Firefox/AddOns/Status/20150813
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Status for August 13, 2015
Overall Project Health - YELLOW
- Significant progress, significant concerns. See summary and risks below.
Exec Summary
- Add-On Signing: is now live in 41 beta, removal of the about:config override preference slated for 42 (excluding ESR and Dev Edition)
- e10s: e10s will ship in 42 Aurora. Add-on compatibility testing efforts continue to be maintained at http://arewee10syet.com/ Earliest e10s will ship in release is 43.
- WebExtensions: Extension API landed on Nightly. https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebExtensions has details.
- AMO further roadmap development is on hold pending resourcing.
- Add-Ons for FxOS are progressing, Status can be found at https://mana.mozilla.org/wiki/display/PM/FxOS+2.5+Addons+Project
Risks/Issues
| Risks/Issues | Owner | Mitigation/Approach |
|---|---|---|
| Unlisted addons considered critical are being reviewed as soon as they are submitted (unlisted queue is under control) but many unlisted addon developers have not (or are presumed to have not) yet submitted for review. | Lisa Brewster/Addons Review Team | reaching out to unlisted addon devs to ensure they submit for review, focusing resources on unlisted addon reviews, longer term we are changing how we review |
| Review Queue - we have insufficient resources for the listed review queue which is very long and growing. We recently hired one new FTE, but also have had to move one reviewer over to working on the validator improvements. We do have budget for a part time contract reviewer, and a candidate has been selected. Review queue challenges illustrated here: http://diox.github.io/amo-review-times/ | Lisa/Addon Review team | Additional contract reviewer being hired now for short term mitigation, longer term how we review is being changed, SLA being established, etc. |
| Validator - the validator has several issues slowing down the queue - it is not providing very useful results to developers, and it is rejecting 4/5 addons. | Validator team, Kev, Larissa | We have plans in development, 2 FTE assigned to improvements, and the first phase of these is nearly complete. |
Accomplished for Week
- Add-on signing shipping in 41 beta
- WebExtensions shipped in nightly
- Phase one Validator improvements are all done or nearly done to be live in the coming week
- Benchmarks for validator improvements are in progress.
- Add-on reviewer new contract hire selected, final contract in progress
Planned for Upcoming Week
- test validation of known malevolent add-ons
- further establishment of full add-ons "program"
- progress on getting more reviewers onto the queue, both volunteer and staff
Important Links/References
- Case for Extension signing: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2015/04/15/the-case-for-extension-signing/
- WebExtensions: https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebExtensions
- Review queue time data: http://diox.github.io/amo-review-times/
- Meeting minutes archive for Add-On Signing Team: [coming very soon]