Firefox3.5/AddonsCompatibility

Goals

• Increase awareness about addons API changes in Firefox 3.1
• Assist developers with the update process

Tasks

Preparation

• Get addons developer blog up and running
• Get docs lined up to help addon developers make the transition
  • http://developer.mozilla.org/en/Firefox_3.1_for_developers#For_XUL_and_application_developers

• Revive the addons compatibility dashboard
  • Something like http://people.mozilla.com/~polvi/threedom/status-bars.html to track full list of addons sorted by usage popularity and identify current compat version. get it to update every night.
• Set up tracking bugs for the top 50-60 addons to track progress on contacting, updating, and feedback about how things are going with getting compatible. ala https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=364745&hide_resolved=0
• Figure out plan for scaling review queue if/when it gets flooded in Nov/Dec/Jan

Outreach

• Send out emails to developers and editors
• Post to blog and newsgroup detailed information about what is changing and how to update
• Out reach to press or on-line awareness like http://lifehacker.com/393559/firefox-3-add+on-compatibility-report

Schedule

• Milestone 1 - Oct 24
• Milestone 2 - Nov 7
• Milestone 3 - Nov 21