J. Ryan Stinnett [:jryans] (Use needinfo, replies may be slow) Reporter
	Description • 6 years ago

Various protocol clients from before the time of protocol.js should be converted into fronts so that we can have a single technology and lifetime model for RDP communication.

These include:

* devtools/shared/client/*-client.js
* tools relying on free-form RDP events[1], such as the console

[1]: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/devtools/shared/client/constants.js#22

	Alexandre Poirot [:ochameau]
	Comment 1 • 6 years ago

On thing I learned while working on bug 1485660, TabClient:
  First look for all usages of callback style arguments used for your client's requests.

protocol.js returns promises for each request method. It doesn't support passing a callback as last argument, whereas old fashion client were often supporting both styles...
See bug 1494305 for example of such convertion from callback to promises.

	Alexandre Poirot [:ochameau]
	Comment 2 • 6 years ago

Once all clients are converted we should empty that list of unsollicited messages:
  https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/devtools/shared/client/constants.js#22-53
It may be hard to reduce it while working on TabClient and RootClient as some message names list workerListChanged are used by both actors...