Labs/Jetpack/Weekly Meeting/2011-09-06

Agenda

• dcm: Usage update
• FlightDeck Updates
• SDK 1.1 Status
• Bugs Update
  • Wes: I'd like some API feedback on the patch in Bug 682631 from myk. If the API gets locked in, I can try converting the SDK modules to use the new async read soon after it lands.
    • If anyone knows how to search the SDK for modules that currently use the sync read method, that'd be handy!
  • Wes: Lots of bugs still in the 1.1 milestone... What's the plan for these?
    • Should we get them moved this week before the All Hands eats our time?
  • Wes: Would ejpbruel know offhand if his e10s prototype work would affect the documentation being added in bug 661423? In what ways?
• Roundtable
  • Wes: Bug dashboard update
    • It can now filter by filed/modified dates.
    • If you put an email address in the textbox, dashboard will only show bugs that have some relationship to that email address (filed by, assigned to, patch from, request to/from, etc) will be listed.
      • Still need to get the list to show which of those relationships applies to the specific bugs...
      • This would speed up the request by narrowing the search, but I have to include all bugs because I can't filter the attachment/patch relationships in the initial request...
    • Page script now uses HTML5 history API to create/modify history entries for every time you do a new request. (Back/forward should redraw the chart/tables from the stored state!)
  • Jeff: Workshops update
    • On the schedule for All-hands, need to prioritize workshop content
    • 29/100 registrations for London!
    • Waiting on CHM for final date for MV workshop, looks like the 12th or 17th of Oct.
    • Hack Day event on Friday Sept 30 in London, looking for Judges. Anyone on the team interested in attending?

Attendees

• mossop
• myk
• dcm
• gabor
• eddy
• brian
• jeff
• matteo
• dietrich
• alex
• irakli
• dbuc
• wes

Minutes

Usage Update

• dcm: as of August, 22% of AMO-submitted addons based on SDK
• July was really close to that as well
• on an upward curve, really great
• fligtar is going to run new queries soon
• #/% new authors, existing authors submitting new SDK-based addons
• # of SDK-based addons, # of SDK-based addons updated with or without repacks
• # of traditional addons that get updated via SDK
• not sure how long, fligtar has promised to start running numbers
• myk: all numbers i suggested?
• dcm: yes, plus one
• not sure of timeline, but he will do it

FlightDeck Updates

• dbuc: we are pushing out another release this week
• another search facet going in
• a few more search additions
• 50% chance of getting in "push to AMO"
• if not this week, then next week for sure!
• getting some dev help with builder, pretty confident that we're going to feature freeze, work on stabilization, plan for 1.0 in early Q1 2012
• don't need new features, better to ship
• that's the plan, now that we have more resources

SDK 1.1 Status

• myk: we spun 1.1rc1 last week
• folks nominated a few blockers, but nothing seems necessary
• one seemed to be a regression from 1.0, but after digging in, it turned out to be older
• still waiting on results of repack testing

• dbuc: we ran first test, had errata, AMO's queueing system was not processing repacks
• jeff had patch to solve 80% of failures, i.e. the queueing system ones
• once he puts that patch in it should be down to just SDK failures

• dbuc will take those on today or tomorrow
• jeff's fix might already have landed last thursday
• dbuc to check with jeff today and lace that up
• myk: can you report back to the discussion forum?
• dbuc to do so

End Cycle Triage

• mossop: should drivers do more frequent triage at end of cycle?
• myk: we previously did daily triage at the end
• seems advisable, even if just five minutes to look at potential blockers
• we can leave other bugs for the regular weekly triage
• drivers to schedule this

Bugs Update

bug 682631

• wes: i'd like some feedback from myk on bug 682631
• myk: right now?
• wes: sometime this week
• myk: will endeavour to do so

1.1-Targeted Bugs and Triage Process Change

• wes: when i checked last night, there are still 50 bugs on 1.1
• dcm: we had big conversation last week and proposed change to triage process
• a lot of these will fall into that if we decide to go that route
• mossop: anyone have concerns over proposal

• myk: new proposed process is to align with train schedule of releases
• drivers will continue to prioritize bugs but won't target most to milestone
• target milestone will be reserved for handful of important fixes
• developers will have time outside of targeted fixes to work on bugs at their discretion (but taking priority into account)
• applies to MoCo-employed developers; volunteers always have complete discretion to choose what to work on when

• general assent to new process
• irakli: it'll become clear how well it works as we go through process
• mossop: we'll go through bugs on thursday, make changes per proposal
• should clear out bugs assigned to 1.1 at that point

Low-Level Module Doc and E10S

• wes: there's a bug with patch that adds documentation to low-level module
• might e10s prototype change anything in there?
• eddy: i'm not really sure
• could you post this question somewhere in a bug so i can look at it?
• wes to do so
• wes: documentation is for jetpack runtime
• one of things it does is give information about process type
• was just wondering if anything in e10s prototype would make it untrue
• docs say process can be one of several processes
• ejpbruel: i've added new type, addon process
• dcm: post question to bug
• myk: and cc: eddy

Roundtable

Bug Dashboard Update

• wes: you can now filter out bugs based on date filed or last modified
• put in email address and see only bugs that person is involved with (other than commenting and cc:ed)
• filed, assigned, QA contact, or patch attacher, requester, requestee
• now uses HTML 5 history API to create history entries when you do a search

• brian: can you put a spinner or ellipsis when getting bugs?
• wes: yes, and i'll do more error handling

Workshops Update

• jeff: signups going well, 1/3 of way there
• should have venue for one in SF soon with date
• looking like 12 or 17th of october in evening in computer history museum
• cheilman asked for volunteers for sept 30 hack day event
• night following london workshop
• i'll be in berlin by then, but if you're interested in participating, they've requested Mozilla people to show up, talk about what we're doing, help judge competition
• interested? email jeff
• overnight event: that evening until 7-8am the next morning

• myk: status of courses?
• jeff: giving three workshops
• sent out email to folks last week
• no replies; all good?
• brian: still working away on it, will have something put together

• brian: what format?
• jeff: three tracks, yours, mine, and XUL UI track
• three sessions
• in london will give them all three times, next week only once

• brian: but next week? (ed: at MoCo All Hands, where we intend to test the courses before the London event)
• jeff: no one knows
• dcm: we're still lacking details on rooms
• dietrich: highly doubt it'll be all six hundred
• brian: we have four-five parallel tracks, and we'll be one of those?
• jeff: hope we're running them in serial in the same room
• dcm: i'll send you amie tyrell's email address, you can send her what you want

• brian: in london, are we each lecturing to the whole group?
• jeff: in london, i'll talk to entire group for 20 minutes, then you'll have third of that group three times in a row
• brian: so i don't need warmup lecture?
• jeff: no

• jeff: brian, like your idea of warmup exercises, dietrich what do you think?
• dietrich: i like it

• dietrich: my only concern is being dependent on the builder
• might be prudent to have backup setup, so introduction about the SDK and setting it up
• brian: pointers to SDK download in introductory materials
• and point to the builder as well

• brian: what sort of internet connection will we get from venue?
• dcm: don't remember network problems at 500-600 person event at that venue previously
• jeff: and chm should have enough wifi
• but it's a conference, so who knows

• myk: dietrch, how is your presentation coming along?
• dietrich: ok, should have something by all-hands

• myk: jeff, how is your presentation coming along?
• jeff: good, not worried about it

• myk: everyone in contact with their assistants?
• brian: yes, anant sits next to me
• jeff: yes, i will be
• dietrich: alex, i'll be contacting you