planning Jetpack work week
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Done:

  • 7.0.1 Post Mortem
  • Hotfix planning work
  • Understanding the new mobile architecture
  • Problems with third party add-ons in Firefox 8
  • Default to compatible planning
  • Final draft of Q4 goals

Next:

  • Update module description for the Jetpack module
  • Fix third-party add-on detection problems
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Done:

  • Worked with the team to fix the version number problems with the last repacks
  • Security reviews for embedded add-on preferences and showing performance information to users
  • Working on Q4 goals for the team

Next:

  • Finalize Q4 goals
  • Update module description for the Jetpack module
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Done:

  • Worked with the Jetpack drivers to come up with a new way to prioritise bugs
  • Talked over issues with add-on compatibility and version upgrades
  • Helped prepare a test plan for SDK repacks
  • Killed most of my review queue

Next:

  • Try to clear anything that is blocked on me before my vacation
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Done:

  • Regular bug triage (epic bug triage deferred)
  • Tinkering with the Bugzilla APIs
  • Cleared out my inbox and review queues

Next:

  • Formalise priorities for the Jetpack team

Next week I'll probably be in and out randomly as relatives and friends are going to be in town

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Done:

  • Landed UI to allow users to check they have the add-ons they want on next upgrade (bug 596343)
  • Landed UI to allow users to confirm that they want third-party add-ons before they are enabled (bug 476430)
  • E10S planning

Next:

  • Fix test failures on aurora
  • Mobile planning
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Done:

  • Tidying up the loose ends of things still in progress
  • Cleaned out my review queue
  • Work on simulating nsIFile enough to emulate filesystem failures while installing add-ons (bug 653835)
  • Trying to test some weird edgecases for softblocking (bug 648599)
  • Fixing some issues with page history when custom add-on types are removed (bug 595848)
  • Trying to figure out how to manage my time better (again)

Next:

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Done:

  • Partied in Vegas
  • Evaluated an issue with softblocking and have it mostly tested and fixed (bug 648599)
  • Meetings meetings meetings

Next:

  • Land the softblocking fixes before the branch
  • Work out what we still need to decide for the third party add-on blocking
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Done:

  • Mostly finished the patch for extending the add-ons manager after a few API changes
  • Got the new compatibility UI working and looking ok on Windows and OSX

Next:

All hands, woo \o/

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Done:

  • Landed some fixes for Firefox 5
  • Improvements to the custom protocol to make displays nicer
  • Updating the patch to extend the add-ons manager, mostly complete
  • Replacement compatibility wizard is near complete

Next:

  • Sort out a list of high impact yet low risk things that we can take for Firefox 5
  • Land the patch for extending the add-ons manager
  • Get the compatibility wizard ready for review
  • Get the new protocol handler in some sort of feedback-ready state
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