Web browser maintenance strategy

Registered by Marc Deslauriers

This blueprint is to regroup and mark as "essential" work required for web browser maintenance.

Blueprint information

Status:
Started
Approver:
Jamie Strandboge
Priority:
Essential
Drafter:
Jamie Strandboge
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
Micah Gersten
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for precise
Implementation:
Good progress
Milestone target:
None
Started by
Jamie Strandboge

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NOTE: jdstrand> reduced test cases for chromium can be found in the security-p-catch-all blueprint in the notes from Wednesday's roundtable

Work items:
[micahg] continue talk to upstream and other distributions (debian, redhat) about webkit-gtk maintenance (2): DONE
[micahg] prepare backport for webkit-gtk 1.8 for lucid, natty, and oneiric, release after 1.8 is final (20): INPROGRESS
[micahg] restart thread in webkit mailing list that we want gtk2 support until 2.0 in webkit-gtk (0.5): DONE
[micahg] talk to kubuntu folks (felix-geyer) on how to make this qtwebkit-source more maintainable or drop to universe (0.5): DONE
[micahg] follow-up with chriscoulson on nss 3.13 transition - more work items potentially pending: DONE
[jdstrand] adjust qrt for reduced, basic and digest auth test cases for chromium (0.5) (essential): DONE

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Work Items

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