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= Introduction =
This is a list of potential projects that need people. If you'd like to work on one of these, move the chosen project to the [[Project List]] and create a page for your work based on the [[Sample Project]] template.
'''Students:''' If you'd like to work on one of these, move the chosen project to the [[Project List]] and create a page for your work based on the [[Sample Project]] template. '''Open Source Community Members:''' We welcome your recommendations for potential projects. Please create an account on this Wiki and create a description for your proposed project below. Please list your contact info (just an IRC or FAS2 name is OK) as well as links to any related web pages as Resources for the proposed project. (Questions? Ask [[user:Chris Tyler | Chris Tyler]] or [[user:David.humphrey | David Humphrey]]). = SBR600 Potential Projects = For possible projects for the SBR600 Software Build and Release Course, lease see the [[SBR600 Potential Projects]] page. = Potential Eclipse WTP Projects = See the list of potential bugs [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/report.cgi?x_axis_field=priority&y_axis_field=product&z_axis_field=bug_severity&query_format=report-table&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&classification=WebTools&product=WTP+Common+Tools&product=WTP+ServerTools&product=WTP+Source+Editing&product=WTP+Webservices&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_severity=major&bug_severity=normal&bug_severity=minor&bug_severity=trivial&priority=P2&priority=P3&priority=P4&priority=P5&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&format=table&action=wrap&field0-0-0=assigned_to&type0-0-0=regexp&value0-0-0=.@ca.ibm.com&field0-0-1=noop&type0-0-1=noop&value0-0-1= here]. <!-- = Potential Fedora Projects =
== [[Sample Project]] ==
NOTE: if someone has already created the project page, speak to this person and see if you can join them. If so, simply add your name to the '''Project Leader(s)''' page. Otherwise, you can become a contributor later.
== Ideas Pool == Lots of good ideas are listed in [[:fedora:SummerCoding/2008/Ideas|Summer Coding Ideas (Fedora Wiki)]]. These projects were originally proposed for Google Summer of Code projects; if you want to use one of them, please discuss it with [Mozilla Source and Symbol Server[User:Chris Tyler|Chris Tyler]] before selecting it, because the scope and mentorship model for GSOC is different from that of the LUX projects. ==Cobbler Web == Cobbler is a Linux install server that simplifies tasks associated with fully automated installation such as DHCP, DNS, kickstart, yum, and virtualization. It aims to be a universal install server for all linux distributions. Currently Cobbler has a web interface that allows users an easier way of interacting with cobbler. There are several core improvements that can be made. One idea is to extend cobbler web to produce views that make it easier for users to edit fields that only they edit (let me reinstall systems I own but don't show me fields I shouldn't care about). Another is to enable search features in the web app to make it tolerate thousands of systems to a better extent. Finally, another feature is to add a task engine to cobblerd, to make it possible to run commands like "cobbler import" and "cobbler reposync" in the background and see their output in the web interface via an AJAXy type system. Possible features are not limited to the above (or just working on the web interface), Cobbler has an ongoing RFE list in Trac that has a wide variety of potential ideas, and ideas beyond the ones listed are also fair game. See https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/report/1?sort=type&asc=1 Resources: http://fedoraproject.org/cobbler Contact: Michael DeHaan == Personal Koji Repositories == Koji Personal Repos (KoPeR) is a concept to allow Fedora maintainers to create personal repos of packages to build against and share with others. Resources: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JesseKeating/KojiPersonalRepos Contact: Jesse Keating
Create a source code server == Port Wubi to work with Mozilla's current symbol server. This will allow users to do full debugs of nightly release builds with access to remote symbols and full source code.Fedora ==
== Port canvas3d If upstream is willing to nonintegrate it, port wubi-Windows platforms ==installer and make it more cross distribution. Otherwise, provide a similar implementation for Fedora.
The canvas3d extension is a binary C++ component that adds a 3D OpenGL drawing context to the HTML canvas element. Currently canvas3d works only on Windowshttp://wubi-installer. Port the code to Linux andorg/or Mac OS X. Porting involves implementing a pbuffer class for each new platform. Some familiarity with OpenGL, or a willingness to learn it, is required.
Resources: Cathy, Vlad.== Delta RPM support in Koji build system ==
== Add OpenID support to Bugzilla == * https://fedorahosted.org/bodhi/ticket/160
Many open source projects rely on bugzilla for bug tracking, and open source developers use different instances, forcing them to have multiple logins. Complete OpenID support in bugzilla.== Benchmark Nightlife Scalability Issues ==
References: see [https://bugzillaUsing Puppet, or some other management tool, create a grid of a dozen machines, then turn that into 12,000 machines.mozillaAddress the network characteristics - how much bandwidth do you need on different components, the communication mechanisms - does UDP work at such a scale, the grid topology - what happens when two nodes are behind firewalls.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294608 bug 294608]
== Full-Text History Search extension ==Resource: [[:fedora:Nightlife|Nightlife wiki page]], Matthew Farrellee
Firefox3 probably won't ship with support == Create Test Suite for full-text history search, even though url-bar autocomplete (with urls/titles) is a really great feature/idea. Write an extension in order to add this feature.Condor ==
References: http://skrulAlong with a good build infrastructure, a strong test framework and methodology is key to survival of modern software. Condor is a system that is shipped on, currently, 14 different platforms - OS + Arch combinations. New features need to be verified to work on all those platforms and shown to cause no regressions in other features. Condor has a large test suite, but no suite covers everything or in sufficient depth. Pick a few features, say the VM Universe or Concurrency Limits, and demonstrate full understanding of them by testing all of the corner cases. This is far from a simple task, and requires more than a cursory understand of the system to properly complete. Understanding the complex interactions of distributed components, common patterns exist across many distribute systems, as well as intimate interactions with the OS is key.com/blog/projects/xpclucene/
== Mozilla Tree Visualization ==Resource: [[:fedora:Nightlife|Nightlife wiki page]], Matthew Farrellee
Use the canvas element in order to create a generic front-end for data visualization of the Mozilla source. Many types of information about the Mozilla project can be keyed to the source tree. For example, file change-rates, code-coverage, bug activity per module, checkins per module, etc. The visualization will be a heatmap, showing certain types of activity in Below: Commented out by Chris Tyler 2008-08-31 -- I think we'll get all the tree. Doing students doing this visualizaiton using canvas3d would allow for a third axis, and changes over time to be shown.
== Mozilla Data Visualization Back-ends Review Packages ==
Create There is a data-source lot of packages in Fedora waiting for the Mozilla Tree Visualization projectsomeone to review it. This means data mining cvs.mozilla.orgWhile a completely new Fedora contributor needs to be sponsored before his package is approved, bugzilla.mozillasubsequent packages can be reviewed and approved by any Fedora package maintainer.orgIn addition to that, bonsaivirtually anybody with a Red Hat Bugzilla account can do do unofficial reviews.mozilla.org Working through the review queue and doing this work might be fun and preparing the data useful learning process for use folks interested in a heatmap visualizationRPM and packaging in general.
== Improve Mozilla Application The general process is described in http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/HowToGetSponsored and Platform Documentation ==in http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/ReviewGuidelines.
Not enough is understood about the various communities and companies who develop with Mozilla, as opposed to those who work on the Mozilla code itself. === Review Requests A proper survey needs to be conducted in order to find out which APIs are being used and how, what is hard, what could be improved, etc. The [http://www.mozpad.org Mozilla Platform Application Developers] is interested in changing this. Their goal is to work with the Mozilla development community to survey, understand, and document the current state of the art. In this project you will work with the mozpad community to connect with projects/companies in orbit around Mozilla and do interviews with their developers. You will then document this information.===
* References: Unassigned review requests - http://www.mozpadfedoraproject.org/dokuPackageReviewStatus/NEW.php?id=actionitem:documentation_proposalhtml* See also: In progress review requests - http://starkravingfinklefedoraproject.org/blogwiki/2007PackageMaintainers/06/xulrunnerInProgressReviewRequests* Approved review requests -wishlist/ and http://wwwfedoraproject.songbirdnest.comorg/wiki/nodePackageMaintainers/1826ApprovedReviewRequests* Contacts: plasticmillion-->
= Potential Mozilla Projects = == Localize Mozilla [[Sample Project]] == This is a sample project stub. You can use the template for [[Sample Project]] in order to create a project page for one of the stubs below. This is how you 'sign-up' for a project.
Join a localization team (NOTE: if someone has already created the project page, speak to this person and see http://developerif you can join them.mozilla If so, simply add your name to the '''Project Leader(s)''' page.org/en/docs/Localization) and help localize Mozilla into Otherwise, you can become a language other than English, for example, [http://blog.mozilla.com/ligong/2007/07/11/firefox-cn-localization-liaison-group-started/ Chinese]contributor later.
One recent suggestion is to do en-CA and fr-CA localizations for Canadian users.== Improve Localization build system ==
* References: Mic, AlixCurrently it requires many many steps to produce another language of Firefox.It would really easy to package these many steps to reduce the required knowledge to generate a new language.
== Testing of Canadian Banking Adding a few make steps to wrap this process would help everyone.This is a very easy project to tackle but very benefitial if the time and Financial Sites in Mozilla ==love is given to it.
This project will focus on improving the user experience at banking and other financial sites for Canadian Mozilla users. This includes determining which sites are relevant, insuring proper behavior for Firefox 3 on these sites, etc.Reference: armenzg
References== Create a cross-repo pushlog to see all locales's checkins ==We currently check many different repositories to trigger builds when a developer makes a change. We also check the localizer's repositories to see if they have pushed any changes. The problem is that we have close to eighty different localization repositories and that takes a long time to check each one of them.If we had a joint view that would improve our systems. An example of that view is:https://l10n-stage-sj.mozilla.org/pushes/but the format should be more like this: http://qualityhg.mozilla.org/nodemozilla-central/293pushlogwhich is what our release engineering systems check for.This project would require you to hack hg and pushlog to make it work.armenzg has many blog posts explaining how to setup pushlog in your local machine.
== My Favicons extension ==Reference: armenzg - Bug 498641
Write an extension to allow the user to pick his/her own favicons for sites, based on a URL regexp. The image should get stored as part of the user’s profile, so that it doesn’t have to live in the same place on the user’s disk. Ideally, it should also be possible to export the regexp == Thunderbird SMTP Auto-> icon mapping as a regexp -> data URI mapping that can be imported into another profile.Sensing ==
References: http://blogModify Thunderbird so that it uses the correct SMTP server for your current network and IP.vlad1 In other words, if you are at home, use your home ISP's SMTP, but if you use a school wireless network, switch to the school's SMTP. These various SMTP configurations should be manually controlled by the user, that is, you don't have to try and figure out which SMTP to use. Rather, it should be configurable in an options dialog.com/archives/2007/08/10/151/
== Tbeachball - Quantifying Mozilla's Responsiveness == References: #maildev
This project will add instrumentation to Mozilla in order to determine how much time is spent away from the main event loop, and therefore from the user's mouse/keyboard input. When the user does something, how long does it take for Mozilla to act on that stimulus? One thing that sometimes interferes with interface responsiveness is spending too long away from the main event loop, perhaps in layout or some other intensive computation. This leads to new events from the user, such as mouse clicks or keypresses, not being noticed and acted upon. This could also be expanded in order to include the triggering of log points and specific dialog openings, etc. with a view to understanding what the long-running events actually are.
References: http://shaver.off.net/diary/2007/08/25/tbeachball/ and http://shaver.off.net/misc/latency-tracing-patch.txt
== Mozilla Developer Virtual Appliance <strike>XULRunner Application Packaging ==
Create a Linux-based virtual machine with all the necessary build, development, and testing tools necessary Help to develop an [http://www.mozpad.org/doku.php?id=application_build_system_project automated packaging system] for working on Mozilla. This virtual appliance would be targeted at developers not familiar with the Mozilla toolchain and wanted to get startedXULRunner applications.
== Add support for more compilers to distcc ==Resources: plasticmillion, mfinkle, #mozpad, #prism</strike>
An earlier project [[Adding Compilers to Distcc|added multi-compiler support to distcc]], and then [[Distcc With MSVC|MSVC support]]. The framework is now in place to support even more compilers. Add support == 'Compact databases' feature for another compiler, perhaps Java, C#Mozilla calendaring applications (Lightning, or something else.Sunbird) ==
Necessary Skills: CAdd the possibility to compact the database for local storage calendars based on SQLite using the VACUUM command. At the moment the local database for events and tasks will not get smaller even if you delete your tasks and events. This has serious performance implications for people, Python, Makefilewho work a lot with their calendar.
See also [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id== Port distcc to MSYS ==352976 Bug 352976]
The recent work to add [[Distcc With MSVC|MSVC support]] to distcc works using the cygwin build environment. However, since this project was completedResources: ctalbert, Mozilla has switched to MSYS (see the [http://developerdaniel in #calendar on irc.mozilla.org/en/docs/Windows_Build_Prerequisites Mozilla Win32 build docs). Port distcc so that it works with the new MSYS environment.
References: Cesar and Tom== <strike>[[Spellcheck Extension for Arbitrary Web Pages]]</strike> ==
== Add Multi-File transfer <strike>Write an extension to distcc ==leverage the existing spellcheck code in Mozilla and add the ability to highlight spelling mistakes for a given web page (i.e., vs. a textbox).</strike>
The recent work == <strike>Modify Firefox to add [[Distcc With MSVC|MSVC support]] handle files downloaded to distcc only allows for a single file to be sent back from build slaves. This means that extra debugging info (e.g., .pdb files) cannot be sent with binaries. Modify distcc so that it can support debug Mozilla builds.Temp more appropriately </strike>==
References<strike>Often files downloaded by the browser are put in a temporary folder that is emptied on close. Users (and especially novice users) should be protected from inadvertent data loss as a result of important files being saved to this temp folder. This project will add fixes to the browser so that users are protected. Ideas include: Cesar and Tom
== Add password managers for various platforms ==* Make Firefox aware of common productivity file types (e.g., .doc, .pdf) and whitelist these types so they aren't deleted* Have office type files download automatically to a documents folder instead of temp* Firefox could check the timestamp of such files and delete them only if the timestamp is the same as when it was originally saved by the browser (i.e., has not been edited)* Warn the user on closing the browser that files are going to be removed* Assuming files still exist on start-up (see above), alert the user that these files are still there (similar to "New Session or Restart Existing?" dialog)* Have the browser pop-up a Save As dialog instead of automatically saving to temp, and use a documents path
Previous work was done on adding [[OS X Keychain integration]] to Firefox. This work was focused on tightly binding C++ Other ideas are possible, and Mac API calls. Since then more work has been done to [http://blog.mozilla.com/dolske/2007/05/28/followup-password-manager-changes-coming-in-ff3-alpha-5/ modularize the password manager] in Firefox. Various platform "keychains" need to a combination of these might be integrated with the new systemnecessary. See bugs [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=309807 309807]Ultimately, [https://bugzillathis fix should target regular users without much knowledge of the filesystem.mozilla.org</show_bug.cgi?id=106400 106400], and [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=371000 371000]. See also [http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2007-August/msg00241.html this e-mail message].strike>
== Convert password storage to a SQLite database ==Resources: ted, mfinkle
Currently, Firefox stores logins in a text file in the user's profile (signons2See also: [https://bugzilla.txt)mozilla. The format is simple, but inflexibleorg/show_bug. Storage of other browser data, such as cookies cgi?id=280419 bug 280419] and form history, has steadily been moving towards using SQLite-backed databases so moving password storage to the same kind of storage would be good. Some work was started in [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=288040 369108 bug 288040369108], and code [http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/uriloader/exthandler/nsExternalHelperAppService.cpp#2077 here].
== Support for OpenID Standalone Test Harnesses ==
Mozilla uses several systems for [http://openiddeveloper.netmozilla.org/en/docs/ OpenIDMozilla_automated_testing automated testing] is an open, decentralizedincluding [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Mochitest Mochitest], free framework for user-centric digital identity[http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Mozilla_automated_testing#Reftest Reftest], [http://developer. It's built on existing web technologies so that it can work without special support in the browsermozilla. Howeverorg/en/docs/Writing_xpcshell-based_unit_tests xpcshell unit tests], tighter browser integration could allow for increased security and easier management. See [httpshttp://bugzilladeveloper.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356853 bug 356853en/docs/Mozilla_automated_testing#Crash_tests crash tests]. Needs definition as Currently, to exactly what should be done run these test suites or develop new tests, you need to build your own Firefox with --enable-tests, and howrun the tests from the object directory. Could Ideally there would be initially implemented as an extensiona standalone package available for download that would let you run these test suites against any Firefox build, to ease development of new tests and allow more people to get involved with automated testing.
== Refactor master password out of NSS ==* References: http://xoatlicue.blogspot.com/2008/01/standalone-test-product.html* Possible Resources: Ben Hearsum
Users can enable a "master password" in their browser, which securely encrypts all their stored passwords. The current implementation can be awkward == Add source checkout to use and has some limitations, see [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?idbuildbot ==322617 bug 322617]. Fixing this would involve having password manager being more involved with the cryptography operations -- deriving a key from a passphrase with PKCS#5, and using NSS and PKCS#11 to encrypt/decrypt entries.
== Add Offline Support Unlike many open source projects, it's not possible to an open do a CVS checkout and build the code. This is due to the complex module and version combinations necessary to get and build a particular product, for example Firefox. To accomplish this, Mozilla uses [http://mxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source web app ==/client.mk client.mk], which provides a set of rules for getting and building the code.
Firefox 3 will support offline abilitiesIncreasingly, such that web developers can write their apps so they work even when no network Mozilla is presentmoving toward using the Python based buildbot system for automated builds and tests. Good headway has been made already [http://www.bluishcoder.coIt would be good to add a Source class for client.nz/2007/02/offline-zimbra-with-firefox.html porting Zimbra]mk checkouts. Pick another web app This would mean creating a a general Source class that understands the idea of checking out a file, and add offline support, which could then be used to drive the checkout and allow for example: [http://moodleintegration with client.org Moodle]mk.
References: Ben Hearsum (bhearsum), Rob Helmer (rhelmer) == Thunderbird SMTP AutoPort the Firefox Release Repackager to other platforms == The [http://benjamin.smedbergs.us/release-repackager/ Firefox Release Repackager] allows one to take a released version of the browser, deconstruct it in order to add some custom extension, then repackage it. This allows organizations to ship slightly modified versions of stock releases, useful for their users. Currently the repackager only works on Mac. Port this tool to Windows and/or Linux. In order to do this you'll need platform binaries of 7zip, or perhaps you can use P7zip to do a cross platform version. There are other ideas that can be added to this tool as well for making it more flexible. Resources: mkaply, bsmedberg == gdb symbol server support == Microsoft's debugger allows the use of a symbol server, which it can use to download debugging symbols for programs and libraries. [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Using_the_Mozilla_symbol_server Mozilla provides this] for nightly and release builds on Windows, and it's useful for people to debug their crashes locally without having to build a debug build. This functionality doesn't exist for Linux or OS X, where gdb is the debugger. gdb does support loading debug symbols from external files, so it could probably be extended to look for the symbols on a web server first. References:# https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=412722#c5# http://www.linuxcommand.org/man_pages/objcopy1.html (see --add-gnu-debuglink and --only-keep-debug)# http://www.totalviewtech.com/Documentation/Tips/gnu_debuglink.html Resources: ted, Stan Shebs, Jim Blandy == gdb support for minidumps for post-mortem debugging == Microsoft's debugger allows for loading a minidump produced during a crash and then performing post-mortem debugging. GDB supports using core files for the same purpose. In Firefox 3, we produce minidump files on all of our supported platforms for use with our Breakpad crash reporting system. Sometimes people may want to debug a crash locally using one of these minidumps. On Windows, using the symbol server, they can simply load the minidump in their debugger. Currently there is no equivalent on Linux or Mac. Extending gdb to support loading minidumps for post-mortem debugging would be useful. This project may rely on the gdb symbol server project to be truly useful. References:# http://code.google.com/p/google-Sensing breakpad/source/browse/trunk/src/google_breakpad/common/minidump_format.h# http://www.codeproject.com/KB/debug/postmortemdebug_standalone1.aspx# http://sourceware.org/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb_3.html#SEC7# http://sourceware.org/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb_9.html#SEC80 Resources: ted, Stan Shebs, Jim Blandy ==RegressionTry == Make it possible to look for bugs across old nightly builds of Firefox using automated tools. For example, [http://db48x.net/regression-search/ regression-search] is a script that allows you to do binary searches across binaries, looking for the existence of a bug. This could be improved through the use of tools like [http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/coscripter/browse/about co-scripter]. Ideally the user could look for bugs in automated ways, without having to download and install tons of browser versions.
Modify Thunderbird so that it uses the correct SMTP server for your current network and IP. In other wordsResources: db48x, if you are at home, use your home ISP's SMTP, but if you use a school wireless network, switch to the school's SMTP. These various SMTP configurations should be manually controlled by the user, that is, you don't have to try and figure out which SMTP to use. Rather, it should be configurable in an options dialog.ted
== [[Firefox Session Saver Extension]] Extend Try Server to test Thunderbird patches ==
Write a simple (i.e."Specifically, nothing more than Mozilla has a simple "save session") extension to leverage great system called “try servers” where one can submit patches against the existing [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Session_restore_API Session Store API] in order to allow tree, and the user to save his/her currently open tabs build system runs builds on Linux, Mac and restore themWindows, using those patches, then serves those builds for testing. This is similar really helpful to what Firefox does when figure out if proposed patches solve specific problems...The only problem is that there’s a little bit of patching needed to the try server code itself to make it unexpectedly crashes and gives the user the option able to restore a previous session. NOTE: there are extensions that do this alreadywork with other targets besides Firefox, but many of them are more feature rich than need be. See also as described in bug 431375" ([http://www.beltznerascher.ca/mikeblog/archives2008/200705/0502/28thunderbird-team-needs-help-from-pythonperl-build-assist/resurrect_your_session.html this blog postAscher].)
== Thunderbird Picture Preview Add DTrace probes and scripts for Mozilla code base ==
Write an extension for Thunderbird that allows the user [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTrace DTrace] was created by Sun in OpenSolaris to allow developers to write simple scripts in order to start probe and instrument executing programs in a slideshow preview way not possible otherwise. One of all images in the current messageadvantages of DTrace is that it allows you to turn on probing when you need it, but not incur an execution penalty with regard to performance (i.e. The feature would work like this: , when a mail arrives with pictures attachedprobes aren't being scripted, a button or some other UI is added they aren't run). This requires developers to the message that allows the slideshow add "probes" to begintheir source code. When clickedFor example, the images are shown one after the otherif you wanted to know when a particular function is entered/exited, get info about what happened, properly scaled etc. you could add probes to fit in the windowparticular function. Consider using [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Canvas_tutorial Canvas] to do Writing the custom graphicsprobes is not difficult, and take a look at [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/556 this existing Thunderbird extension] for ideashowever there are hundreds or thousands of probes that Mozilla would like across its code base.
== [[Cross-Platform Mozilla Build Farm]] ==Resources: sayrer
Using the accumulated knowledge of the [[Extending the Buildbot|buildbot]] and [[Distcc With MSVC|distcc]] projects, and using the physical resources of [[Mozilla@Seneca Cluster Administration|Hera]], create a cross-platform distributed build system suitable for testing patches to Mozilla.== Plugin Code Test Suite ==
== Create a [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Plugins plugin] test suite. There are currently no tests of any kind, and this code is very brittle and not well understood. This would involve creating a plugin or set of plugins and some html/js to drive that plugin in order to push test coverage. Maybe look at the JRE tests, create some specific plugin cases (e.g., swf to load that tests flash specific code). The newly announced Google Chromium browser [http://dev.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/getting-around-the-chrome-source-code seems to have something like this] with regard to using the npapi for driving tests via plug-in. See also docs on [Bugzilla componenthttp://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/inter-process-watchingcommunication IPC]and [http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/plugin-architecture plug-in design] ==in Chromium.
It's common for a developer to want to "watch" all the bugs that are filed in a certain [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org Bugzilla] component. Mozilla uses a convoluted and painful system of synthetic accounts to simulate this capabilityThis will require C programming, and we'd all really prefer to be able to do it more directly and with less opportunity for erroras well as light web development (html, js, perhaps swf).
ReferenceResources: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=76794 Bug 76794]jst
== Automated Testing Create self-serve symbol upload system ==
Programmatically driving the browser Mozilla has a symbol server which is used by developers to debug issues in release builds that don't include debug information (i.e., symbols). However, many crashes are related to perform humanthird-like tasks repeatedlyparty binary plugins or extensions, for which Mozilla has no symbols. The programmer will have to This project would create a framework web-based self-serve solution for driving browser third-parties to upload symbols for their binary components in JavaScript or other scripting language to repeatedly test various pieces of the applicationbreakpad-formatted .sym file format. Ideallythis could happen in an automated way, the successful completion of this task will see such that third-parties could add a test or suite of tests that can be invoked by command line step to their build system to start the browser, run the test suites and then exit and record the results for display or analysisdo it automatically with each release. See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=419879 bug# 419879].
ReferenceResources: Work with Mozilla's Rob Campbell and Jay Patel from the QA Team. See also http://labs.mozilla.com/2007/09/coscripter/ted
== Litmus Extension <strike>Add OpenLayers test suite to Mozilla </strike>==
We wanted <strike>Mozilla [http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/dom/tests/mochitest/ajax/ uses] many common JavaScript library test suites to add additional coverage to have an extension it's JavaScript implementation. One test suite that would is not currently used by Mozilla, but could be able to serve users testcases to try and allow them to submit results to , is the [http://litmus.mozillaopenlayers.org OpenLayer's] js [http://litmustrac.mozillaopenlayers.org/browser/trunk/openlayers/tests test suite]. We could expand the feature set of the extension to do a lot of other cool things with Bugzilla and Website Reporter integration See [https://bugzilla.mozilla. So we need some ideas thereorg/show_bug. If you're interested, you could consult the work of [[User:djhamp-g|David Hamp-Gonsalves]cgi?id=399311 bug# 399311], who created the Buggy Bar extension.
== [["Avoid loading the same page twice" Extension]] ==Resources: sayrer</strike>
Create an extension to Firefox so that when a bookmark is clicked, and that site is already open in any tab in any window, that tab== <strike>Import sqlite test suite</window is brought to the front rather than loading the page again.strike> ==
Related tech <strike>Mozilla uses an embedded version of [http://www.sqlite.org/ SQLite] extensively to [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/storage store data] such as bookmarks, history, etc. To insure that it runs properly within Mozilla, it would be good to add the entire sqlite test suite to Mozilla's tests, so that testing the browser also means testing sqlite. The sqlite test suite is written in TCL and skillsneeds to be ported to JavaScript. Some [http: XUL//mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/storage/test/unit/test_like.js work has already been done], JavaScriptbut more is required to get full test coverage.
References: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=391756 bug 391756], http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/weblog/?p=368
Resources: sdwilsh
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== Firebug "linting" for portability problems ==Take : [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Import_sqlite_test_suite Park,KiWon]
Lots of web developers use Firebug and Firefox for building their applications, but we want those apps to == Make chromebug work well in other browsers as well. If Firebug knew about JS or CSS patterns that could cause problems in other browsers, it would make it much easier to have those applications work in all browsers.Thunderbird ==
== Add-on update helper tools for developers ==TBD
As Firefox 3 gets ramped up, there are nearly 3000 add-ons that need to get updated to some degree. Write tools (web or XULRunner) to look == Help gristmill move forward in add-ons and find things that developers will need to update. You'll want to work with the Mozilla documentation and evangelism teams to figure out what you're looking for and what to recommend to users.Thunderbird ==
== Make FUEL work with Firefox 2 ==TBD
Mozilla's [http://wiki.mozilla.org/FUEL FUEL] (Firefox User Extension Library) is a JavaScript Library designed to help developers build extensions using terminology and interfaces that are more familiar to them. Currently it works with Firefox 3, but it would be helpful to have it work with Firefox 2 as well. Work toward having the existing [http://mxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/find?string=fuel%2Ftest%2Fbrowser_ FUEL Tests] pass for Firefox 2.= Help Calendar integration on Trunk ==
== Benchmark SVG ==TBD
Benchmark SVG performance and look for areas of the code that could be optimized.Resources: Fallen
Resources: #mozpad
== XULRunner Application Packaging ==
Help to develop an [http://www.mozpad.org/doku.php?id=application_build_system_project automated packaging system] for XULRunner applications.= HTML page set sanitizer ==
Resources: plasticmillionThe Talos performance testing system at Mozilla currently runs on a large set of web pages pulled from the Alexa Top 500. These pages can't be redistributed, mfinklesince they're mirrors of copyrighted web pages. In addition, #mozpadmany of them contain adult content. This makes it difficult for people to duplicate the Talos results or to test changes that have an expected performance impact.
== Expose DBUS A useful solution to XPCOM ==this problem would be a tool that takes a mirrored copy of a website and "sanitizes" it, by changing the page text and image contents (making them junk or filler text or something). The caveat here is that this *cannot* change the performance characteristics of the page. For example, taking a page that is all Chinese text and replacing it with "Lorem Ipsum" filler text would cause the page to take different text rendering paths, which would change what is measured. As another example, making all JPEG images solid black would likely make them decode and render much faster. Any solution should have some analysis performed that shows that performance is not significantly altered in the sanitized page set.
The desktop bus ([httpResources://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus DBUS]) is used to communicate between desktop components on a Linux ted (or Unixbut find someone better!) system. If this was exposed to XPCOM objects for bidirectional communication then tighter integration between the desktop and the browser could be achieved. There has been some [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/D-Bus_and_other_Linux_desktop_integration_improvements previous work] in this area. Resources: RH online desktop team.
== Embeddable HTTP Engine 3D object picking ==Canvas 3D JS Library is a library for the creation and manipulation of 3D scenes in the browser without needing to know much 3D programming. Part of this project is to handle mouse input. This particular project looks at how to perform "picking". That is, when given a coordinate within the canvas, return the 3D object at that location.
Create an HTTP facility Resources: cathy, Andor (transport, not rendering) for desktop apps that shares cache and cookies with the browser -- basically export the firefox http engine. A dbus-exported [http://svnwww.mugshotc3dl.org/dumbhippo/trunk/client/linux/src/hippo-dbus-http.c proof-of-concept] exists which which shows some basic structure. A better solution would support more http features, avoid the dbus daemon for large files, and use Firefox instead of libcurl. One challenge is making this work when Firefox is not running. Resources: RH online desktop team.)
== Radio Button Bookmarks Extension =Potential OOo Projects =
Create an extension to provide == [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.apps.firefox/browse_thread/thread/f2eeb10d0436af3f radio-button style bookmarks[Sample Project]].==
== Localized Search This is a sample project stub. You can use the template for [[Sample Project]] in Firefox Search Box ==order to create a project page for one of the stubs below. This is how you 'sign-up' for a project.
Firefox features a search box that NOTE: if someone has already created the project page, speak to this person and see if you can be customized join them. If so, simply add your name to work with different search engines the '''Project Leader(e.g., Google, Yahoo!, Wikipedias). Most websites have their own search facilities, but the location of the search box on the ''' page varies considerably. Create a mechanism for Firefox to pick up a website's search mechanism and make it accessible to the user through the Firefox search box Otherwise, so that users have you can become a consistent place to look for site-specific search. This might use a mechanism similar to [http://www.rssboard.org/rss-autodiscovery feed autodiscovery]contributor later.
Resources: myk== Generate an OOo XREF based on Dehydra ==
== Universal Firefox on a USB Key ==Using Dehydra, build OOo and generate an xref in the same way we are indexing for dxr.
Create a portable USB installation of Firefox that will work on all of Windows, Linux, and MacTODO: more info. Currently there are binaries for doing this with Windows/Linux. You'll need to get binaries for the app on each platform, figure out how to share a common profile, and get it all on a single USB key. Some existing work in this area has been done, and could be built upon.
Resources: humph, taras
== Existing Subjects proposed by OpenOffice.org Education Project == FIXME : the projects proposed on the OpenOffice.org Education Project will be adapted to the current section. Waiting we encourage you to have a look at the '''[http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project/Effort OpenOffice.org Education Project Effort page]''Compact databases' feature for Mozilla calendaring applications (Lightning, Sunbird) == Other links:  [http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project OpenOffice.org Education Project on the Wiki]
Add the possibility to compact the database for local storage calendars based on SQLite using the VACUUM command. At the moment the local database for events and tasks will not get smaller even if you delete your tasks and events. This has serious performance implications for people, who work a lot with their calendar.
Resources[[User: ctalbertEricb|Ericb]] 21:05, daniel in #calendar on irc.mozilla.org26 September 2008 (UTC)
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