Hi folks! On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 8:48 AM, Kit Cambridge <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > This is a quick announcement that we're simplifying the Firefox Sync > bug components in Bugzilla. Desktop Sync bugs are currently scattered > across six overlapping components, making it harder for folks to > report and triage. Going forward, please use these for bugs and > feature requests: > > * "Firefox :: Sync" if you're on Desktop. > * "Android Background Services :: Android Sync" if you're on Android. > * "Firefox for iOS :: Sync" if you're on iOS. > > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1360080 has the details. > Many thanks to Emma Humphries for making this change! > Thanks for showing the bug tracker some love! I'd like to suggest we decommission the Android Background Services product entirely and merge those tickets that are still relevant into the Firefox for Android product. Then we'd achieve peak symmetry: "{Firefox, Firefox for Android, Firefox for iOS} :: Sync". (Now, if I could just make "Firefox for Desktop" catch on...) The Background Services separation is no longer appropriate: 1) there are only a few surviving components, and most of those are maintained by the "Firefox for Android" team these days; 2) the team responsible for Sync is down to just one fulltime engineer (Grisha), with support from a few others (nalexander, rnewman, eoger); 3) since we no longer develop on Github (we develop in mozilla-central) the split is no longer technically motivated. Looking at the Android Background Services product [1], most of the components are obsolete: "Build & Test", "Core", "Crypto" are no longer distinct; "Firefox Health Report", "Product Announcements", and "Reading List Sync" have been removed from the product; and "Geolocation" is not owned by this team any more. Thumbs up? Thumbs down? Best Nick [1] List of components, from https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=Android%20Background%20Services Android Sync <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?product=Android%20Background%20Services&component=Android%20Sync&resolution=---> For all bugs in the Android/Native Fennec version of Firefox Sync. Build & Test <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?product=Android%20Background%20Services&component=Build%20%26%20Test&resolution=---> Jenkins, testing, Git, and build infrastructure for Android Sync. Core <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?product=Android%20Background%20Services&component=Core&resolution=---> Functionality shared between background services on Android. Crypto <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?product=Android%20Background%20Services&component=Crypto&resolution=---> Crypto components of Android services. Firefox Accounts <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?product=Android%20Background%20Services&component=Firefox%20Accounts&resolution=---> Firefox Accounts client implementation for Android. Firefox Health Report Service <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?product=Android%20Background%20Services&component=Firefox%20Health%20Report%20Service&resolution=---> The Android-native component for managing Firefox Health Report submissions. Geolocation <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?product=Android%20Background%20Services&component=Geolocation&resolution=---> Background location stumbling code for Firefox for Android. Product Announcements <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?product=Android%20Background%20Services&component=Product%20Announcements&resolution=---> Android client code for the Product Announcements feature in Firefox for Android. Reading List Sync <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?product=Android%20Background%20Services&component=Reading%20List%20Sync&resolution=---> SyncAdapter for Reading List
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