[Soc-coordination] GSOC project proposal: Package-aware Plugin Finder Service for Iceweasel

[Mike Hommey]

On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 02:22:54PM +0100, Ana Guerrero wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 09:52:18AM +0100, Mike Hommey wrote:
> > Mentor: Mike Hommey
> > Summary: Allow Iceweasel to find plugins through the packaging system
> > Required skills:
> >     - Javascript
> >     - C/C++
> > Description:
> >     When going to a web page embedding an object of an unsupported mime
> >     type, Iceweasel displays a wizard that uses a remote server to query
> >     what plugins can be used depending on OS, architecture and mime
> >     type. This project aims at adding one data source to the equation,
> >     using data from the packaging system.
> >     If time permits, the system could be extended to other types of
> >     addons.
> 
> Sounds good, could you add it to the wiki?

Done.

Mike