Re: [webdev] Generic data update service?

2013-07-12 Thread Mark Finkle
Couldn't the add-on hotfix approach be used for some of these items? - Original Message - > On 12/07/13 18:20, Benjamin Smedberg wrote: > > I think the general concept of making more of our "lists" be dynamic is > > sound, but I'm very skeptical of the technical solution that you appear

Re: Generic data update service?

2013-07-12 Thread Clint Talbert
On 7/12/2013 9:49 AM, Gervase Markham wrote: We keep hitting cases where we would like Firefoxes in the field to have some data updated using a process which is much lighter in expended effort than shipping a security release. Here are some examples of the data Firefox stores that I know of which

Re: Generic data update service?

2013-07-12 Thread Robert Strong
On 7/12/2013 1:12 PM, Nicholas Nethercote wrote: On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Gervase Markham wrote: We keep hitting cases where we would like Firefoxes in the field to have some data updated using a process which is much lighter in expended effort than shipping a security release. Would s

Re: Generic data update service?

2013-07-12 Thread Joe Drew
On 2013-07-12 12:49 PM, Gervase Markham wrote: The question for webdev is: do we have existing services we can repurpose or tweak for this? When I needed to implement downloadable graphics driver/system blacklists, I piggybacked on the existing AMO blocklist ping. The blocklist already has th

Re: [webdev] Generic data update service?

2013-07-12 Thread Gervase Markham
On 12/07/13 18:20, Benjamin Smedberg wrote: > I think the general concept of making more of our "lists" be dynamic is > sound, but I'm very skeptical of the technical solution that you appear > to be outlining. The technical solution was 3 minutes on the back of an envelope. Feel free to tear it a

Re: Generic data update service?

2013-07-12 Thread Nicholas Nethercote
On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Gervase Markham wrote: > We keep hitting cases where we would like Firefoxes in the field to have > some data updated using a process which is much lighter in expended > effort than shipping a security release. Would such an update increment the version number? I

Re: review stop-energy (was 24hour review)

2013-07-12 Thread Milan Sreckovic
On 2013-07-12, at 11:46 , Mounir Lamouri wrote: > On 11/07/13 16:43, Neil wrote: >> Milan Sreckovic wrote: >> >>> That last thing was another item I found useful in the previous life. >>> When requesting a review from somebody, people could see "this person >>> currently has X items in their r

Re: [webdev] Generic data update service?

2013-07-12 Thread Benjamin Smedberg
On 7/12/2013 12:49 PM, Gervase Markham wrote: We keep hitting cases where we would like Firefoxes in the field to have some data updated using a process which is much lighter in expended effort than shipping a security release. Here are some examples of the data Firefox stores that I know of whic

Generic data update service?

2013-07-12 Thread Gervase Markham
We keep hitting cases where we would like Firefoxes in the field to have some data updated using a process which is much lighter in expended effort than shipping a security release. Here are some examples of the data Firefox stores that I know of which might benefit from this: - The Public Suffix

Re: review stop-energy (was 24hour review)

2013-07-12 Thread Mounir Lamouri
On 11/07/13 16:43, Neil wrote: > Milan Sreckovic wrote: > >> That last thing was another item I found useful in the previous life. >> When requesting a review from somebody, people could see "this person >> currently has X items in their review queue". >> > Even better would be if Bugzilla could

Re: Automated builds/tests can no longer rely on external resources (aka RelEng firewall now set to Deny-All)

2013-07-12 Thread Ben Hearsum
On 07/11/13 04:49 PM, Neil wrote: > Ed Morley wrote: > >> It has been our policy to discourage builds/tests run in automation >> from relying on resources outside of the build network, to avoid >> non-deterministic failures across the board and to reduce noise in >> performance tests. >> >> As of

Re: Automated builds/tests can no longer rely on external resources (aka RelEng firewall now set to Deny-All)

2013-07-12 Thread Neil
Ed Morley wrote: On 11 July 2013 21:49:02, Neil wrote: As of Saturday, this policy will be enforced by the RelEng firewall being set to Deny-All by default Is it not possible to modify the .pac file used by tests to stop them accessing any network resources? (Or at least only those that hav

Re: Automated builds/tests can no longer rely on external resources (aka RelEng firewall now set to Deny-All)

2013-07-12 Thread Ed Morley
On 11 July 2013 21:49:02, Neil wrote: As of Saturday, this policy will be enforced by the RelEng firewall being set to Deny-All by default Is it not possible to modify the .pac file used by tests to stop them accessing any network resources? (Or at least only those that have had to be whitelist

Rendering meeting next Monday 5:30pm PDT (Tuesday in some locations)

2013-07-12 Thread Milan Sreckovic
The Rendering meeting is about all things Gfx, Image, Layout, and Media. It takes place every second Monday, alternating between 2:30pm PDT and 5:30pm PDT. The next meeting will take place on Monday, July 15 at 5:30 PM US/Pacific Please add to the agenda: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/GFX/20

android.git.linaro.org/git-ro/platform/external/busybox/info/refs not valid

2013-07-12 Thread ffumi68
Repeatedly getting this message, during the repo sync stage: Fetching projects: 13% (11/81) fatal: http://android.git.linaro.org/git-ro/platform/external/busybox/info/refs not valid: is this a git repository? fatal: http://android.git.linaro.org/git-ro/platform/external/busybox/info/refs not