187275 - Change Cookies owner from [e-mail] to [e-mail]

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(bugzilla.mozilla.org :: Administration, task)

Description

[Heikki Toivonen (remove -bugzilla when emailing directly)]

We need a new module owner for cookies. We have several people that have
expressed interest. Everyone I know of should be in the CC list.

I understand dwitte has started rewriting the cookies backend. But since he is
new to the project I don't think he should own it right now.

I would like to give the ownership to Darin Fisher & the necko team to start
with. They have agreed to take this on.

Regarding the front end, Samir Gehani has agreed his team can take care of those
issues (the module owner can just reassign the front end bugs, I don't think
there is a need for a separate module at this point).

If you disagree with this, let's hear your arguments.

Comment 1

[[e-mail]]

That sounds good. FYI, I wanted to give an overview/update of the rewrite, as I
see it now (all subject to change if anyone has advice):

1) I'm in the process of rewriting the entire backend, nsCookies, which also
touches some other files. I think nsPermissions should also be involved in this,
which Tim ([e-mail]) and also Michiel ([e-mail], bug
179798) are working on. I suppose I'll coordinate with them to get everything
together.

2) In terms of frontend, nsCookieService, I think some changes here might be
really desirable, but I'm not sure yet. It depends on what magic can be worked
with httpChannels. What we have now is pretty broken in terms of third
party/mailnews cookie blocking. What I'm saying is that this may/may not warrant
changes to  the API. (Whether these changes can be made, since I believe the API
is frozen, is another question.)

3) In terms of UI, I think there are one or two cookie features that we really
should support (at the moment, cookie whitelisting, bug 184059), which will
require some very minor UI changes (just a menu addition here, and a button
addition there). People have been asking for this for ages (bug 75915), and it's
pretty simple to implement.

So far I've completed a lot of work on 1), should be ready "soon". I've
implemented support for 3) in my new backend, but the UI changes should
eventually go with it. 2) really depends on what the SR's think.

I've filed a new bug on this, bug 187304, for patches and to track other
changes. If anyone wants to cc themselves on that bug, please do.

Comment 2

[Hixie (not reading bugmail)]

Once you have decided who the new owner should be, please give me their single
e-mail address. Thanks!

Comment 3

[Heikki Toivonen (remove -bugzilla when emailing directly)]

New module owner: [e-mail]

Comment 4

[Hixie (not reading bugmail)]

done

Comment 5

[timeless]

yes, hixie fixed this.