WebAPI/2012-05-15

Agenda

• Bonnie
• Mounir
• Malini
• Gregor
• Doug
• Jonas
• Ben
• Fabrice
• Kyle
• Phil
• Raymond

Meeting Notes

• bonnie
  • gone through round one of the idle api review comments
  • re-writing add/remove idle observer as suggested by the review
  • handling mutating observer

• mounir
  • web activities, alarm api and system intents during work week
  • link between apps and windows
  • webapps permissions

• mdas
  • Beautiful new test structure is coming up! https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=754216 . Once this lands, any patches without tests will be r-'d
  • CI will be turned on after we switch to the x86 emulator: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=753928

• gwagner
  • Settings API: Add initial values to the DB
  • Service for c++ chrome landed last friday.
  • Contacts API: add fields, change event, pageination...

• dougt
  • Device storage - working on B2G/Gaia bugs.
  • User Proximity event

• jonas
  • webapps security model
  • "system intents" API proposed
  • Alarm API

• bent
  • working on FileHandle review, nearly done
  • too many reviews :(
  • multiprocess indexeddb
  • wrote up list of remaining indexeddb bugs for spec compliance.

• fabrice
  • updating the Web Activities patch (bug 715814)

• Kyle (qDot)
  • web usb (works only media transfer)
  • web bluetooth (via dbus)
  • web nfc

• philikon
  • testing
    • device APIs tests much easier to write and run, thanks jgriffin + mdas + mwu (see https://etherpad.mozilla.org/b2g-testing-goals )
    • module owners and peers: please require tests from now on!
  • WebMobileConnection
    • growing more SIM card capabilities (PIN lock), thanks Yoshi
    • time to think about a SIM card specific API?
    • regroup Wifi and MobileConnection under navigator.connection?
  • Telephony
    • error reporting, thanks Price
  • MMS
    • prototype any day now

• Raymond (from security)
  • There's concern about allowing multiple apps per origin. Will schedule meeting to discuss