Desktop Web Apps
Discuss plans for Web Apps support on the desktop for this cycle. This includes:
- transition to the new dedicated web app container (model, Oxide, security/
- scope of supported web apps (ie not the whole gamut, a good part of the existing catalog should switch to being community supported)
- a word about the new heuristics used for the JS glue layer, and the impact on regression testing
- web apps settings: how to manage them (in-browser, outside) and how to simply opt-in / opt-out
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Not started
- Approver:
- Pat McGowan
- Priority:
- Undefined
- Drafter:
- David Barth
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Maxim Ermilov
- Definition:
- Drafting
- Series goal:
- Accepted for trusty
- Implementation:
-
Unknown
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Completed by
Whiteboard
Work Items
Work items for ubuntu-13.12:
[justinmcp] branches for new ""JS sauce"" framework: DONE
[justinmcp] initial documentation / sample code: DONE
[justinmcp] PPA landing: INPROGRESS
[abreu-alexandre] dedicated webapp container: DONE
update apparmor profile for the new container: TODO
[dbarth] land webapps-core updates: BLOCKED
Work items for ubuntu-14.01:
[abreu-alexandre] release 1st webapp container based on Oxide in a PPA: TODO
[justinmcp] port apps to the new framework: TODO
[justinmcp] publish / promote new framework: TODO
[justinmcp] Verify BAMF matching once tab support is removed: TODO
[justinmcp] Externalize settings: TODO
Work items for ubuntu-14.02:
[justinmcp] Prepare the NPAPI switch: TODO
[justinmcp] Adjust chrome to be ""desktop friendly"": TODO
[abreu-alexandre] TODO: Credfential capture feature: TODO
Dependency tree
* Blueprints in grey have been implemented.
