Labs/Jetpack/SDK/1.0b4

Goals

Polish functionality and feature set for Firefox 4 release.

Timeline

Milestone Expected Actual Notes
Thaw Monday, February 21 Tuesday, February 22 delayed due to President's Day holiday
Freeze Wednesday, March 16 @ 11am PT
RC1 Wednesday, March 16
Final Wednesday, March 23

Status: Planned: 2011-03-23

Major Deliverables

Summary Owner Priority References Status Notes
"arrow panel" appearance for panels Alex P1 bug 636448 [ON TRACK] needs feedback plus docs and tests; Myk to provide feedback
window-specific widget identification and communication Alex P1 bug 630962 [ON TRACK] needs feedback to choose API; Myk to provide feedback
high-level postMessage wrapper Alex P2 bug 635748 [AT RISK] needs further discussion; if we decide to do something simple for b4, it could land
module resolution at build time Brian P1 bug 627607 [MISSED] not yet landed, and Brian OOO through end of cycle
XPI signing strategy Brian P1 bug 613618 [MISSED] not yet landed, and Brian OOO through end of cycle
be able to use NPM modules Brian P2 bug 614707 [MISSED] not yet landed, and Brian OOO through end of cycle
$JSPATH Brian P2 bug 611495 [MISSED] not yet landed, and Brian OOO through end of cycle
Password Manager API Irakli P1 bug 637292 [ON TRACK] API proposal up for review by Myk
make it no longer necessary for Firefox to unpack SDK-generated XPIs Irakli P1 bug 638742 [AT RISK] touches hairy code; changes are complicated; could conflict with changes that Brian is making
Keyboard Shortcuts API Irakli P2 bug 638721 [ON TRACK] API proposal up for review by Myk
test runner only reports test function for first test failure Irakli P2 bug 596818 [ON TRACK] Irakli not looked into
"system unable to find the specified registry key or value" error Myk P2 bug 574563 [AT RISK] Windows-specific; Irakli unable to reproduce
e10s strategy Myk P1 [MISSED] Myk to discuss w/Irakli this week
content script communication improvements strategy Myk P1 [AT RISK] various proposals being discussed
page mod access to chrome-privileged stylesheet info strategy Myk P2 [ON TRACK] Myk has proposed giving such access to all addons
worker.tab documentation Will P1 bug 634295 [ON TRACK] will get done
code-embedded documentation Will P1 bug 636319 [ON TRACK] patch up for review; Will to see if Drew or Dietrich can review
documentation search Will P2 bug 620769 [MISSED] Will thought about it a bit; not sure how to make it happen online and off; needs further discussion, perhaps when Will is in Mountain View next week?
cfx documentation Will P2 [ON TRACK]
docs links that work in both SDK and builder Will P3 bug 610030 [AT RISK]
first-order events in documentation Will P3 bug 617029 [AT RISK]