Re: How to request documentation for new features or report problems on MDN

2018-05-16 Thread Eric Shepherd (Sheppy)
Yes. Always, you're welcome to make needed changes yourself. If you want a writer to take a look after you're done, to be sure everything is in the right place (or to double-check your grammar), that's certainly no problem. On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 6:40 PM Martin Thomson wrote: > Hi Chris, > > I

Re: How to request documentation for new features or report problems on MDN

2018-05-16 Thread Martin Thomson
Hi Chris, I assume that "just fix it" is still a viable alternative to the processes you describe. For small things, that might be easier for all involved. On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 5:39 AM Chris Mills wrote: > Hi all, > I am sending a mail around to explain how to request MDN documentation for

How to request documentation for new features or report problems on MDN

2018-05-16 Thread Chris Mills
Hi all, I am sending a mail around to explain how to request MDN documentation for new features you are working on (e.g. new web platform features, web extensions features, devtools features), or report docs problems. We've had a fair few people show a misunderstanding of how this process works

Re: PSA: Setting preferences and extensions in test harnesses

2018-05-16 Thread Andreas Tolfsen
Also sprach Andrew Halberstadt: > On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 11:07 AM Andreas Tolfsen wrote: >> Any plans to consolidate the Mn preferences, currently stored in >> geckoinstance.py? > > Yes, but I don't have a timeline. I want to at least finish up > reftest and xpcshell first. Then time permitting

Re: PSA: Setting preferences and extensions in test harnesses

2018-05-16 Thread Andrew Halberstadt
On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 11:07 AM Andreas Tolfsen wrote: > Any plans to consolidate the Mn preferences, currently stored in > geckoinstance.py? > Yes, but I don't have a timeline. I want to at least finish up reftest and xpcshell first. Then time permitting, I'd like to finish up marionette, cppu

Re: PSA: Setting preferences and extensions in test harnesses

2018-05-16 Thread Andreas Tolfsen
Also sprach Andrew Halberstadt: > tl;dr - You can now set prefs and install extensions across multiple > harnesses by modifying the relevant profile under testing/profiles. This seems like a good change. > # Further Work > > I'm in the middle of migrating harnesses over to this new system. > No

PSA: Setting preferences and extensions in test harnesses

2018-05-16 Thread Andrew Halberstadt
tl;dr - You can now set prefs and install extensions across multiple harnesses by modifying the relevant profile under testing/profiles. If you previously would have set a pref in: testing/profiles/prefs_general.js, Use this instead: testing/profiles/unittest/user.js # Overview I'm currently