Will Firefox :: Extension Compatibility also be rolled into this new :: Other component?
(There are ~700 open bugs there still, most of which look pretty stale.) Justin On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 11:53 AM, Benjamin Smedberg <benja...@smedbergs.us> wrote: > There used to be a bugzilla.mozilla.org product called "Plugins". This > product has been renamed "External Software Affecting Firefox" and its > component structure has been greatly simplified. > > It is usually not helpful to track defects in 3rd-party software in the > Mozilla bug tracker. The only time we want to track those defects is when > we want to make explicit outreach efforts because those defects affect > Firefox users. > > There were previously almost a hundred different "components" for fine > classification of these bugs. This was not producing good results and > caused confusion for many people filing bugs. So I've asked for most of > these components to be retired, and now there will be just three components: > > "Flash (Adobe)" - for bugs in Adobe Flash. I am triaging this list and > working with Adobe when necessary. > "OpenH264" - I believe Maire Reavy's team triages this component for bugs > that affect our deployment of OpenH264 with Cisco. > "Other" - For defects in basically all other 3rd-party software, including > other NPAPI and GMP plugins, Firefox extensions, and other software such as > antivirus tools, that may affect Firefox. I am triaging these bugs as > necessary. > > --BDS > > _______________________________________________ > firefox-dev mailing list > firefox-...@mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/firefox-dev > > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
