module owners

An Owner is responsible for fielding bug reports, enhancement requests, patch submissions, and so on. The owner should facilitate good development, as defined by the developer community. Most of the owners below happen to work for Netscape, but that's not a prerequisite. For example, we'd be delighted to find an owner from outside Netscape for the Berkeley-DB code (really, for a newer version of it that works on all our platforms).

A Module is a collection of source files that form a coherent bundle, probably a library (whether DLL/DSO or static). Some modules, notably the Front Ends, link as executables. We would like most modules to use XP-COM, but only a few have been converted and released to mozilla.org so far.

A Platform is pragmatically defined by the kind of code you have to port, which is mostly UI code in the Front Ends. CPU architecture and OS dependencies are mostly abstracted by NSPR. If you're contemplating a port (e.g., to BeOS on one or more hardware platforms), please mail brendan, nominate some peers, and provide some documents.

(FE = Front End, BE = Back End, XP = Cross Platform)

Module: Macintosh FE
	Owner:	Steve Dagley
	Source:	cmd/macfe
	Newsgroup:	general, ui
	Peers:	Mike Pinkerton, Scott Collins
	Documents:	catBuild/mac-build.html

Module: Windows FE
	Owner:	Bill Law
	Source:	cmd/wincom, cmd/winfe
	Newsgroup:	general, ui
	Peers:	Garrett Blythe, Daniel Matejka, David Hyatt
	Documents:	catBuild/win-build.html, catCode/winfdesc.htm

Module: XFE (Xt/Motif-based widgets)
	Owner:	Ramiro Estrugo
	Source:	cmd/xfe
	Newsgroup:	unix, unix.checkins
	Peers:	Akkana Peck, Chris McAfee, Radha Kulkarni, Steve Lamm, Chris Toshok
	Documents:	catBuild/unix-build.html, http://www.mozilla.org/xfe/

Module: gnomefe (GTK/GNOME-based widgets)
	Owner:	Christopher Blizzard
	Source:	cmd/gnomefe
	Newsgroup:	gtk
	Peers:	Elliot Lee, Chris Toshok
	Documents:	http://www.gnome.org, http://www.gtk.org, http://www.mozilla.org/ports/gtk/

Module: StubFE (start here to make a new FE)
	Owner:	Chris Toshok
	Source:	cmd/stubfe, include/fe_proto.h, include/structs.h
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:
	Documents:

Module: Aurora/RDF FE
	Owner:	Don Melton
	Source:	cmd/macfe, cmd/winfe, cmd/xfe
	Newsgroup:	rdf
	Peers:	R.V. Guha, David Hyatt, Mike Pinkerton, Steve Lamm
	Documents:

Module: Aurora/RDF BE
	Owner:	R.V. Guha
	Source:	modules/rdf
	Newsgroup:	rdf
	Peers:	John Giannandrea, Jim Gellman, Robert Churchill
	Documents:

Module: Berkeley DB (need owner; note misnamed source directory)
	Owner:	Lou Montulli
	Source:	dbm
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Brendan Eich, Fred Roeber
	Documents:

Module: Browser Hooks (JS tag and URL filters)
	Owner:	Eric Bina
	Source:	modules/libhook
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Brendan Eich, Chris Toshok
	Documents:

Module: Build Config
	Owner:	Brian Ostrom
	Source:	build, config, l10n
	Newsgroup:	builds
	Peers:	Brendan Eich, Christopher Seawood, Lloyd Tabb, Wan Teh Chang
	Documents:	catBuild/mac-build.html, catBuild/unix-build.html, catBuild/win-build.html, http://www.mozilla.org/projects/autoconf/

Module: Composer
	Owner:	Akkana Peck
	Source:	cmd/macfe/Composer, cmd/winfe, cmd/xfe, include/edt.h, include/edttypes.h, lib/layout, modules/edtplug
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Kathleen Brade, Charity Lu, Charley Manske, Joe Francis, Joaquin Blas, Mike Judge
	Documents:	http://www.mozilla.org/docs/tplist/catCode/editdesc.htm

Module: Compositor Library
	Owner:	Vidur Apparao
	Source:	modules/liblayer
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Scott Furman, Michael Plitkins, Chris Toshok
	Documents:

Module: Dialup
	Owner:	Steve Elmer
	Source:	cmd/dialup
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Sol Goldfarb, Tim McClarren
	Documents:	http://help.netscape.com/docs/client/MC/acctproc4.html

Module: Directory SDK
	Owner:	Chuck Boatwright
	Source:	directory
	Newsgroup:	snews:secnews.netscape.com/netscape.public.mozilla.general
	Peers:	directory_sdk_champion, Mahesh Tyagarajan
	Documents:	http://www.mozilla.org/directory

Module: FontLib
	Owner:	Suresh Duddi
	Source:	modules/libfont
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:
	Documents:

Module: HTML Dialogs
	Owner:	Nisheeth Ranjan
	Source:	lib/htmldlgs
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Suresh Duddi, Jeff Weinstein
	Documents:

Module: HTML to Text/PostScript Translation (need owner)
	Owner:	Brendan Eich
	Source:	include/xlate.h, lib/xlate
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Michael Toy
	Documents:	catCode/mwcodesc.htm

Module: ImageLib
	Owner:	Pam Nunn
	Source:	modules/libimg, modules/libutil
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Scott Furman, Kevin Amaratunga, Vidur Apparao
	Documents:	catCode/imagdesc.htm

Module: JPEG Image Handling
	Owner:	Tom Lane
	Source:	jpeg
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Pam Nunn
	Documents:

Module: PNG Image Handling
	Owner:	Greg Roelofs
	Source:	lib/libcnv, modules/libimg
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Lee Crocker, Pam Nunn
	Documents:	http://www.cdrom.com/pub/png/pngmoz.html

Module: Image Conversion Library
	Owner:	Mike Judge
	Source:	include/libcnv.h, lib/libcnv
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	John Giannandrea, Pam Nunn
	Documents:	catCode/imagdesc.htm

Module: I18N Library
	Owner:	Bob Jung
	Source:	include/csid.h, include/intl_csi.h, include/libi18n.h, include/resdef.h, include/xpgetstr.h, include/xplocale.h, include/xpresdef.h, include/xupfonts.h, lib/libi18n
	Newsgroup:	i18n
	Peers:	Erik van der Poel, Frank Tang, Naoki Hotta
	Documents:	http://www.mozilla.org/docs/refList/i18n/

Module: Java Stubs (OJI)
	Owner:	Warren Harris
	Source:	modules/oji, nav-java, sun-java
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Hubie Shaw, Raman Tenneti
	Documents:

Module: Java and JS Capability-Based Security
	Owner:	Raman Tenneti
	Source:	caps
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Norris Boyd, Sudharshan Srinivasan, Warren Harris
	Documents:

Module: JavaScript
	Owner:	Mike McCabe
	Source:	js/ref, js/src
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Brendan Eich, Norris Boyd, Mike Shaver
	Documents:	http://developer.netscape.com/support/faqs/jsref/, http://www.mozilla.org/js/

Module: JavaScript Debugger
	Owner:	John Bandhauer
	Source:	js/jsd
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Brendan Eich
	Documents:

Module: JavaScript/Java Reflection
	Owner:	Scott Furman
	Source:	js/jsj
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Brendan Eich, Mike Shaver
	Documents:

Module: Layout
	Owner:	Chris Toshok
	Source:	include/lo_ele.h, lib/layout, lib/libparse, lib/libstyle
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	David Williams, Suresh Duddi, Harish Dhurvasula, Nisheeth Ranjan, Eric Pollmann
	Documents:	catCode/layodesc.htm, catFlow/framhist.htm

Module: LibMocha (JS-only DOM level 0)
	Owner:	Mike McCool
	Source:	include/libevent.h, include/libmocha.h, lib/libmocha
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Tom Pixley, Norris Boyd, Vidur Apparao
	Documents:	catCode/libmdesc.htm

Module: MailTo: Composing
	Owner:	Akkana Peck
	Source:	lib/mailto
	Newsgroup:	mail-news
	Peers:	Mike Judge
	Documents:

Module: MIMELib
	Owner:	Terry Weissman
	Source:	lib/libmime
	Newsgroup:	mail-news
	Peers:	Akkana Peck, Jamie Zawinski, Mark Welch
	Documents:

Module: NetLib
	Owner:	Gagan Saksena
	Source:	network
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Lou Montulli, Rick Potts, Judson Valeski
	Documents:	http://www.mozilla.org/docs/netlib/

Module: NSPR (Netscape Portable Runtime)
	Owner:	Srinivas Lingutla
	Source:	nsprpub
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Alan Freier, Lawrence Hardiman, Wan Teh Chang
	Documents:	catBuild/nspbuild.htm, catCode/nsprdesc.htm

Module: Password Cache
	Owner:	Lou Montulli
	Source:	lib/libpwcac
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:
	Documents:

Module: PICS
	Owner:	Lou Montulli
	Source:	lib/libpics
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:
	Documents:

Module: Plugins
	Owner:	Alex Musil
	Source:	lib/plugin
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Warren Harris
	Documents:

Module: Preferences
	Owner:	Edwin Aoki
	Source:	modules/libpref
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Dan Malmer
	Documents:

Module: Progress Window
	Owner:	Aleks Totic
	Source:	modules/progress
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:
	Documents:

Module: Registry
	Owner:	Dan Veditz
	Source:	modules/libreg
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:
	Documents:

Module: Scheduler (timer events)
	Owner:	Edwin Aoki
	Source:	modules/schedulr
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Brendan Eich
	Documents:

Module: Security Stubs
	Owner:	Jeff Weinstein
	Source:	modules/security
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Lisa Repka, Tom Weinstein
	Documents:

Module: SmartUpdate
	Owner:	Dan Veditz
	Source:	modules/softupdt
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Aleks Totic
	Documents:

Module: XML
	Owner:	R.V. Guha
	Source:	modules/xml
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	jclark@jclark.com, jon.bosak@eng.sun.com, Greg Kostello, Nisheeth Ranjan, tbray@textuality.com
	Documents:	http://www.mozilla.org/rdf/doc/xml.html

Module: XP-COM
	Owner:	Will Scullin
	Source:	xpcom
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Jim Everingham, Warren Harris
	Documents:	catBuild/portable-cpp.html, catFlow/modunote.htm

Module: XP File Handling (owner will modularize)
	Owner:	Aleks Totic
	Source:	include/xp_file.h, lib/xp/xp_file.c
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:
	Documents:

Module: XP Miscellany (need re-modularization and owners)
	Owner:	Brendan Eich
	Source:	include/shist.h, lib/libmisc
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:
	Documents:

Module: XP Utilities
	Owner:	Chris Toshok
	Source:	include/xp.h, lib/mariner, lib/xp
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Nisheeth Ranjan
	Documents:

Module: Zlib
	Owner:	Pam Nunn
	Source:	modules/zlib
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	John Giannandrea
	Documents:

Module: Base XP-COM Classes
	Owner:	Kipp Hickman
	Source:	base
	Newsgroup:	general
	Peers:	Will Scullin
	Documents:

Module: 2-D Graphics
	Owner:	Michael Plitkins
	Source:	gfx
	Newsgroup:	layout
	Peers:	Don Cone
	Documents:

Module: Clipping and Compositing
	Owner:	Michael Plitkins
	Source:	view
	Newsgroup:	layout
	Peers:	Vidur Apparao
	Documents:

Module: XP Widgets
	Owner:	Rod Spears
	Source:	widget
	Newsgroup:	layout
	Peers:	Kevin McCluskey
	Documents:

Module: New Layout Engine
	Owner:	Troy Chevalier
	Source:	layout
	Newsgroup:	layout
	Peers:	Kipp Hickman, Rick Gessner
	Documents:

Module: New HTML Layout Engine
	Owner:	Troy Chevalier
	Source:	layout/html
	Newsgroup:	layout
	Peers:	Steve Clark, Chris Karnaze, Kipp Hickman, Peter Linss, Rick Gessner
	Documents:	http://www.mozilla.org/newlayout/

Module: New HTML Style System
	Owner:	Peter Linss
	Source:	layout
	Newsgroup:	layout
	Peers:	Thom Phillabaum
	Documents:

Module: Embeddable Web Browser
	Owner:	Kipp Hickman
	Source:	webshell
	Newsgroup:	layout
	Peers:	Chris Karnaze, Rick Potts
	Documents:

Module: New HTML Parser
	Owner:	Rick Gessner
	Source:	htmlparser
	Newsgroup:	layout
	Peers:	Jim Everingham, Kipp Hickman
	Documents:

Module: Document Object Model
	Owner:	Vidur Apparao
	Source:	dom
	Newsgroup:	layout
	Peers:	Tom Pixley
	Documents:	http://www.mozilla.org/newlayout/dom-roadmap.html

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