{"id":1465,"date":"2010-03-23T16:13:30","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T23:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=1465"},"modified":"2010-03-23T16:13:30","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T23:13:30","slug":"add-ons-review-update-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2010\/03\/23\/add-ons-review-update-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Add-ons Review Update \u2013 Week of 2010\/03\/23"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>These weekly posts explain the current state of add-on reviews and     other information relevant to add-on developers. There\u2019s a lengthy <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2010\/02\/15\/the-add-on-review-process-and-you\/\">overview     of the Add-on Review Process<\/a> posted in this blog as well.<\/li>\n<li>Most nominations are being reviewed within 2 weeks. Our goal is have them all under\u00a0 2 weeks by April. At this moment, only 10% of all  nominations (14 out of 140) have waited longer than 2 weeks.<\/li>\n<li>Almost every update is being reviewed within 4 days. We want to  reduce    this even more in the future, but nominations are the current  priority.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Review Queues<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The stats are taken from the <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.addons.mozilla.org\/viewtopic.php?f=21&amp;t=804\">latest     queue report<\/a> from last Friday.<\/li>\n<li>86 new nominations that week. 167 nominations in the queue awaiting     review.<\/li>\n<li>104 new updates that week. 105 updates in the queue awaiting review.<\/li>\n<li>955 reviews performed by AMO Editors so far in March.  There were 18    editors performing reviews last week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2010\/02\/15\/the-add-on-review-process-and-you\/\">Add-on      Review Process and You<\/a> for information on how to check your    current  add-on status.<\/p>\n<h2>Notes for Developers<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Everyone should read <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fligtar.com\/2010\/03\/22\/sandboxing-the-sandbox-tldr\/\">Justin Scott&#8217;s post<\/a> on the proposed changes for the AMO sandbox model.<\/strong> This proposal will substantially change the way we see and deal with unreviewed add-ons, and will have a significant impact on all add-on developers. This is not a decision we&#8217;re taking lightly, and we need to find a way to provide a <strong>safe<\/strong> experience for all of our users.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/AMO:Editors\/InfoAuthors\">Useful     Information for Add-on Authors<\/a>. How to improve review times for  your    add-on, information about the review process, etc.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/AMO:Editors\/InfoEditors#Bugzilla\">Bugzilla     information for editors<\/a>. How to file AMO bugs, how to flag bugs     relevant for editors, and information on current and future AMO  version    releases. Let me know if you want to help fixing AMO bugs. Version 5.8 of AMO will be pushed live tonight. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced;product=addons.mozilla.org;target_milestone=5.8\">list of 5.8 bugs<\/a> if you&#8217;re interested.<\/li>\n<li>Support for the <em>signed.applets.codebase_principal_support<\/em> preference and the <em>enablePrivilege<\/em> function <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=546848\">will be   dropped soon<\/a><\/strong>. Add-on authors that rely on this feature will  need to  find alternatives for it immediately, and editors will begin  rejecting  add-ons that use any of these features very soon.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2010\/02\/23\/private-browsing-support-required-for-add-ons\/\">Private     Browsing Mode support<\/a> will soon become a requirement for add-ons     that handle browsing data. We will probably start reviewing for PBM  support on April 2nd.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m currently working on porting the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en\/XUL_School\">XUL School  Tutorial    for Extension Developers<\/a> to MDC.<\/li>\n<li>I wrote a post with some ideas for <a href=\"http:\/\/xulforge.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/xpi-v2-making-ext-dev-easier\/\">improving add-on packaging<\/a> that I think would help lower the barrier of entry for new developers. It&#8217;s nothing official, but I would like to get as much feedback as possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Jorge Villalobos<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Add-ons Developer Relations Lead, Mozilla<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary These weekly posts explain the current state of add-on reviews and other information relevant to add-on developers. 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