Partnering:Projects:BYOB:ArchivedTimeline2009

Q1/Q2 2010

• Add support for Enterprise Customization (IT Policy HOWTOs, MSI generation, Add-on Management, common configs, etc.) to BYOB move to Q2/Q3 2010

Q4 2009

• Add support for unbranded Firefox installers to BYOB
• Add class-of-service support for repack customizations (i.e. different levels of customizations available, dependent upon distribution type).
• Continue iterative development of BYOB
  • Add expert mode for distribution customization (i.e. support customization of all preferences)
  • Add support for extension bundles (extensions installed to the user profile instead of the application directory)
  • Add light theme support (dependent upon product integration)

Q3 2009

• Launch BYOB Pilot application publicly (moved to Q3 2009)
• Solicit feedback from community and BYOB end-users for BYOB Final
  • Add ability to add search plugins that are not included by default in position 3 or lower
  • Add ability to add extensions in the AppDir
  • Add ability to support multiple authors for a single customization
  • Add Metrics Dashboard to BYOB user profiles (may push to Q4 2009)
• Feasibility assessment of integrating select third-party service customizations to BYOB

Q2 2009

• Deploy new repack process on build infrastructure
• Present BYOB proof of concept at Mozilla Corp. All-hands for discussion
• Define final requirements for BYOB Pilot (admin application, review process, customization wizard)
• Add Personas and AMO Collections support (display collections in the custom first-run page) to BYOB
• Develop BYOB Pilot application
• Launch BYOB Pilot application publicly (moved to Q3 2009)

Q1 2009

• Collect requirements for merging Partner Repacks with the Firefox build and release process
• Develop proof of concept of BYOB for discussion and demonstration
  • Repack author account creation
  • Customization wizard (bookmark menu, bookmark toolbar, livemarks, custom first run page, customized start page content)
  • Automated repack generation with revision logging

Q4 2008

• Adapt customised Firefox installer repackaging scripts to work with bzip2 compression and new OSX DMG formats
• Adapt XPI-Buddy, used for generating Partner Repacks, to work with Firefox 3.5 and the /distribution customization methods