Details

• Time: 9:05 - 9:55 AM PT (17:05 - 17:55 UTC)
• Backchannel:
  • irc.mozilla.org #openwebapps
• Virtual Location:
  • "Mozilla Apps" Vidyo room
• Physical Locations:
  • Mountain View: 3Z - Zombocom
  • San Francisco: 324 - Bay Bridge
• Audio-only Access:
  • +1-650-903-0800 or +1-650-215-1282, x92, conf#: 98652 (US/INTL)
  • +1-800-707-2533, pin: 369, conf#: 98652 (US toll free)
• etherpad for taking minutes

Agenda

P1 Firefox OS Basecamp

• Significant Updates
  • Warning: Design bugs coming on:
    • Identity legacy site support
    • Single source of truth of mini-manifest vs. webapp manifest
    • entry points app manifest - risk vs. support?
  • Packaged Apps : Managing regional builds (including preloads)
• Questions and Concerns
  • Hard dependencies for packaged apps for marketplace --> client isn't a confirmed understanding
  • Red flag called on packaged apps testing in platform meeting due to marketplace + client dependencies called out
• Feedback Triage
• Triaging of Marketplace bugs which are nominated as basecamp blockers

P2/3 Other Projects

• Significant Updates
• Questions and Concerns
  • Can the rule about not supported prefixed APIs on a release channel impact the usefulness of privileged apps on Android?

Minutes

Design Issues in B2G leading to potential descope / deprioritization

• Identity
• App Manifest property "entry points"
• single source of truth (mini-manifest vs. packaged app manifest)

• need to email the relevant mailing list or associated people with list of bugs or thread displaying problems
• can also have a meeting - Jason to target resources and teams - Caitlin can help facilitate

Packaged Apps: (Preloads per region)

• Will not be branching code as previously expected
• Tool will be built (Donovan) to help regional operators select the preinstalls they want
• Need to identify the other regional customizations
  • pre-loaded Apps
  • regional settings - default region, time, formats
  • carrier specific settings

End-to-End User Stories

• Jason needs whole pacakged and signing system to work to test against
• let's land the user stories we can land as code complete
• Integration bugs: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=pack-app-integration
• Signing - unblocked with desktop build so Brian can test his patch
• Hosting Zip File: are there canonical places to host each version (single url to download)?
  • URL to zip files are versioned
  • mini-manifest always points to latest version's zip file

• Implement way for reviewers to test app upgrade process: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=817196

Security Updates: Packaged Apps

• Patch will be done - security review on Friday for client side
• security review planned for 3rd Party Preinstalled apps
• Infrastructure / Ops security review (talk to Toby)

Concern that we are not triaging bugs in Marketplace

• jsmith to schedule triage with clouserw, krupa

Actions

• clouserw to get Rob to send specification for URL to Donovan
  • https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/<uuid>/manifest.webapp
• Caitlin to schedule meeting on packaged apps versioning and updating (Fabrice, Donovan, Jason, Wil, Rob,... )
• Caitlin to schedule same / 2nd meeting to discuss how to review packaged app updates (Lisa B, Jonas)