{"id":3530,"date":"2011-10-26T14:16:32","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T21:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=3530"},"modified":"2011-10-26T14:16:32","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T21:16:32","slug":"add-ons-update-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2011\/10\/26\/add-ons-update-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Add-ons Update \u2013 Week of 2011\/10\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I post these updates every 3 weeks to inform add-on developers about the status of the review queues, add-on compatibility, and other happenings in the add-ons world.<\/p>\n<h3>The Review Queues<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nominations<\/strong> for full review at the moment are being processed slower than usual. Most nominations are taking about <strong>5 weeks<\/strong> to review.<\/li>\n<li>Most <strong>updates<\/strong> are being reviewed within <strong>10 days<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Most <strong>preliminary reviews<\/strong> are being reviewed within <strong>4 weeks<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These stats are taken from the <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.mozilla.org\/addons\/viewtopic.php?f=21&amp;t=4124\">last queue report<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>67 new nominations that week. <strong>243 nominations<\/strong> in the queue awaiting review.<\/li>\n<li>111 new updates that week. <strong>126 updates<\/strong> in the queue awaiting review.<\/li>\n<li>44 new preliminary review submissions that week. <strong>267 preliminary<\/strong> submissions in the queue awaiting review.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you compare these numbers to the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2011\/10\/05\/add-ons-update-4\/\">last report<\/a>, you&#8217;ll see we&#8217;re improving on most fronts. We continue to ramp up our efforts, and we&#8217;re in the process of introducing new editors from the Jetpack team, who should be able to help reviewing SDK-based add-ons.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in joining the AMO Editors team and help us review add-ons, please read the page on <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/AMO:Editors\/Applying\">How to Apply<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Firefox 8<\/h3>\n<p>The Firefox 8 compatibility post <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2011\/09\/01\/add-on-compatibility-for-firefox-8\/\">is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You should note that there are a couple of possible reversals coming into Firefox 8 that affect add-on developers, mostly in good ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=695345\">Bring back ISO8601DateUtils.jsm<\/a>. Since the Date object isn&#8217;t exactly equivalent to this module and some significant add-on breakage was expected from its removal, it will be brought back for the time being. You should still change your add-ons so that it isn&#8217;t used anymore, but it&#8217;ll be at least one more release before it is completely removed.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=690227\">Back out bug 455694 (tab drag\/detach animations)<\/a>. <strong>There is no final decision on this yet.<\/strong> The backout patch has been checked in for testing and you should track this bug if it affects your add-on.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=693743\">3rd party add-on check doesn&#8217;t disable add-ons that were installed into the profile or application folder<\/a>. The third party add-on check is being extended to include add-ons installed directly in the application folder or in the profile. This doesn&#8217;t affect any add-ons installed through the regular add-on installation process, or if they are installed manually from a local file. This should only affect add-ons that are automatically installed from an external package and copied into these other locations. It can affect add-on developers who have automatic installation processes to test their new code. You should read <a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=693743#c22\">this comment<\/a> for information on how to bypass this check and avoid the dialog at startup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Firefox 9<\/h3>\n<p>The Firefox 9 compatibility post <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2011\/10\/11\/compatibility-for-firefox-9\/\">is here<\/a>. The compatibility bump to Firefox 9 was run last week, so any add-ons with compatibility under 9.* should be tested and manually upgraded in the Developer Hub, if possible.<\/p>\n<p>You can run the <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/developers\/addon\/check-compatibility\">standalone compatibility tool<\/a> if you want to test your add-on yourself or if it isn&#8217;t hosted on AMO.<\/p>\n<p>We strongly recommend that you aim to make your add-on compatible with the Firefox version in the Aurora channel, Firefox 9 at this moment. Making your add-on compatible with Aurora qualifies it for our automatic compatibility upgrades, saving you lots of time. If you need more information about this, don&#8217;t hesitate to ask.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I post these updates every 3 weeks to inform add-on developers about the status of the review queues, add-on compatibility, and other happenings in the add-ons world. 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