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* Wednesdays - 9:30am Pacific, 12:30pm Eastern, 16:30 UTC
* Wednesdays - 9:30am Pacific, 12:30pm Eastern, 16:30 UTC
{{conf|95346}}
{{conf|95312}}
* irc.mozilla.org #mobile for backchannel
* irc.mozilla.org #mobile for backchannel
* vidyo: PB&J
* vidyo: WarpCore


== Schedule  ==
== Schedule  ==
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=== UX design ===
=== UX design ===
* Fx9
** The tablet UI is in Aurora, but there are few things we like to see land in Aurora:
*** Prefs/Downloads/Add-ons screens (as they are in nightly)
*** the new throbber, on tablets only
*** style revisions to Start Page {{bug|626528}}
*** that's all - looking good!
** progress on readability, from dbaron
** is there a front-end patch/build for flash?
* Post-Fx9
** new feature page for an Android Firefox widget: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Features/Mobile/Android_Firefox_Widget


== Platform Support ==
== Platform Support ==
=== Android ===
=== Android ===
==== Native Front-End ====
* See [https://github.com/snorp/mozilla-central/wiki/]
* Planning to have a prototype for the work week in Toronto (on schedule)
==== Flash ====
* Front-end: Working with desktop team on click-to-enable
* Honeycomb work shelved until after the mobile summit
* Snorp working on clipping and performance issues
==== IME ====
* {{bug|653895}} - Cached text and selection indexes in parent process aren't always synced
** Have a draft implementation, which seems to work with SwiftKey X, but still has some issues with Swipe - needs more debugging.
* Shelved for a couple weeks while we're working on the native FE
==== Permissions ====
* {{bug|691054}} landed in beta, aurora, and nightly to remove some scary-sounding permissions ("Read phone state and identity") that we weren't using.
* {{bug|672352}} discusses other permissions and how to message them to users.
* mbrubeck would like to write a blog post about this.


== Performance ==
== Performance ==
* Focusing on mobile startup shrink bugs for Fx 10. There are about 32 bugs in the queue.
** Status: {{bug|673249}} is a dupe of {{bug|686805}} (incremental zip compression in our linker) and Taras has slated for 10/3
* Need approval of matrix/test cases by eng; will shop them around today so QA has enough time to prep for Friday's test day.
=== Bugs ===
A small selection of bugs we are (or could be) looking at:
* {{bug|674651}} - nsContentPolicy should skip resource and chrome schemes
** Updated patch and found small to no improvement. Looking to make sure all the code paths are covered.
* {{bug|689713}} - Warm up the DNS cache in Java when launching with a URL intent
** Need to test
* {{bug|690903}} - nsFormHistory should lazily initializes SQLite DB
** Patch in progress
* {{bug|691534}} - Use asyncFetch when loading files in aboutHome.xhtml
** Landed and requested Aurora approval
* {{bug|690901}} - Start building a new profile in Java instead of waiting for Gecko to load
* {{bug|690898}} - Use pre-built SQLite DBs when creating a new profile


== Testing ==
== Testing ==
=== QA ===
=== QA ===
* Concerns
** Recent Camera API issues/crashes e.g, ({{bug|691377}}, {{bug|691560}}). We'll be testing on other devices
** Locale Picker issues e.g, ({{bug|690934}})
** Open Web App Issues (i.e, installation/management API), [https://wiki.mozilla.org/User:Dclarke we'll track them here]
* Status
**[http://quality.mozilla.org/events/2011/09/30/firefox-for-android-test-day/ Aurora (9.0a2) Testday this Friday]
** 8.0b2 status?
*** {{Bug|691054}} - Remove "Scary" Android permissions
*** {{Bug|686579}} - Sync immediately
*** any other bugs?
** Performance testing, test-cases for testing ready tomorrow
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/QA/Fennec/crash_rep_03Oct2011 Crash Report Oct 3, 2011]
** {{bug|661158}} Crash on mobile SMP devices while sending PRNetAddr over IPDL [@ Pickle::ReadBytes]
** {{bug|663494}} - crashing occurs when trying to restart after energysaving power down; crash [@ base::CloseSuperfluousFds]
** {{bug|622992}} Fennec crash in base::CloseSuperfluousFds
** {{bug|687367}} - Bionic domain name functions are not thread-safe on pre-3.0 Android


=== Test Suites ===
=== Test Suites ===


=== Test Automation ===
=== Test Automation ===
* {{bug|691073}} - crash while running jsreftests on my tegra - NEED HELP
* {{bug|691425}} - minidump collection and processing in automation to be landed shortly
* {{bug|691349}} - Reftest OpenGL tests for Android coming online in the near future!


== Release Engineering ==
== Release Engineering ==
[http://is.gd/ZEOCi7 android_tier_1]
* we're now at 29 open android tier 1 bugs, even though we're the greenest we've been in ages.
** we welcome any help here
* (fixed) {{bug|690496}} - n900 talos broken
* (fixed) {{bug|690751}} - tegra power cycle exceptions
** due to differing firmwares on the remote pdus
** bear switched us to snmp in {{bug|690464}} (locked); should solidify our power cycle story
* {{bug|665891}} - add 200 new tegras to pool: 70 new tegras on their way shortly; will bring us to 190.
* {{bug|689937}} - 7 new foopies needed to run those tegras
* philor may be asking about turning off debug android tests soon


== SUMO ==
== SUMO ==
*Fraudulent SMS reported by 55 users on SUMO.
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/881358
*70 messages sent to firefoxforandroid@mozilla.com last week, 39 to SUMO.
*25% of low reviews for v8 about permissions
*Completed drafts for master password and add bookmark to home screen articles
'''Quotes:'''
*Absolutely in love with Firefox 7 on Android. Soooo much better than the stock browser.
*Better Getting better. Faster than previous versions. Needs support for flash to become my default browser. Keep updating. Droid X.
*After a year it so there is a 'copy' feature! Nice UX I really like tabs mechanism, fast and nice. I'll start using it when you add flash support.
*Better than regular browser on my EVO
*Very nice! For quick searches Dolphin Mini, for real Internet Browsing Firefox with outstanding bookmarks sync!


== Other ==
== Other ==

Latest revision as of 17:03, 5 October 2011

Details

  • Wednesdays - 9:30am Pacific, 12:30pm Eastern, 16:30 UTC
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    • Gmail Chat (requires Flash and the Google Talk plugin): paste +1 650 903 0800 into the Gmail Chat box that doesn't look like it accepts phone numbers
    • SkypeOut is free if you use the 800 number
  • irc.mozilla.org #mobile for backchannel
  • vidyo: WarpCore

Schedule

  • Next merge date is 2011-11-08

Major Topics for This Week

Application

Front-end

  • Always on the lookout for performance issues
  • More stabilizing Fx9 on tablet and phone
    • We have been doing pretty good finding and fixing regresisons
    • We have a few patches to push to Aurora. More coming.
    • More triage on the backlog of non-theme bugs we have been accumulating
  • Get more testing on:
    • Webapps
    • Locale Picker
    • Camera
  • Make some decisions on:
    • Flash on demand (front-end patch getting better)
    • UA (we should just add 'mobile' to our phone UA, following the Android 'guidelines')
    • Featurettes, like the Clear Private Data changes, need triage and UX

UX design

  • Fx9
    • The tablet UI is in Aurora, but there are few things we like to see land in Aurora:
      • Prefs/Downloads/Add-ons screens (as they are in nightly)
      • the new throbber, on tablets only
      • style revisions to Start Page bug 626528
      • that's all - looking good!
    • progress on readability, from dbaron
    • is there a front-end patch/build for flash?
  • Post-Fx9

Platform Support

Android

Native Front-End

  • See [1]
  • Planning to have a prototype for the work week in Toronto (on schedule)

Flash

  • Front-end: Working with desktop team on click-to-enable
  • Honeycomb work shelved until after the mobile summit
  • Snorp working on clipping and performance issues

IME

  • bug 653895 - Cached text and selection indexes in parent process aren't always synced
    • Have a draft implementation, which seems to work with SwiftKey X, but still has some issues with Swipe - needs more debugging.
  • Shelved for a couple weeks while we're working on the native FE

Permissions

  • bug 691054 landed in beta, aurora, and nightly to remove some scary-sounding permissions ("Read phone state and identity") that we weren't using.
  • bug 672352 discusses other permissions and how to message them to users.
  • mbrubeck would like to write a blog post about this.

Performance

  • Focusing on mobile startup shrink bugs for Fx 10. There are about 32 bugs in the queue.
    • Status: bug 673249 is a dupe of bug 686805 (incremental zip compression in our linker) and Taras has slated for 10/3
  • Need approval of matrix/test cases by eng; will shop them around today so QA has enough time to prep for Friday's test day.

Bugs

A small selection of bugs we are (or could be) looking at:

  • bug 674651 - nsContentPolicy should skip resource and chrome schemes
    • Updated patch and found small to no improvement. Looking to make sure all the code paths are covered.
  • bug 689713 - Warm up the DNS cache in Java when launching with a URL intent
    • Need to test
  • bug 690903 - nsFormHistory should lazily initializes SQLite DB
    • Patch in progress
  • bug 691534 - Use asyncFetch when loading files in aboutHome.xhtml
    • Landed and requested Aurora approval
  • bug 690901 - Start building a new profile in Java instead of waiting for Gecko to load
  • bug 690898 - Use pre-built SQLite DBs when creating a new profile

Testing

QA

Test Suites

Test Automation

  • bug 691073 - crash while running jsreftests on my tegra - NEED HELP
  • bug 691425 - minidump collection and processing in automation to be landed shortly
  • bug 691349 - Reftest OpenGL tests for Android coming online in the near future!

Release Engineering

android_tier_1

  • we're now at 29 open android tier 1 bugs, even though we're the greenest we've been in ages.
    • we welcome any help here
  • (fixed) bug 690496 - n900 talos broken
  • (fixed) bug 690751 - tegra power cycle exceptions
    • due to differing firmwares on the remote pdus
    • bear switched us to snmp in bug 690464 (locked); should solidify our power cycle story
  • bug 665891 - add 200 new tegras to pool: 70 new tegras on their way shortly; will bring us to 190.
  • bug 689937 - 7 new foopies needed to run those tegras
  • philor may be asking about turning off debug android tests soon

SUMO

  • Fraudulent SMS reported by 55 users on SUMO.

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/881358

  • 70 messages sent to firefoxforandroid@mozilla.com last week, 39 to SUMO.
  • 25% of low reviews for v8 about permissions
  • Completed drafts for master password and add bookmark to home screen articles

Quotes:

  • Absolutely in love with Firefox 7 on Android. Soooo much better than the stock browser.
  • Better Getting better. Faster than previous versions. Needs support for flash to become my default browser. Keep updating. Droid X.
  • After a year it so there is a 'copy' feature! Nice UX I really like tabs mechanism, fast and nice. I'll start using it when you add flash support.
  • Better than regular browser on my EVO
  • Very nice! For quick searches Dolphin Mini, for real Internet Browsing Firefox with outstanding bookmarks sync!

Other

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