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There has been some previous and more recent discussions about Firefox 9. We need to decide on a release plan. I provide a couple of options here, some pros and cons, and some basic assumptions. Please feel free to correct what I have written, suggest other options, or provide additional insight.
There has been some previous and more recent discussions about Firefox 9. We need to decide on a release plan. I provide a couple of options here, some pros and cons, and some basic assumptions. Please feel free to correct what I have written, suggest other options, or provide additional insight.


== Basic Assumptions ==
== Basic Assumptions ==


#We want to release Firefox 9  
#We want to release Firefox 9  
#*This was established at a previous meeting. Firefox 9 has some good fixes and we would like to release it
#*This was established at a previous meeting. Firefox 9 has some good fixes and we would like to release it<br>
#If we release normally on December 20th, there will be a chemspill
#*It sucks to bet against ourselves, but history has shown this is likely the case. We should plan on this until we get other mitigation steps in place
#We will have resources available for a chemspill December 20th-December 23rd  
#We will have resources available for a chemspill December 20th-December 23rd  
#*I have gotten explicit resource commitments from QA, IT, RelEng, product management, product marketing, JS (including Brian for TI), Press, release management, and Firefox front end, and platform
#*I have gotten explicit resource commitments from QA, IT, RelEng, product management, product marketing, JS (including Brian for TI), Press, release management, and Firefox front end, and platform
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