Since the membership of this group is expected to change over time I've create a wiki page where you should always be able to find the current members: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Technical_Architecture_Group
On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 7:29 PM, Dave Camp <dc...@mozilla.com> wrote: > We don't have a lot of people whose responsibility extends to the entire > Firefox frontend. Most of us are focused on individual pieces of our large > codebase. Meanwhile, we have a set of large technical challenges ahead of > us. In particular, gofaster and figuring out what comes after XUL are > going to be sweeping changes that affect large swaths of code. > > We are asking Dave Townsend, Richard Newman, Rob Helmer, Mark Hammond, and > Robert Strong to explicitly take over technical stewardship of the Firefox > products. Their responsibilities will be: > > * Document and build consensus around larger projects that affect Firefox > products. > * Help resolve technical issues that cross functional areas of the project. > * Provide a point of consistent technical decision making. > * Be a point of contact for and coordinate cross-technology projects with > other Mozilla groups such as Platform and Content Services. > * Be available to technical contributors for guidance, mentoring, etc. > > This may look a lot like Module Ownership - this is no coincidence. Mark > Finkle (as Firefox Mobile module owner) and I (as Firefox Desktop module > owner) will be delegating a lot of the technical responsibility for those > modules to that group. It may also remind some folks of the Super > Reviewers. It’s similar to that in spirit (a group of people charged with > a global view of the product) but not in mechanics (no sr? flags, and > limited to the Firefox frontend modules). > > This isn't a permanent appointment. We've asked these people to help get > us started working through the gofaster and deXULinisation initiatives, but > we'll cycle people in an out as events warrant. Nor do we expect these > people to do it alone. We expect them to be working closely with all the > engineers on the team. > > Thanks to the Firefox Architects for stepping up. > > -dave > > _______________________________________________ > firefox-dev mailing list > firefox-...@mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/firefox-dev > > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
