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== Fx/TB 1.5.0.13/2.0.0.6 == | == Fx/TB 1.5.0.13/2.0.0.6 == | ||
* Firefox 2.0.0.6 was released Monday night (7/30) | |||
* Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 was released Wednesday evening (8/1) | |||
* Triage for 2.0.0.7 starts this week. Schedule hasn't been discussed yet. | |||
* Triage for Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 on-going. | |||
* Thunderbird major update 1.5.0.12->2.0.0.6 is next in line for release. | |||
** Testing is happening this week. | |||
== TB 3 == | == TB 3 == | ||
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** wiki.m.o migration and upgrade | ** wiki.m.o migration and upgrade | ||
** LDAP maintenance | ** LDAP maintenance | ||
* Facebook app launched | * Created Hg accounts for all CVS contributors from the past year | ||
* Facebook app launched; more migrations to php5 cluster | |||
* Continued breakpad support and maintenance | * Continued breakpad support and maintenance | ||
* MPT cage expansion (pics to come) | * MPT cage expansion (pics to come) | ||
== Build == | == Build == | ||
* IT-scheduled maintenance downtime on Tuesday evening; this will close the tree, due to imaging the performance testing machines. | |||
* We should see builds from the new Win32 reference platform this week; they will be in the experimental directory on ftp. Preed will post in m.d.planning with the location. | |||
* A number of people have pinged us about Firefox 1.5.0.12 major update prompts that take them to 2.0.0.4, and then jumping to 2.0.0.6. This is expected behavior; publishing a new version of major update requires a Build/QA process, which we're tracking in [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=388586 bug 388586]. For now, people can get to 2.0.0.6 via 1.5.0.12 -> 2.0.0.4 -> 2.0.0.6. | |||
* We're currently working on getting Thunderbird major update and Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 scheduled, specifically which one we work on first. | |||
* Nick (aka cf) will be in Mountain View this week. | |||
== QA == | == QA == | ||
Test Execution | |||
* Tested and released FFx and TB 2.0.0.6 last Monday and Wednesday respectively. [juanb, whole test execution team!] | |||
* [[MozillaQualityAssurance:Home_Page:Firefox_3.0_TestPlan:M7_Results|Firefox 3 A7 testing]]: tested new features (places, content handling, etc) and run the regression tests. [tchung, abillings, marcia, tracy, others] | |||
* '''Tested and released the [http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2255900050 Rock your Firefox/Facebook]''' [stephend] | |||
* Started major update testing for Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 [juanb, tomcat] | |||
Test Development | |||
* Caught up on adding new JavaScript tests to the test library. [bc] | |||
* Added to the [[MozillaQualityAssurance:Home_Page:Firefox_3.0_TestPlan:MacOSIntegration|FFx 3 Mac OS Test Plan]]: printing functionlity on the Mac that is not present on Windows that will necessitate additional test cases [marcia] | |||
* Wrote test cases for Places bugs in FFx 3 [tracy] | |||
Test Tools | |||
* '''Completed an early version of the [[Litmus:Extension|Litmus testing extension]].''' Check it out and give us feedback. But keep in mind this is for alpha testing only!! [ben_h, zach] | |||
* [http://quality.mozilla.org/projects/automation/minotaur Minotaur]: Improved how it works with partner builds and tested it with google and ebay. Met with Axel and Nick on L10N build integration. [clint] | |||
Community | |||
* Bugday on Tues Aug 1st. [tomcat, others] | |||
* Testday on Fri, Aug 3rd. Over 600 test cases run! See [http://litmus.mozilla.org/testday_report.cgi?testday_id=49 results] [ashughes, tomcat, marcia, jay, mw22] | |||
* Recruited two Window-eyes beta testers (A11y) as Minefield/WE quick reaction testers [tkeenan] | |||
* Getting involved with the Campus Reps program. See the [http://fs/public/QA/Campus%20Reps/stayaheadofthecurve_flyer.jpg flyers]! | |||
Misc | |||
* Accessibility (A11y): Gained access to the Jaws 9 private beta list. Constructed template for Xul and Gecko platform test plans. Created accessibility test groups under Litmus. [tkeenan] | |||
== Security == | == Security == | ||
== Marketing/PR == | == Marketing/PR == | ||
* Firefox [http://support-stage.mozilla.org support knowledge base alpha] is live. Check it out and give us feedback. | |||
* Moving forward with work on [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Retention retention plan]. | |||
* Mozilla Store launch week of 8/13. | |||
* PR push on behalf of Rock Your Firefox this week. | |||
* PR update on Black Hat. | |||
== Community == | == Community == | ||
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== Developer Relations == | == Developer Relations == | ||
* Firefox 3 documentation work is ongoing, with [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Category:Places Places] and [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/FUEL FUEL] being the current works-in-progress. | |||
* Planning work is in progress on migrating MDC to the php5 cluster to improve performance and reliability. | |||
* Simon Willison is at work on an update to our core JavaScript reference, integrating post JavaScript 1.5 material directly into the core of the documentation. New material includes: | |||
** A new chapter on [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Guide:Working_with_Closures closures] | |||
** A new chapter on [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Guide:Processing_XML_with_E4X XML processing with E4X] | |||
** Extensions to the chapters on functions and variables to include new JavaScript 1.7 features such as let. | |||
** More is in the works. | |||
* Work on a [http://ejohn.org/apps/js-speed/results/ JS Speed Test Suite] is progressing nicely - more tests are being rolled in, better results created. | |||
* Made two releases available for the [http://cesarmoco.wordpress.com/2007/08/01/release-early-release-often/ MAR xulapp]. A third release is planned for today which includes a major bugfix. | |||
* WebRunner work is progressing. Try to release 0.7 this week: | |||
** Support for webapp scripting (think greasemonkey-scripts for a webapp) | |||
** Support for adding simple webapp-specific UI - (toolbars and menus) | |||
** Support for simple desktop integration - (nsIAlertsService for popuping up a message when new mail arrives) | |||
** Profiles (*.webapp) files are now ZIP/JAR files so they can package more webapp resources (scripts, icons, menus and toolbars) | |||
== Webdev, Add-ons, AMO == | == Webdev, Add-ons, AMO == | ||
* AMO | |||
** [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Update:Remora_UI_Review/Mockups/Home_Page/2007-08-18_revisions/ New mocks] are finalized, in design phase | |||
** Add-on help for Sun java console | |||
** Security fixes for AMO and PFS | |||
* Bouncer updates during Tuesday's maint. window | |||
** Performance patch to implement memcache usage | |||
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=390201 bug 390201] - UI to show mirror uptake | |||
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=390199 bug 390199] - Flag for products to be checked immediately (for newer releases) | |||
* Breakpad/Socorro | |||
** [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Breakpad/Status_Meetings/2007-Aug-3 Weekly meeting minutes] | |||
** [http://code.google.com/p/socorro/issues/list New issues filed for UI and reporting] | |||
* [http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/08/04/oscon-2007-adventures-in-localization/ Wil and I got some OSCON blog love -- woot!] | |||
* [http://www.rockyourfirefox.com Rock Your Firefox] (add-ons Facebook app) launched Thursday | * [http://www.rockyourfirefox.com Rock Your Firefox] (add-ons Facebook app) launched Thursday | ||
** We currently have about 650 users - [http://people.mozilla.com/~jscott/ryf/graphs.html pretty graphs] as of yesterday | ** We currently have about 650 users - [http://people.mozilla.com/~jscott/ryf/graphs.html pretty graphs] as of yesterday | ||
** No major bugs have been reported, so we'll be increasing PR this week | ** No major bugs have been reported, so we'll be increasing PR this week | ||
** Many people have [http://tmoenk.typepad.com/tmoenk/2007/08/facebook-rocks-.html suggested] that we have a way to detect currently installed add-ons to add as favorites, so we'll be [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=390681 working] on that for a future version. | |||
= Foundation Updates = | = Foundation Updates = | ||
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= Other Business = | = Other Business = | ||
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