Platform/2013-01-08

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Platform Meeting Details

• Tuesday 2013-01-08 - 11:00 am Pacific

• Dial-in: Audio-only conference# 95312
  • People with Mozilla phones or softphones please dial x4000 Conf# 95312
  • US/Toll-free: +1 800 707 2533, (pin 4000) Conf# 95312
  • US/California/Mountain View: +1 650 903 0800, x4000 Conf# 95312
  • US/California/San Francisco: +1 415 762 5700, x4000 Conf# 95312
  • US/Oregon/Portland: +1 971 544 8000, x4000 Conf# 95312
  • CA/British Columbia/Vancouver: +1 778 785 1540, x4000 Conf# 95312
  • CA/Ontario/Toronto: +1 416 848 3114, x4000 Conf# 95312
  • UK/London: +44 (0)207 855 3000, x4000 Conf# 95312
  • FR/Paris: +33 1 84 88 37 37, x4000 Conf# 95312
  • Gmail Chat (requires Flash and the Google Talk plugin): paste +1 650 903 0800 into the Gmail Chat box that doesn't look like it accepts phone numbers
  • SkypeOut is free if you use the 800 number
• Warp Core Vidyo Room / SFO-Boardroom
• join irc.mozilla.org #planning for back channel

Notices/Schedule

?? bugs (??)	?? bugs (??)
Unresolved Aurora Trackers (non-security, not tracked for Beta)	Unresolved Beta Trackers (non-security)

Key Issues

Actions Last Week

• publish summary of linux32 states to dev-planning (coop)
• milan to help with https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=819028
• Win64 builds
  • https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/mozilla.dev.apps.firefox/DOihL2429NM

Issues

• Future Issues - early discussion on dev-platform, monitoring for discussion if not resolved
  • removing warning/debug messages from NSPR (debug) logging
    • https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mozilla.dev.platform/l_Qm0wDRU1E/discussion
  • instanceof SomeDOMInterface
    • https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mozilla.dev.platform/bfwNKKiAxcw/discussion
  • C++11 atomics
    • https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/mozilla.dev.platform/BsMJpfWf2ak
  • ICU Import
    • https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/mozilla.dev.platform/sVVpS2sKODw
• Linux32 support (joduinn)
  • background threads in newsgroups https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.planning/ahyq19APxb4/discussion and https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.tree-management/xXAiuCA8k1g/discussion

Roundtable

• Platform/2013-Goals

Products/Projects

Firefox Mobile

Blog Shout Outs

• Performancehttp://gbrownmozilla.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/firefox-for-android-performance-measures-december-check-up/
• html5 Context Menus landed in Fx20 bug 736321: http://digdug2k.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/html5-context-menus-in-fennec/
• Diagnosing mecurial patch rejects: https://staktrace.com/spout/entry.php?id=787
• Introducing Smoothie: http://lucasr.org/2013/01/06/introducing-smoothie/

Memory, Responsiveness, Usability

• Bug number for Brad's Viewport Cache Path Here <== Can't find it
• Landing bug 654352 - document.caretPositionFromPoint API helps set us up for good progress for reflow-on-zoom

Developer Quality of Life, Housekeeping

• bug 811411 - Add ability to run C++ unit tests on mobile
• bug 825151 - Switch ARMv7 builds over to using NDK r8c
• bug 826411 - Back out compiler-specific workarounds

Stability Wins

bug 785597 - fix crash in AndroidGLController::SetGLVersion
bug 821979 - java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: invalid selection offsets at org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoEditable$Action.newSetSelection(GeckoEditable.java
bug 825505 - crash when calling 'Edit' context menu for site/page/thumbnail on about:home and returning to it with the

Request for Second Eyes on

• bug 761987 - Intermittent Android shutdown, 468771-2.xhtml, basn2c16.html crash [@ nssCertificate_Destroy] [@ 0xffff0fc4 | PR_AtomicDecrement | nssCertificate_Destroy] [@ FreeArenaList | PORT_FreeArena_Util] [@ nssCertificateStore_Lock | nssCertificate_Destroy]

In progress/under investigation

• bug 786996 - Content of Flash plugin is first displayed upside down

Snappy [Weekly]

• 2012 performance summary from Taras
• December summary from Vladan
• Snappy meetings resume this week

Metro [1st Tuesday of Month]

Elm to mc merge

• bug new-packager, bug metro-build - blocked on FHR (waiting on free time from gps for reviews).
• bug elm-merge - ready to finalize once we get packager and build landed on mc.
• 0 bugs blocking (-7) bug metro-build w/work TBD
• 0 bugs blocking (-5) bug elm-merge w/work TBD

Rel-eng

• Switch mc to the 8.0 sdk will happen after the merge this week.

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