Comments on: Add-on Review Process Redesign

By: pcarbonn

pcarbonn — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:18:03 +0000

I have read the proposal, but not all the comments it generated. Here are some thoughts, that may have already been raised.

- if each submitters reviewed another extension, it would significantly reduce the queue. Mozilla could design, propose and administer a kind of contract that would encourage such behavior. For example, the extension from a submitter who has done a review of another extension would go up in the review queue. Making 2 reviews would even bring it up further.

- functional and security reviews require different skills. While anybody could do a functional review, a security review is better done by a specialist. Some role specialisation could help here. (on the other hand, a security review often requires an understanding of the functional domain).

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:05:07 +0000

The trust factor you speak of has been around for a while, but what I don’t understand about it is this: I have 3 add-ons, 1 of them is trusted and the other 2 aren’t. Surely I, as the developer, am trusted and not the add-on?

By: Itamar Borochov

Itamar Borochov — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:12:37 +0000

Welcome Jorge,

Thanks for the importent information !

By: fcp

fcp — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:30:48 +0000

Thanks for the clarification. It might be a little complicated, but I wish that your idea works well.

By: Jorge

Jorge — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:20:42 +0000

@Matt, @Ookong: we’re posting reports every Friday at the forum, which should give you a decent idea of how long you’ll need to wait. Keep in mind that our review order isn’t quite firs-in-first-out
https://forums.addons.mozilla.org/viewforum.php?f=21&sid=e49f6118aa1803607867f64e01b55489

@fcp: the idea is to have an in-between solution. Trusted add-ons are never reviewed, ‘reliable’ add-ons would be reviewed sporadically.

By: Ookong

Ookong — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:00:12 +0000

In general, how long does it take to review an addon update?

I submit a major update for Ookong on Aug 27, it is in the queue now. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9308

I agree with Matt’s suggestion to show where my addon is in the queue.

By: zamaan

zamaan — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:38:01 +0000

welcome to the seat Jorge.
my themes updates currently reviewed in 1 week-10 days time.
i would be much mush happy if i can get the review result in max 3 days.

By: fcp

fcp — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:21:14 +0000

Glad to hear some ideas to reduce the queue time but, honestly speaking, I am confused. What is new in your proposal? There have already been “trusted add-ons” whose updates become immediately available on the public listing without editor reviews.
Do you propose to mark more add-ons as trusted? If so, I think that it is reasonable.

By: city_zen

city_zen — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:29:26 +0000

Maybe this is not the right place to post this, but I couldn’t find a more suitable one.
In the last couple of days I’ve noticed that experimental add-ons are no longer listed when a search is performed at AMO. Is this intentional? Can someone else confirm this behavior? (maybe I have some settings wrong, I don’t know).

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:12:54 +0000

Why not show us where we are in the queue? It would alleviate a lot of the stress with not knowing. I submitted an update 2 weeks ago, I think there were 255 updates in the queue, If I am now sitting at 212/400, I’d rather know that then know nothing.