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===How to get involved=== | ===How to get involved=== | ||
There are a number of areas in which your involvement can be useful: | |||
* build/repo - releng is your first stop to better understand the issues, work in progress, and how you can contribute | |||
* schedules - release management can help explain the current set of issues and proposals | |||
===What we heard=== | ===What we heard=== | ||
# The project is very complicated and it is therefore difficult to get started. | |||
# There are many barriers to community engagement. | |||
# Schedules / deadlines don't make sense. | |||
# Development hurts. | |||
## Repo pulls take too long. | |||
## Builds take too long. | |||
## Outdated docs / frequently changing recommended 'right way' of doing things. | |||
## I can't fix bugs for hardware that I don't have. | |||
===Shorter term actions=== | ===Shorter term actions=== | ||
<i>These are things we expect to accomplish in 2014.</i><br><br> | <i>These are things we expect to accomplish in 2014.</i><br><br> | ||
* 2, 4.3, 4.4: Flame reference device should address some of these two concerns | |||
===Longer term changes / shifts=== | ===Longer term changes / shifts=== | ||
<i>These are things we expect will take time, influence, and repetition to shift.</i><br><br> | <i>These are things we expect will take time, influence, and repetition to shift.</i><br><br> | ||
* 3: The Firefox OS team continues to work to come up with a schedule that makes sense for Mozilla and our arrangements with multiple partners | |||
===Responses in this category=== | ===Responses in this category=== | ||
*Too many variations of Firefox OS; different devices, Gonk types (proprietary drivers), Gaia branches, Gecko versions, desktopb2g/Devices, nightly builds too many combinations for our small team and too many barriers to engage community. 27 votes | *Too many variations of Firefox OS; different devices, Gonk types (proprietary drivers), Gaia branches, Gecko versions, desktopb2g/Devices, nightly builds too many combinations for our small team and too many barriers to engage community. 27 votes | ||
Latest revision as of 19:54, 13 August 2014
Firefox OS Development
Project manager: Lawrence Mandel
How to get involved
There are a number of areas in which your involvement can be useful:
- build/repo - releng is your first stop to better understand the issues, work in progress, and how you can contribute
- schedules - release management can help explain the current set of issues and proposals
What we heard
- The project is very complicated and it is therefore difficult to get started.
- There are many barriers to community engagement.
- Schedules / deadlines don't make sense.
- Development hurts.
- Repo pulls take too long.
- Builds take too long.
- Outdated docs / frequently changing recommended 'right way' of doing things.
- I can't fix bugs for hardware that I don't have.
Shorter term actions
These are things we expect to accomplish in 2014.
- 2, 4.3, 4.4: Flame reference device should address some of these two concerns
Longer term changes / shifts
These are things we expect will take time, influence, and repetition to shift.
- 3: The Firefox OS team continues to work to come up with a schedule that makes sense for Mozilla and our arrangements with multiple partners
Responses in this category
- Too many variations of Firefox OS; different devices, Gonk types (proprietary drivers), Gaia branches, Gecko versions, desktopb2g/Devices, nightly builds too many combinations for our small team and too many barriers to engage community. 27 votes
- FirefoxOS development hurts. There is a massive barrier to entry, the Right Way seems to change every few months (rendering most documentation broken), and even successful builds take a very long time. 22 votes
- The expectation that I fix bugs on hardware I don't have. 17 votes
- Having to deal with completely nonsensical B2G deadlines from partners. 1 vote.
- Building firefox is slow. 10 votes