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=== Notices / Schedule ===
'''[[Releases/Firefox 3.0.15|Firefox 3.0.15]] / [[Releases/Firefox_3.5.4|Firefox 3.5.4]]'''
* Firefox 3.0.15: builds made, were targeting beta for Wednesday, but have to re-spin for one issue
* Firefox 3.5.4: builds made, beta on Friday, caught two issues which require a re-spin

'''[[Releases/Firefox 3.0.16|Firefox 3.0.16]] / [[Releases/Firefox_3.5.5|Firefox 3.5.5]]'''
* no schedule yet
* please work on your blockers though!

'''Firefox 3.6b1'''
* all blockers done!
* waiting for green cycle, then can go to build

'''Firefox 3.6 RC'''
* fix yer blockers

=== Blocker Report ===
See more [[Firefox/3.6|Firefox 3.6 related blocker queries]], or learn about the [[Releases/Flags|new status and blocker flags]]
* Release Blockers (flag: blocking1.9.2 or blocking-firefox3.6)
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=flag%3Ablocking1.9.2%2B,blocking-firefox3.6%2B 118 OPEN] (-25 w/w)
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=FIXED%20-status1.9.2%3Afixed,unaf,wont%20flag%3Ablocking1.9.2%2B,blocking-firefox3.6%2B 24 FIXED but not yet fixed on mozilla-1.9.2] (-52 w/w)
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=flag%3Ablocking1.9.2%3F,blocking-firefox3.6%3F 37 nominations] (+19 w/w)
** Handy charts: [http://people.mozilla.org/~mnandigama/openBlockers.html Blocker snapshots], [http://people.mozilla.org/~mnandigama/openBlockersTrend.html Blocker and Noms trends]
* Approvals
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=ALL%20-status1.9.2%3Afixed,unaf,wont%20flag%3Aapproval1.9.2%3F 92 requests] (+20 w/w)
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=ALL%20-status1.9.2%3Afixed,unaf,wont%20flag%3Aapproval1.9.2%2B 34 approved but not yet fixed on mozilla-1.9.2] (+3 w/w)
** Charts: [http://people.mozilla.org/~mnandigama/openblockersNominated.html Nominations snapshots]

=== Browser / Front End ===
(Progress reports every weekend on [http://planet.firefox.com Planet Firefox])
* see our [[Firefox/Projects|active projects]] and get involved / '''propose others'''
* Namoroka/mozilla-1.9.2 front end development:
** Paul is pretty confident we can improve [[Firefox/Projects/Per_Tab_Network_Prioritization|session restore speed]] for 1.9.2
** now moving into bug fixes and closing down for ship

* mozilla-central front end development:
** the team is now prioritizing feature work for 1.9.3
** you can see the list of [[Firefox/Projects|projects]] on the wiki
** we've already started on [[Firefox/Projects/Places_async_expiration|async Places expiration]], [[Firefox/Projects/Find_on_Page|better find in page]], [[Firefox/Projects/Tab_Matches_in_Awesomebar|showing already open tabs in the awesomebar]], [[Firefox/Projects/Places_UI|enhanced history UI]] (see [http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2009/10/13/browsing-your-personal-web/ faaborg's blog post] for more), and ongoing work with improving the [[Firefox/Projects/Video_Controls|video controls]]

=== GFX Update ===
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=ALL%20priority:P1%20comp:gfx,imagelib,graphics%20flag:blocking1.9.2%2B%20-status1.9.2:fixed,unaffected,wontfix 0 beta blockers];  [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=ALL%20comp:gfx,imagelib,graphics%20flag:blocking1.9.2%2B%20-status1.9.2:fixed,unaffected,wontfix 3 1.9.2 blockers] - all with patches.
* Jeff got his 0x0 stack unwinding improvement, {{bug|519616}}, landed in upstream breakpad; we're waiting on that fix to be taken into our instance of breakpad, {{bug|521231}}.
* Bas is starting a DirectWrite font backend for Cairo's GDI backend, which will make it possible (on Windows 7, and whenever it's backported, on Windows Vista) to have better-quality antialiasing on text.

=== Layout Update ===

* 1.9.2 blockers
** 17 unfixed in layout, 4 with patches
** 3 in video, all with patches
* CSS Transitions landed (dbaron)
* Added support for animating float values in transitions/SVG (dholbert)

=== Content Update ===

=== Platform-specific Support Update ===

* tab previews landed on trunk/1.9.2.
* jump lists landed on trunk.
* progress indicator platform code landed on trunk/1.9.2.
* Still waiting on progress indicator browser patch tests for landing. ({{bug|474060}}
* perf regressions, merge problems, bug fixes have been addressed.

=== JS ===

* chasing recording perf issues, having some success
* recursion regressions getting fixed
* ES5 parser changes landing

=== Startup Performance ===

=== Security ===

=== Electrolysis ===

* typeaheadfind works, in the testbed at least
* work on windowed and windowless plugins continues
* IPDL improvements including supports for array and shared memory types depends on refactoring the lowering pass: cjones on it
* the async drawWindow is reviewed: needs to land, and the API bits need to land in mozilla-central probably
* status reports available at http://benjamin.smedbergs.us/weekly-updates.fcgi/project/electrolysis (there's a feed too)
* need to get memory-mapping working in order for realistic testing of fennec responsiveness... no owner yet
* ETA for JPW wrapper (mrkap)?

=== Tree Management ===

=== Roundtable ===
* these notes [added by beltzner]