View source for Thunderbird/Release Driving/Rapid Release Activities/Initial Features Generation

This is how we generate the list of significant items that have changed, or issues that are fixed in a release.

* Create an [https://etherpad.mozilla.org etherpad]

== MailNews Core/Thunderbird Changes ==

# It is best to check that [[Thunderbird/Release_Driving/Rapid_Release_Activities/Bugs_Landed|Bugs Landed]] has been run before doing this step.
# First, form a list of changes that have gone in on trunk:
#* Search bugzilla for all bugs with a milestone of 'Thunderbird nn' and that are fixed and the 'status-thunderbird(nn-1)' and 'status-thunderbird(nn-2)' fields are not set to fixed, e.g. [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/query.cgi?field0-0-0=cf_status_thunderbird11&field0-1-0=cf_status_thunderbird10&list_id=2398745&query_format=advanced&resolution=FIXED&target_milestone=Thunderbird%2012.0&type0-0-0=notequals&type0-1-0=notequals&value0-0-0=fixed&value0-1-0=fixed start from here] (status-thunderbirdnn fields appear in the custom slot at the bottom of the page).
# Add the search link onto the etherpad
# Look through the bugs fixed and assess the major changes (fixes, user-facing issues) in this release.
# Add the items and bug links to the etherpad.

== Gecko Change ==

This is generally slightly more difficult as Gecko doesn't adhere to the same milestone setting in resolution.

# Check the list of [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Features/Release_Tracking new features landed]
# Form a list of changes:
#* Between start & end dates for a release on Trunk, excluding fixes that have gone in previous releases, e.g. [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/query.cgi?chfield=resolution&chfieldfrom=2011-12-20&chfieldto=2012-01-31&chfieldvalue=FIXED&field0-0-0=cf_status_firefox11&field0-1-0=cf_status_firefox10&field0-2-0=cf_status_firefox11&field0-3-0=cf_status_firefox10&list_id=2399872&product=Core&product=Firefox&product=Toolkit&query_format=advanced&resolution=FIXED&type0-0-0=notequals&type0-1-0=notequals&type0-2-0=notequals&type0-3-0=notequals&value0-0-0=fixed&value0-1-0=fixed&value0-2-0=verified&value0-3-0=verified start from here]
# Add the search link onto the etherpad
# Look through the bugs fixed and assess the major changes (fixes, user-facing issues) in this release.
# Add the items and bug links to the etherpad.