Mobile/Notes/29-Aug-2012

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Schedule

• Merged on monday
• Released Fx15 on Tuesday
• Next merge is 2012-10-08
• Fx16b1 was built yesterday

Major Topics for This Week

Fx15 Released

Lots of positive ratings. Some confusion about hybrid (phablet) UI.

Fx16 Uplift

We still have two items that need to be uplifted to Fx16. A security fix for Reader (bug 778582) and Feedback Solicitation (bug 774479).

Stand ups

Suggested format:

• What did you do last week?
• What are working on this week?
• Anything blocking you?

Please keep your update to under 2 minutes!

Kats

• Aug 21 - Aug 28
  • looked around at the bfcache code to see if it's possible to serialize (looks dauntingly hard)
  • getting some tools together to be able to analyze memory use in more detail (heap/object graph visualization)
  • mentoring AlexHagerman to get him going with a working build
  • bug 783758 - close pixels.map file to avoid errors on pandaboard
  • bug 785596 - guard against null pointer exception
  • bug 785520 - scroll contenteditable fields into view on focus
  • bug 781883 - guard against missing the LocationChange event from browser.js when the activity is torn down/recreated

• Next
  • continue working on a heap analysis/visualization tool
  • work on bugs as they come up

GBrown

• Last week:
  • Bug 783639 PixelTest failures on panda
    • Identified 2 issues but still not working
    • Setting up my own panda board for faster debugging
  • Bug 764901 Intermittent Robocop testPasswordEncrypt
    • Investigated but couldn't track down a cause
  • Bug 777440 Estimate releng work for supporting 2 pass linking
    • First patch sets up environment successfully, but having trouble running fennec-with-valgrind in emulator
• Next:
  • Try to finish up bug 783639
  • Continue work on bug 777440
  • Bug 784242 PixelTest failures: Pixel at 100, 0 - Color rgba(0,0,0,255) not close enough to expected rgb(32,100,0)
  • Bug 767215 Intermittent testAxisLocking, testLoad, testFlingCorrectness | Pixel at 0, 0 - Color rgba(255,255,255,255)

Chris Lord (cwiiis)

• Done
  • bug 781516 - Fennec invalidation regression on Nightly
  • bug 771154 - Large amount of over painting on some pages on fennec
  • bug 785333 - Keep track of display-item data with merged frames (relanded on inbound, looking green)

• Ongoing
  • Get bug 785333 into Aurora?
  • Check up on DLBI with respect to mobile? (landing again soon, probably Firefox 18)
  • bug 783914 - WEBGL_depth_texture doesn't work using ANGLE (low priority)
  • Blog about position:fixed work
  • Blog about invalidation work

Brian N

• Done
  • PTO
  • Bug 778582
  • Improved reader mode test framework (https://github.com/thebnich/reader-test)
  • In progress: Bug 784386 - Big memory spikes on readability check
• Next
  • Bug 784386 - Big memory spikes on readability check

LucasR

Last week

• bug 774914/bug 785145 - Convert divs with only a P element child into plain P elements
• bug 785343 - Don't convert DIV to P when it only contains a SELECT node
• bug 777562 - Pass the right node to have styles cleaned after parsing
• bug 785758 - Always update security and reader modes after progress visibility
• bug 771380 - Reorganize toolbar layout to better handle dynamic icons
• bug 778582 (Security bug)
• Organized all Reader Mode bugs in terms of priorities

Next week

• Reader Mode bug fixing, ensure Beta is ready to go
• Fix any remaining issues on new toolbar layout
• Blog about Reader Mode in Beta