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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 the tree. Doing this visualizaiton using canvas3d would allow for a third axis, and changes over time to be shownResources: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JesseKeating/KojiPersonalRepos
== Mozilla Data Visualization Back-ends ==Contact: Jesse Keating
Create a data-source for the Mozilla Tree Visualization project. This means data mining cvs.mozilla.org, bugzilla.mozilla.org, bonsai.mozilla.org and preparing the data for use in a heatmap visualization.== Port Wubi to Fedora ==
== Add OpenID support If upstream is willing to Bugzilla ==integrate it, port wubi-installer and make it more cross distribution. Otherwise, provide a similar implementation for Fedora.
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 bugzillahttp://wubi-installer.org/
References: see [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294608 bug 294608]= Delta RPM support in Koji build system ==
== Tbeachball - Quantifying Mozilla's Responsiveness == * https://fedorahosted.org/bodhi/ticket/160
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.== Benchmark Nightlife Scalability Issues ==
References: http://shaverUsing Puppet, or some other management tool, create a grid of a dozen machines, then turn that into 12,000 machines.off.net/diary/2007/08/25/tbeachball/ and http://shaver.off.net/misc/latencyAddress the network characteristics - how much bandwidth do you need on different components, the communication mechanisms -tracingdoes UDP work at such a scale, the grid topology -patchwhat happens when two nodes are behind firewalls.txt
== Port distcc to MSYS ==Resource: [[:fedora:Nightlife|Nightlife wiki page]], Matthew Farrellee
The recent work to add [[Distcc With MSVC|MSVC support]] to distcc works using the cygwin build environment. However, since this project was completed, Mozilla has switched to MSYS (see the [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Windows_Build_Prerequisites Mozilla Win32 build docs). Port distcc so that it works with the new MSYS environment.== Create Test Suite for Condor ==
References: Cesar Along with a good build infrastructure, a strong test framework and Tommethodology 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.
== Add Multi-File transfer to distcc ==Resource: [[:fedora:Nightlife|Nightlife wiki page]], Matthew Farrellee
The recent work to add [[Distcc With MSVC|MSVC support]] 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--- Below: Commented out by Chris Tyler 2008-08-31 -- I think we'll get all the students doing this.
References== Review Packages == There is a lot of packages in Fedora waiting for someone to review it. While a completely new Fedora contributor needs to be sponsored before his package is approved, subsequent packages can be reviewed and approved by any Fedora package maintainer. In addition to that, virtually anybody with a Red Hat Bugzilla account can do do unofficial reviews. Working through the review queue and doing this work might be fun and useful learning process for folks interested in RPM and packaging in general. The general process is described in http: Cesar //fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/HowToGetSponsored and Tomin http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/ReviewGuidelines. === Review Requests === * Unassigned review requests - http://fedoraproject.org/PackageReviewStatus/NEW.html* In progress review requests - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/InProgressReviewRequests* Approved review requests - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/ApprovedReviewRequests--> = Potential Mozilla Projects = == [[Sample Project]] ==
== Add password managers This is a sample project stub. You can use the template for various platforms ==[[Sample Project]] in order to create a project page for one of the stubs below. This is how you 'sign-up' for a project.
Previous work was done on adding [[OS X Keychain integration]] NOTE: if someone has already created the project page, speak to Firefox. This work was focused on tightly binding C++ this person and Mac API callssee if you can join them. Since then more work has been done If so, simply add your name to [http://blog.mozilla.com/dolske/2007/05/28/followup-password-manager-changes-coming-in-ff3-alpha-5/ modularize the password manager] in Firefox'''Project Leader(s)''' page. Various platform "keychains" need to be integrated with the new system. See bugs [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=309807 309807]Otherwise, [https://bugzilla.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]you can become a contributor later.
== Refactor master password out of NSS ==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 love is given to it.
Users can enable a "master password" in their browser, which securely encrypts all their stored passwords. The current implementation can be awkward to use and has some limitations, see [httpsReference://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=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. armenzg
Firefox 3 will support offline abilities, such that web developers can write their apps so they work even when no network is present. Good headway has been made already [httpReference://www.bluishcoder.co.nz/2007/02/offlinearmenzg -zimbra-with-firefox.html porting Zimbra]. Pick another web app and add offline support, for example: [http://moodle.org Moodle].Bug 498641
Write a simple (i.e., nothing more than a simple "save session") extension Port this tool to leverage the existing [http:Windows and//developeror Linux.mozilla.org/en/docs/Session_restore_API Session Store API] in In order to allow the user do this you'll need platform binaries of 7zip, or perhaps you can use P7zip to save his/her currently open tabs and restore them. This is similar to what Firefox does when it unexpectedly crashes and gives the user the option to restore do a previous sessioncross platform version. NOTE: there There are extensions other ideas that do can be added to this already, but many of them are tool as well for making it more feature rich than need be. See also [http://www.beltzner.ca/mike/archives/2007/05/28/resurrect_your_session.html this blog post]flexible.
== [[Bugzilla component-watching]] ==Resources: mkaply, bsmedberg
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 capability, and we'd all really prefer to be able to do it more directly and with less opportunity for error.== gdb symbol server support ==
Reference: Microsoft's debugger allows the use of a symbol server, which it can use to download debugging symbols for programs and libraries. [httpshttp://bugzilladeveloper.mozilla.org/show_bugen/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.cgi?id=76794 Bug 76794]
We wanted to have an extension that would be able to serve users testcases to try and allow them to submit results to [httpResources://litmus.mozilla.org http://litmus.mozilla.org]. We could expand the feature set of the extension to do a lot of other cool things with Bugzilla and Website Reporter integration. So we need some ideas there. If you're interestedted, you could consult the work of [[User:djhamp-g|David Hamp-Gonsalves]]Stan Shebs, who created the Buggy Bar extension.Jim Blandy
Create an extension 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 Firefox so that when debug a bookmark is clickedcrash locally using one of these minidumps. On Windows, using the symbol server, and that site is already open they can simply load the minidump in any tab in any window, that tab/window their debugger. Currently there is brought no equivalent on Linux or Mac. Extending gdb to the front rather than support loading minidumps for post-mortem debugging would be useful. This project may rely on the page againgdb symbol server project to be truly useful.
Related tech and skillsReferences: XUL, JavaScript# http://code.google.com/p/google-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
== Firebug "linting" for portability problems ==Resources: ted, Stan Shebs, Jim Blandy
Lots of web developers use Firebug and Firefox for building their applications, but we want those apps to 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.== RegressionTry ==
== AddMake it possible to look for bugs across old nightly builds of Firefox using automated tools. For example, [http://db48x.net/regression-on update helper 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 developers ==bugs in automated ways, without having to download and install tons of browser versions.
As Firefox 3 gets ramped upResources: db48x, there are nearly 3000 add-ons that need to get updated to some degree. Write tools (web or XULRunner) to look 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.ted
Help to develop an [http://wwwen.mozpadwikipedia.org/dokuwiki/DTrace DTrace] was created by Sun in OpenSolaris to allow developers to write simple scripts in order to probe and instrument executing programs in a way not possible otherwise. One of the advantages 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.php?id=application_build_system_project automated packaging system] for XULRunner applicationse., when probes aren't being scripted, they aren't run). This requires developers to add "probes" to their source code. For example, if you wanted to know when a particular function is entered/exited, get info about what happened, etc. you could add probes to the particular function. Writing the probes is not difficult, however there are hundreds or thousands of probes that Mozilla would like across its code base. Resources: sayrer
Resources: plasticmillion, mfinkle, #mozpad== Plugin Code Test Suite ==
== Embeddable HTTP Engine ==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 [http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/inter-process-communication IPC] and [http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/plugin-architecture plug-in design] in Chromium.
Create an HTTP facility This will require C programming, as well as light web development (transporthtml, js, not renderingperhaps swf) for desktop apps that shares cache and cookies with the browser -- basically export the firefox http engine. A dbus-exported [http://svn.mugshot.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.
== Universal Firefox on a USB Key ==Resources: jst
== Mozilla has a symbol server which is used by developers to debug issues in release builds that don'Compact databases' feature t include debug information (i.e., symbols). However, many crashes are related to third-party binary plugins or extensions, for which Mozilla calendaring applications (Lightninghas no symbols. This project would create a web-based self-serve solution for third-parties to upload symbols for their binary components in breakpad-formatted .sym file format. Ideally this could happen in an automated way, Sunbird) =such that third-parties could add a step to their build system to do it automatically with each release. See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=419879 bug# 419879].
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: ted
See also [https:== <strike>Add OpenLayers test suite to Mozilla <//bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?idstrike>==352976 Bug 352976]
Resources<strike>Mozilla [http: ctalbert//mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/dom/tests/mochitest/ajax/ uses] many common JavaScript library test suites to add additional coverage to it's JavaScript implementation. One test suite that is not currently used by Mozilla, daniel in #calendar on ircbut could be, is the [http://openlayers.org OpenLayer's] js [http://trac.openlayers.org/browser/trunk/openlayers/tests test suite]. See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=399311 bug# 399311].
== Thunderbird Draft Scheduler Extension ==Resources: sayrer</strike>
Write an extension for Thunderbird so that the user has the ability to mark a draft email for sending later. This is not the same as having to save emails in your DRAFT box because users would have to remember to go back in and click Send later. What is different here is that users could set the date and time for each email to be sent. This feature would be helpful to those who work late into the night but prefer not to send emails at such a late hour. This feature would also benefit support staff, e.g., administrative assistants, who constantly have to send out regular email reminders, e.g., for meetings, timesheets, etc.== <strike>Import sqlite test suite</strike> ==
Resources<strike>Mozilla uses an embedded version of [http: Vivian Ngo//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 needs to be ported to JavaScript. Some [http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/storage/test/unit/test_like.js work has already been done], but more is required to get full test coverage.
Write an extension to 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).Resources: sdwilsh </strike>
== Webpage Delta Debugger ==Take : [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Import_sqlite_test_suite Park,KiWon]
It'd be really nice to have a webpage "delta debugger" extension - something where the user could make a change, save a complete copy of the document post-change, load it == Make chromebug work in the browser again, and see if the bug's still there. If it is, user makes another change, gets another complete copy saved, loads the new copy, lather rinse repeat. If the bug isn't there, scrap the newly saved copy, but allow the user to annotate it, saying "Hey, I tried this already, don't try it again".Thunderbird ==
Suggestions include wrapping Jesse Ruderman's "Lithium" testcase reducer project into an user-friendly Firefox extension, or a DOM Inspector-like tool, focusing on a representation of the tree of DOM nodes.TBD
Resources: Alex Vincent (WeirdAl == Help gristmill move forward in #developers on irc.mozilla.org)Thunderbird ==
== Modify Firefox to throttle Plugins when Inactive ==TBD
Modify the browser so that it throttles plugins back when the user/browser/system is inactive. Consider, for example, [http://www.kaourantin.net/2006/05/frame-rates-in-flash-player.html work] that has been done in Safari. You could consider doing this via the IdleService, with an observer set to go off at an appropriate interval. You should also consider how to deal with the case of videos (YouTube). Perhaps keep a white list of movie sites, or other plugin-dependent content that shouldn't be throttled.== Help Calendar integration on Trunk ==
== Modify Firefox to handle files downloaded to Temp more appropriately ==TBD
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 includeResources:Fallen
* 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
Other ideas are possible, and a combination of these might be necessary. Ultimately, this fix should target regular users without much knowledge of the filesystem.
It would The 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 useful if you could pause/mute/freeze distracting content in a tabredistributed, since they're mirrors of copyrighted web pages. Often this means pluginsIn addition, which are playing music or animatingmany of them contain adult content. One possible solution is This makes it difficult for people to expose duplicate the API Talos results or to test changes that bfcache uses to freeze/thaw a window, since plugins are themselves "windows." Other platform specific approaches may also be available (e.g., hooking sound API calls in Windows)have an expected performance impact.
References: http://wwwA useful solution to 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).melezThe caveat here is that this *cannot* change the performance characteristics of the page.com/mykzilla/2007/04/tab-specific-muteFor 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.html
== Standalone Test Harnesses ==Resources: ted (but find someone better!)
Mozilla uses several systems == 3D object picking ==Canvas 3D JS Library is a library for [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Mozilla_automated_testing automated testing], including [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Mochitest Mochitest], [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Mozilla_automated_testing#Reftest Reftest], [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Writing_xpcshell-based_unit_tests xpcshell unit tests], the creation and [http://developermanipulation of 3D scenes in the browser without needing to know much 3D programming.mozilla Part of this project is to handle mouse input.org/en/docs/Mozilla_automated_testing#Crash_tests crash tests] This particular project looks at how to perform "picking". CurrentlyThat is, to run these test suites or develop new testswhen given a coordinate within the canvas, you need to build your own Firefox with --enable-tests, and run the tests from return the 3D object directory. Ideally there would be a standalone package available for download at 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 testinglocation.
* ReferencesResources: cathy, Andor (http://xoatlicuewww.blogspotc3dl.com/2008/01/standalone-test-product.html* Possible Resources: Rob Campbell (robceeorg), Ben Hearsum
Right now the only way of finding bookmarks in FUEL is to recursively iterate folders beginning with the root. Because the assumption is that in Firefox 3 users are going to accumulate a lot of bookmarks, this could be not efficient enough (not to mention inconvenient). It would be useful if == [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/FUEL FUEL[Sample Project]] provided an interface for querying bookmarks, as a wrapper for nsINavHistoryQuery and friends. An example of how it could look like in action:==
var query = bookmarks.newQuery(); queryThis is a sample project stub.type = "folder"; queryYou can use the template for [[Sample Project]] in order to create a project page for one of the stubs below.searchTerms = "goats"; var results = queryThis is how you 'sign-up' for a project.execute();
ReferencesNOTE: Mark Finkle 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(mfinkles)''' page. Otherwise, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bugyou can become a contributor later.cgi?id=409279 bug 409279]
A better Using Dehydra, build OOo and generate an xref in the same way we are indexing for adding easy history event listeners to FUEL is needed, perhaps. Some initial design work has been done on this, see [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=406974 bug 406974]dxr.
ReferencesTODO: Mark Finkle (mfinkle)more info....
== Add source checkout to buildbot ==Resources: humph, taras
Unlike many open source projects, it's not possible to do a CVS checkout and build the code== Existing Subjects proposed by OpenOffice. org Education Project 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/client.mk client.mk], which provides a set of rules for getting and building the code.==
Increasingly, Mozilla is moving toward using FIXME : the Python based buildbot system for automated builds and testsprojects proposed on the OpenOffice. It would org Education Project will be good adapted to add a Source class for client.mk checkouts. This would mean creating a a general Source class that understands the idea of checking out a file, and which could then be used to drive the checkout and allow for integration with client.mkcurrent section.
ReferencesWaiting we encourage you to have a look at the '''[http: Rob Helmer (rhelmer)//wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project/Effort OpenOffice.org Education Project Effort page]'''
=== [[Thunderbird Picture Preview]] ===Other links:
Write an extension for Thunderbird that allows the user to start a slideshow preview of all images in the current message. The feature would work like this: when a mail arrives with pictures attached, a button or some other UI is added to the message that allows the slideshow to begin. When clicked, the images are shown one after the other, properly scaled to fit in the window. Consider using [http://developerwiki.services.mozillaopenoffice.org/enwiki/docs/Canvas_tutorial Canvas] to do the custom graphics, and take a look at [https://addons.mozillaEducation_Project OpenOffice.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/556 this existing Thunderbird extensionEducation Project on the Wiki] for ideas.
=== Thunderbird Image Auto-Resize ===
Write an extension for Thunderbird that gives functionality similar to that of Outlook[[User:Ericb|Ericb]] 21:05, where image attachments in an email can be automatically re-sized to one of a set of smaller sizes. This is helpful for users who would otherwise try to send megabytes of image data, when they can safely scale the images down and still share their pictures with friends.26 September 2008 (UTC)
= 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.
== Mozilla Tree Visualization 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 [[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.
== Convert password storage to a SQLite database Improve Localization build system ==
Currently, it requires many many steps to produce another language of Firefox stores logins in a text file in the user's profile (signons2.txt). The format is simple, but inflexible. Storage of other browser data, such as cookies and form history, has steadily been moving towards using SQLite-backed databases so moving password storage It would really easy to package these many steps to reduce the same kind of storage would be good. Some work was started in [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=288040 bug 288040]required knowledge to generate a new language.
== Add Offline Support Create a cross-repo pushlog to an open source web app 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://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/pushlogwhich 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.
== Thunderbird SMTP Auto-Sensing ==
Modify Thunderbird so that it uses the correct SMTP server for your current network and IP. 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.
References: #maildev == <strike>XULRunner Application Packaging == Help to develop an [http://www.mozpad.org/doku.php?id=application_build_system_project automated packaging system] for XULRunner applications. Resources: plasticmillion, mfinkle, #mozpad, #prism</strike> == 'Compact databases' feature for Mozilla calendaring applications (Lightning, Sunbird) == 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. See also [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=352976 Bug 352976] Resources: ctalbert, daniel in #calendar on irc.mozilla.org == <strike>[[Spellcheck Extension for Arbitrary Web Pages]]</strike> == <strike>Write an extension to 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> == <strike>Modify Firefox to handle files downloaded to Temp more appropriately </strike>== <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: * 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 Saver Extensionor Restart Existing?" dialog)* Have the browser pop-up a Save As dialog instead of automatically saving to temp, and use a documents path Other ideas are possible, and a combination of these might be necessary. Ultimately, this fix should target regular users without much knowledge of the filesystem.</strike> Resources: ted, mfinkle See also: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=280419 bug 280419] and [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=369108 bug 369108], and code [http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/uriloader/exthandler/nsExternalHelperAppService.cpp#2077 here]. == Standalone Test Harnesses == Mozilla uses several systems for [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Mozilla_automated_testing automated testing], including [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Mochitest Mochitest], [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Mozilla_automated_testing#Reftest Reftest], [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Writing_xpcshell-based_unit_tests xpcshell unit tests], and [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Mozilla_automated_testing#Crash_tests crash tests]. Currently, to run these test suites or develop new tests, you need to build your own Firefox with --enable-tests, and run the tests from the object directory. Ideally there would be a 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. * References: http://xoatlicue.blogspot.com/2008/01/standalone-test-product.html* Possible Resources: Ben Hearsum == Add source checkout to buildbot == Unlike many open source projects, it's not possible to 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/client.mk client.mk] , which provides a set of rules for getting and building the code. Increasingly, Mozilla is moving toward using the Python based buildbot system for automated builds and tests. It would be good to add a Source class for client.mk checkouts. This would mean creating a a general Source class that understands the idea of checking out a file, and which could then be used to drive the checkout and allow for integration with client.mk. References: Ben Hearsum (bhearsum), Rob Helmer (rhelmer) == Port 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.
References:# https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id== [[Litmus Extension]] ==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
== [["Avoid loading the same page twice" Extension]] gdb support for minidumps for post-mortem debugging ==
== Make FUEL work with Firefox 2 Extend Try Server to test Thunderbird patches ==
"Specifically, Mozilla's [http://wikihas a great system called “try servers” where one can submit patches against the tree, and the build system runs builds on Linux, Mac and Windows, using those patches, then serves those builds for testing. This is really helpful to figure out if proposed patches solve specific problems..mozilla.org/FUEL FUEL] (Firefox User Extension Library) The only problem is that there’s a JavaScript Library designed little bit of patching needed to help developers build extensions using terminology and interfaces that are more familiar the try server code itself to them. Currently it works with Firefox 3, but make it would be helpful able to have it work with other targets besides Firefox 2 , as well. Work toward having the existing described in bug 431375" ([http://mxrascher.mozilla.orgca/blog/2008/05/02/seamonkeythunderbird-team-needs-help-from-pythonperl-build-assist/find?string=fuel%2Ftest%2Fbrowser_ FUEL TestsAscher] pass for Firefox 2.)
== XULRunner Application Packaging Add DTrace probes and scripts for Mozilla code base ==
== Create a portable USB installation of Firefox that will work on all of Windows, Linux, and Mac. 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.self-serve symbol upload system ==
References: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id== [[Spellcheck Extension for Arbitrary Web Pages391756 bug 391756]] =, http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/weblog/?p=368
== Implement Audio and Visual Mute in the Browser HTML page set sanitizer ==
== Provide a way to easily perform bookmark queries in JS =Potential OOo Projects =
== Provide Generate an easier mechanism for creating History Listeners in JS OOo XREF based on Dehydra ==