[Project_owners] AMO vs. mozdev was: Awaiting extension upgrade approval

[Myk Melez]

Godmar Back wrote:
> Related to the AMO approval thread:
>
> Could somebody summarize what the advantages of hosting on AMO are as
> compared to hosting at mozdev?
>   
Besides the advantages John listed, AMO focuses on distribution to the 
hundreds of millions of Mozilla users, while Mozdev focuses on tools for 
project owners, so they have very different target audiences.

I see them as complementary.  Mozdev is the place to host your project, 
while AMO is the place to distribute it.  So I recommend "hosting" on both.

And despite all the bitter vitriol by inveterate MoFo/MoCo-haters, AMO 
has made a significant positive impact in the web experience for Mozilla 
users and has been a good thing for Mozdev as well, since its ease of 
use and attention to security expands the pool of users willing to try 
the extensions developed here.

Nevertheless, it's true that the AMO review process is broken.  It's 
been getting better, though.  For example, extensions no longer need 
review to be visible on the site (users just need to log in to install 
them).

So rather than giving up on it, the better thing to do would be to 
continue to press our concerns with the AMO dev team.  That'll do much 
more to get our extensions distributed to our users than simply giving 
up on AMO and distributing from Mozdev (no matter how much effort we 
expend, at significant opportunity cost, to improve Mozdev distribution).

-myk