1182254 - (dt-contribute) [meta] Reducing DevTools Contribution Friction

Status: NEW

(DevTools :: General, task)

Description

[J. Ryan Stinnett [:jryans] (Use needinfo, replies may be slow)]

Today there are too many obstacles for new contributors that want to work on DevTools code.

The main points we want to attack with this effort are:

* Move all DevTools code to a single directory structure
* In-process reload of toolbox to apply changes
* Some kind of GitHub presence for DevTools

More details in the doc[1].

[1]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w_2ybBZHzFJlrl6CYeQ2UZD0HBmxDMrJI02_0-sMHzQ/edit#

Comment 1

[noitidart]

If you guys will accept a js-ctypes version of file watcher (and have the mentor resources to provide me with) I could really focus on Bug 958280 and knock it out in a month.

Comment 2

[J. Ryan Stinnett [:jryans] (Use needinfo, replies may be slow)]

(In reply to noitidart from comment #1)
> If you guys will accept a js-ctypes version of file watcher (and have the
> mentor resources to provide me with) I could really focus on Bug 958280 and
> knock it out in a month.

Let's keep this conversation in bug 958280.