Plugins:PluginDirectory

Plugin Directory

The main purpose of this project is to build and maintain a public directory of browser plugins, for both human consumption as well as for machines to use as a finder and update check service.

Goals

• As a directory:
  • Offer a human browsable and searchable directory of plugins and releases.
    • Like PluginDoc.mozdev.org, but more dynamic and easier to keep updated.
  • Offer a machine-queryable API to search plugins and releases.
    • See also: PFS2
    • Power things like Plugins:PluginCheck
    • Usable to find plugins for unknown content types.
    • Usable to check for version updates or security alerts.
• Keeping things up-to-date:
  • Allow anonymous submission of data detected on plugins in a user's browser.
    • Simple submission of detected browser information (eg. locale, version, build ID, name) combined with plugin information (eg. name, version, description, filename).
  • Provide tools for editing plugin information for plugin vendors and other interested parties in personal sandboxes.
    • eg. A knowledgeable site member could add a plugin release describing a new security issue and request a live push.
    • eg. Trusted vendors could potentially submit updates to a protected API during an automated release process.
  • Provide editorial workflow (ie. for Mozilla employees, trusted vendors) to manage anonymous submissions and plugin data changes from registered members.
    • Promote changes from personal sandboxes to live public view

Meetings

2010

• April 16th
• April 9th
• April 2nd
• March 26th

Other Documentation

• Plugins:PluginDirectory/HowPluginDetectionWorks
• Plugins:PluginDirectory/DescribingPluginsAndReleases
• Plugins:PluginDirectory/EditingWorkflow

Hosting

• Production server
  • http://plugins.mozilla.org/
  • Released via IT ticket specifying the tag
• Staging server
  • http://plugins.stage.mozilla.com/
  • Updates every 15 minutes from SVN trunk

Source Code

• https://svn.mozilla.org/projects/plugindir
• http://github.com/lmorchard/plugindir

Installation

• https://svn.mozilla.org/projects/plugindir/trunk/README.markdown

Bugs / TODO

• File A New Bug under Websites/plugins.mozilla.org
• Open plugins.mozilla.org bugs
• https://svn.mozilla.org/projects/plugindir/trunk/TODO.markdown

See also

• Older mockups:
  • http://decafbad.com/2009/10/pfs2/mockups/pngs/
• Security:ThePluginProblem
• Website/Sprints/PluginProblem