I would like to propose a new module for the Firefox for Metro project. This is a new browser UI, designed for Windows 8 touch-screen computers. The code for the browser was developed on the "elm" project branch and recently landed on mozilla-central.

The code for the new app is in the /browser/metro directory, and the app will be bundled with "classic" Firefox for Windows. However, it does not share code under /browser with desktop Firefox (aside from a few localization files) and it has a separate team of dedicated staff and separate project management.

So both organizationally and technically I think it makes sense to treat the Metro browser as its own module, just like the Fennec browser it is based on. Here's my proposed module ownership. I think this reflects and codifies our current development practices, and should not change anything we are currently doing:

Name: Firefox for Metro
Description: Web browser for the Windows touch-screen environment
Module owners: Jim Mathies, Matt Brubeck
Peers: Allison Naaktgeboren, Brian Bondy, Frank Yan, Mark Finkle, Sam Foster, Tim Abraldes
Source Dirs: /browser/metro
Bugzilla Component(s): Firefox for Metro
URL: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Metro
Discussion Group: https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/metro

(I do hope that the list of contributors and peers will grow as Firefox for Metro gets closer to release and gains users and testers. It would be especially great if some of the peers from the Firefox module choose to contribute and become Metro peers as well.)
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