710513 - appmanifest.org is old

Status: NEW

(Web Apps :: General, defect, P2)

Description

[Ian Bicking (:ianbicking)]

Dietrich notes that appmanifest.org is old and has a buggy Bespin, and I'm guessing other parts also may not be up to date.

I believe Lloyd set that up, not sure where/how it is hosted.  Probably we should just take it down for now?

Comment 1

[Ian Bicking (:ianbicking)]

Well, maybe it's more-or-less okay, but I'm pretty sure we haven't been updating it or checking it.

Comment 2

[Dietrich Ayala (:dietrich)]

the Bespin up there is not usable. just updating to use a contemporary version of Ace would probably render things usable again :)

Comment 3

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Who owns appmanifest.org? Should we try to get traction on this bug fix? How should we resolve this bug?

Comment 4

[Ian Bicking (:ianbicking)]

Lloyd originally worked on it, I'm not sure if anyone currently owns appmanifest.org (but the source is on github).  I believe in discussion we agreed that it was useful, though not discoverable.  

IMHO integrating it into the Marketplace would be sensible, at least if the Marketplace includes any developer tools to aid submission.

Comment 5

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

(In reply to Ian Bicking (:ianb) from comment #4)
> Lloyd originally worked on it, I'm not sure if anyone currently owns
> appmanifest.org (but the source is on github).  I believe in discussion we
> agreed that it was useful, though not discoverable.  
> 
> IMHO integrating it into the Marketplace would be sensible, at least if the
> Marketplace includes any developer tools to aid submission.

That's a really good idea. Krupa - Thoughts on this? Should we a file a feature request in marketplace for this?

Comment 6

[Lloyd Trevor Hilaiel]

Code is here: https://github.com/mozilla/openwebapps/tree/develop/site/manifestchecker

I own the domain.  I can transfer the domain to whomever wants it, or point it at an IP.  

let me know how I can help?