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'''Goal:''' Aurora is a channel between the nightly builds from mozilla-central and beta versions from mozilla-beta; as such its status is roughly "experimental". This page describes the various steps done by the release team during this cycle. | __TOC__ | ||
=About Aurora= | |||
'''Goal:''' Aurora is a channel between the nightly builds from mozilla-central and beta versions from mozilla-beta; as such its status is roughly "experimental". It is marketed as "Developer Edition". This page describes the various steps done by the release team during this cycle. | |||
The current aurora will be '''Firefox {{AURORA_VERSION}}'''. | The current aurora will be '''Firefox {{AURORA_VERSION}}'''. | ||
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= Aurora Triage Queries = | = Aurora Triage Queries = | ||
Please note that the tracking flags ''follow'' the release, meaning that once aurora is merged to beta, the tracking and status flags remain during the beta cycle. | Please note that the tracking flags ''follow'' the release, meaning that once aurora is merged to beta, the tracking and status flags remain during the beta cycle. | ||
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* Ask for review of the release notes | * Ask for review of the release notes | ||
* Make sure we have the copy for any whatsnew pages in the localization team's hands. Talk with wbowden, jdouglas, :Pike and :flod. Make sure there's a bug for whatsnew work, and track it. | * Make sure we have the copy for any whatsnew pages in the localization team's hands. Talk with wbowden, jdouglas, :Pike and :flod. Make sure there's a bug for whatsnew work, and track it. | ||
=== Merge day === | |||
* Check with releng to disable aurora updates. This used to happen automatically but as of 2016 we should check on #releaseduty | |||
* Start to move uplift requests and tracking requests to beta. This may get a little tricky, just make sure to note when the merge happened and when particular patches/uplifts landed on which channel. | |||
=== Aurora update day === | === Aurora update day === | ||