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==Blog==
 
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==Meetings==
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[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/User:Jamesboston/nsIProcess/meeting-092008 Sept 19, 2008]: Discussion with Benjamin Smedberg and David Humphries to discuss the new API proposal.<br />

Revision as of 14:44, 20 September 2008

Name of Project

Fix nsIProcess

Description

The Mozilla API for nsIProcess is not fully implemented. At present, the PID of a created process is not retained and cannot be killed. The API would also benifit from a new spec that includes inter-process communication.

Leader

James Boston

Contributors

None (yet).

Details

Existing Code

http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/xpcom/threads/nsProcessCommon.cpp

Relevant bugs

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=442393
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68702

News and updates

Blog

A blog about the ongoing project to fix nsIProcess:
http://jamesboston.ca/cms/taxonomy/term/16

Meetings

Sept 19, 2008: Discussion with Benjamin Smedberg and David Humphries to discuss the new API proposal.