Participation/India/Android Coding Team
WHY
Background
As part of the Chota Fennec project, we are putting together a team of developers in India to work on Firefox for Android to make it better. We are bringing together some of the technical expertise in the India community (although anyone is welcome to join!) to deep dive and make impact on one product. Firefox for Android is one of the most popular web browsers on the platform, and we have an opportunity to a) make it better and b) make it more relevant to markets currently with bandwidth challenges.
WHAT
Problem statement
The Firefox for Android team is doing great work, but are focusing on continuing to evolve the product. However, they are always in need of support, not just in building out features but on improving the code base in general to make it more performant.
Desired Outcome
- The team comes together with a shared goal to learn more about Firefox for Android code.
- An out-of-the-box, portable, build system is put in place to enable developers to get their work environment set up quickly
- The Fennec engineering team integrates the team into their workflow, i.e. code reviews, mentoring, and so on
Success criteria and metrics
- 15+ team members contributed more than one patch to the Fennec codebase
- Work started on 25% of Fat Fennec bugs
- ...
HOW
Approach
Engage developers in India to invest and be proud of their contributions to a Mozilla product with millions of users. Our goal is not just to make the product better, but to bring high value to those participating in the program.
Audience
Developers, developers.
Tactics
- tactic 1
- tactic 2
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WHEN
Timeframe
September - December, 2015
WHERE
Location
Remote and in Mozilla Spaces in India (Bangalore and Hyderabad).
WHO
== Leads
- Rabimba Karanjai
- Soumya Deb
- Brian King (Participation)
DOCS
References
- Firefox Mini Brainstorm Pad: https://participation.etherpad.mozilla.org/firefox-mini
MILESTONES
Week by week breakdown
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BUDGET
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