B2G/Meeting/2012-01-03

News

• Vincent Chang starting this Monday as B2G system engineer (Taipei office)

Administrivia

Status updates

• mrbkap
  • No real progress. Ran completely out of disk space when the new kernels landed and spent a while figuring out how to get a slimmed-down version of Linux onto my computer. Finally got back up and running today, but too late to make any real progress.
• mwu
  • mostly on vacation.
  • fixed bug in invalidation tracking in gonk widget backend
• qDot
  • bluetooth firmware is loading!!
  • focusing on simple parts of API, headsets first up
• bent
  • about to switch to C++ impl of mozTelephony
• mounir
  • WebSMS still blocked
  • Network API implementation on Android is done and reviewed
  • Beginning spec work on Screen Orientation API
• jlebar
  • Bikeshedding Discussing wake lock / screen.enabled API (bug 697132)
  • Browser-as-webapp APIs are in review
  • This week, start looking at moving browser to content process.
  • Permission API -- would love someone to look at this
• thinker
  • Implementing network manager (according current status of interface)
  • Writing test cases for network manager
    • Spent a few time to learn xpcshell-test.
  • Adapting 3G data backend for network manager
    • 3G data backend is in reveiwing. (waiting for the landing of WebTelphony and rebase to it)
• shianyow
  • Finding ways to get more useful profiling information for high CPU usage CSS animation issue
  • Checking how to ingegrate valgrind into native Gonk B2G
• kanru
  • Finialize power reboot/shutdown hal, Bug 709585
  • Add idle service to gonk backend, Bug 714694
  • Fix idle service fallback implementation on gonk, Bug 714717
  • Throw first implementation of power manager to Bug 697132 but the discussion is still going on :)
  • Played a bit Telephony incoming calls, Bug 674726
  • Next: GPS
• gwagner
• philikon
  • WebTelephony reviews
  • random things for RIL
  • PTO over New Year's
• benfrancis
  • Working browser based on jlebar's branch with browser-as-webapp API (waiting for back end review) https://github.com/andreasgal/gaia/pull/207
  • Some time looking at OWA manifests and comparison with Chrome manifests https://wiki.mozilla.org/Apps/ManfiestFormatComparison
  • Discussing IndexedDB issues - particularly storage limit which may still be a problem
  • Next: storing files in IndexedDB for gallery & music apps
• vingtetun
• justindarc
  • Wired the Settings app up to the navigator.mozSettings API (waiting for gaia pull request #226, vingtetun already reviewed and I have already addressed his comments)
    • Still have a few additional features to implement for the Settings app
  • Integrated the Market app back in (early stages)
    • Has similar look and feel to the Settings app/using same CSS/widgets
    • Currently using a local copy of the https://apps.mozillalabs.com/appdir/db/apps.json datasource - Is this correct?
  • Gaia crashes and restarts on device when opening the Task Manager using latest B2G flash
    • Maybe due to -moz-element() ? - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=714883
• timdream
  • IMPORTANT: ZhuYing IME will hang the phone during indexedDB poplating phase - will be resolved once indexedDB storage limit issues are solved
  • Fixed the "." key so people can test network (disable for now however, gaia pull request #211)
  • Worked on various keyboard functional and visual imporvement (gaia pull request #225, waiting vingtetun to merge it)
  • Contacting author of gcin IME on the Chineze ZhuYing data licensing issue (gaia issue #212)
  • Investgating touchend target element problem in order to implement accent character input (gaia issue #179) and key correction gesture
• mdas, jgriffin <ateam>
  • got b2g builder running at http://builder.boot2gecko.org/
  • looking at adding pdf-js.bot (on-demand builds of github pull requests), need additional space on EC2 VM
  • starting integration of web server into marionette
  • waiting for approval to get marionette merged into cgjones/mozilla-central
• jhammink
  • finally got B2G building + flashing on VM environment
  • presently working on B2G+Marionette environment - to start writing tests
  • standing by for any other stuff that will land soon that might use my help
  • making testplan for B2G
• steven
  • GonkHal implemetation about orientation sensor
    • Porting the algorithm in WindowOrientationListener
  • Run sensorservice on gonk backend, but it still have problems.
    • When running this service, other services, such as AudioFilnger, cannot be ran.
    • Sensorservice cannot load correctly.
• jstraus
• fabrice
  • started a new camera backend using v4l2 only (bug 708484)
• vincent
  • Prepare the B2G build environment and checkout the source code