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== Overview of Session == | |||
Title of Session | '''Title of Session:''' Firefox Stability Programs | ||
Subtitle: How we use crash statistics, telemetry, and other measures to improve the stability of Firefox and 3rd-party software | '''Subtitle:''' How we use crash statistics, telemetry, and other measures to improve the stability of Firefox and 3rd-party software | ||
Facilitator(s): Benjamin Smedberg (bsmedberg) | '''Facilitator(s):''' | ||
* Benjamin Smedberg (bsmedberg) | |||
* Robert Kaiser (kairo) | |||
Are you paid or volunteer staff?: | '''Are you paid or volunteer staff?:''' Paid | ||
Area of Contribution | '''Area of Contribution:''' | ||
* bsmedberg: Plugin and Stability and Such | |||
* kairo: Crashkill and crash statistics | |||
How are you currently involved with the community?: bsmedberg: | '''How are you currently involved with the community?:''' | ||
* bsmedberg: Module owner of XPCOM and embedding, peers of build config, bootstrap and profile management, and RDF, former l10n coordinator and engineer | |||
* kairo: Crashkill program manager, former German localizer, former Seamonkey product driver. | |||
Location of Work (where do you reside?): bsmedberg: Pennsylvania, US | '''Location of Work (where do you reside?):''' | ||
* bsmedberg: Pennsylvania, US | |||
* kairo: Austria, Europe | |||
Talk Length | '''Talk Length:''' 60 minutes | ||
Summary: | '''Summary:''' | ||
We use metrics from crashes and telemetry, as well as support, feedback, and external sources, to measure the stability of the Firefox product. This talk will explain the various elements of the stability/crashkill program: | We use metrics from crashes and telemetry, as well as support, feedback, and external sources, to measure the stability of the Firefox product. This talk will explain the various elements of the stability/crashkill program: | ||
* how crash statistics provide an overall picture of stability; | * how crash statistics provide an overall picture of stability; | ||
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* how new features such as the metrics data ping may provide additional statistical information on stability. | * how new features such as the metrics data ping may provide additional statistical information on stability. | ||
How your session furthers the MozCamp Goals | '''How your session furthers the MozCamp Goals''': | ||
* Educate community leaders in the EU community about how the stability programs work and discuss with them stability programs and other technical barriers to ongoing product adoption. | * Educate community leaders in the EU community about how the stability programs work and discuss with them stability programs and other technical barriers to ongoing product adoption. | ||
* Build the volunteer engineering and metrics community around crash and stability. | * Build the volunteer engineering and metrics community around crash and stability. | ||
Expected Outcome or Deliverable: | '''Expected Outcome or Deliverable:''' | ||
* General education and community understanding | * General education and community understanding | ||
* Recruit at least one new volunteer to aid with stability engineering, and one new volunteer to aid with stability metrics. | * Recruit at least one new volunteer to aid with stability engineering, and one new volunteer to aid with stability metrics. | ||
Desired Audience Type or Skill-set: | '''Desired Audience Type or Skill-set:''' | ||
This talk will be directed toward a moderately technical audience who may or may not have coding skill or statistical knowledge. | |||
Equipment Needs (Video projector already included): | '''Equipment Needs (Video projector already included): ''' | ||
No additional equipment needed | No additional equipment needed | ||
== To Be Completed by the Audience == | |||
If you would like, submit a Question for the Speaker(s) or indicate what | |||
information you hope to gain by attending this talk here: | |||
* <insert question here> | |||
Place your name here if you would like to attend this talk: | Place your name here if you would like to attend this talk: | ||
* <insert name here> | |||