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== Firefox 3.1 == | == Firefox 3.1 == | ||
* 17k+ users on beta 1 | |||
** feedback generally positive | |||
* work underway for beta 2 | |||
** string freeze is Thursday, October 30th at 11:59pm | |||
** code freeze is Tuesday, November 4th at 11:59pm | |||
** will talk tomorrow at developer's meeting about fsync issue and tradeoffs there | |||
== TB 3 == | == TB 3 == | ||
* [http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/3.0a3/ Shredder Alpha 3] shipped last week | |||
* Beta 1 [http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/3.0a3/ schedule] | |||
** String freeze: November 13 | |||
** Code freeze: November 18 | |||
== Mobile == | == Mobile == | ||
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== IT == | == IT == | ||
* Hg timeout issues {{bug|460054}} - Hg frontend is now being served out of read only servers. Issues with builds timing out are now resolved. | * Hg timeout issues ({{bug|460054}}) - Hg frontend is now being served out of read only servers. Issues with builds timing out are now resolved. | ||
* Conference bridge extension is changing to x92, because of people inside Mozilla mis-dialing 911 trying to get into the conference system. Both x91 and x92 work currently, but x91 will go away in a few weeks (it will have a recording informing of the new number). | * Conference bridge extension is changing to x92, because of people inside Mozilla mis-dialing 911 trying to get into the conference system. Both x91 and x92 work currently, but x91 will go away in a few weeks (it will have a recording informing of the new number). | ||
== Release Engineering == | == Release Engineering == | ||
* getting ready for FF3.1relbranch work after beta2 | |||
* fyi: larger pool handed 8 builds-at-the-same-time earlier this morning | |||
* unittest and build slaves being merged this week, should be able to handler even more. | |||
* downtime tomorrow morning for buildbot upgrade, see newsgroup for details. | |||
* RelEng meeting in Toronto last week. | |||
== QA == | == QA == | ||
Firefox 2.0.0.x/3.0.x | Firefox 2.0.0.x/3.0.x - Finished triaging most of the wanted+ list. [ss] | ||
Firefox 3.1 | Firefox 3.1 | ||
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* Running with JIT enabled and was able to reproduce a crash on cars.com [marcia, stephend] | * Running with JIT enabled and was able to reproduce a crash on cars.com [marcia, stephend] | ||
* Lots of bug fix verifications | * Lots of bug fix verifications | ||
* Running i-Bench, Global 500 tests, JS tests [tomcat | * Running i-Bench, Global 500 tests, JS tests [tomcat] | ||
Webdev testing | Webdev testing | ||
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Test Dev | Test Dev | ||
* [https://intranet.mozilla.org/User:Murali Code Coverage]: preliminary C/C++ coverage is 34% | * [https://intranet.mozilla.org/User:Murali Code Coverage]: preliminary C/C++ coverage is 34% when just starting the browser, visiting a few sites, going to AMO, and then shutting down. We get 50% coverage when running all the automated mochitests. Next steps are to run any other unittest tests (reftests, xpcshell, or any others not in the unittest framework) and setup the instrumentation to measure JS coverage.[mnandigama] | ||
* Created test cases for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=+&long_desc_type=substring&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=exact&email1=&emailassigned_to2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailqa_contact2=1&emailtype2=exact&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=443074%2C+443074%2C+451946%2C+459293%2C+459389%2C+459606%2C+459990%2C+460116%2C+460180&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0= | * Created test cases for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=+&long_desc_type=substring&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=exact&email1=&emailassigned_to2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailqa_contact2=1&emailtype2=exact&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=443074%2C+443074%2C+451946%2C+459293%2C+459389%2C+459606%2C+459990%2C+460116%2C+460180&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0= 8 JS bugs] [bc] | ||
* Updated Spider to support Fennec testing [bc] | * Updated Spider to support Fennec testing [bc] | ||
Community | Community | ||
* QA Companion: Recruited two volunteers to help with QA Companion extension maintenance and develpoment. Put together a [[QA/QA_Companion_Design_Center Design Brainstorming Center]] and a [[QA/QA_Companion_Hacking_Guide Hacking Guide]] for the tool. | * QA Companion: Recruited two volunteers to help with QA Companion extension maintenance and develpoment. Put together a [[QA/QA_Companion_Design_Center|Design Brainstorming Center]] and a [[QA/QA_Companion_Hacking_Guide|Hacking Guide]] for the tool. | ||
* Test day Friday was a little light. See [https://litmus.mozilla.org/testday_report.cgi?testday_id=112&include_admin=on results]. Top tester was a new community member, nick=stephen. Thanks Stephen!! | * Test day Friday was a little light. See [https://litmus.mozilla.org/testday_report.cgi?testday_id=112&include_admin=on results]. Top tester was a new community member, nick=stephen. Thanks Stephen!! | ||
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* Phreak, Velore, India: Hosting remote presentation on Labs with Jono DiCarlo tonight at 7:00 p.m. in Building K. | * Phreak, Velore, India: Hosting remote presentation on Labs with Jono DiCarlo tonight at 7:00 p.m. in Building K. | ||
* [http://fsoss.senecac.on.ca/2008/ FSOSS], Oct. | * [http://fsoss.senecac.on.ca/2008/ FSOSS], Oct. 23 - 24, Seneca College, Toronto - Several Mozilla speakers! | ||
* [http://www.aspirationtech.org/events/devsummit08 Nonprofit Software Development Summit], Nov. 17 - 19, Oakland, CA: Please check it out if you are local! | * [http://www.aspirationtech.org/events/devsummit08 Nonprofit Software Development Summit], Nov. 17 - 19, Oakland, CA: Please check it out if you are local! | ||
* [http://www.greenfestivals.org/ Green Festival], San Francisco, Nov. 14 - 16: Mozilla will have passes for 200 people. Please let Mary or Julie know if you want to attend. | * [http://www.greenfestivals.org/ Green Festival], San Francisco, Nov. 14 - 16: Mozilla will have passes for 200 people. Please let Mary or Julie know if you want to attend. | ||
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'''Community Store - Coming Soon!''' | '''Community Store - Coming Soon!''' | ||
* Quick background here: http://musingt.com/?p=30 | * Quick background here: http://musingt.com/?p=30 | ||
* Open-sourcing t-shirt designs. | * Open-sourcing t-shirt designs, where anyone can upload designs, create and customize their own products through Zazzle. | ||
* Store to be launched in the next month. | * Store to be launched in the next month, so stay tuned for more info. | ||
== Support == | == Support == | ||
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== Metrics == | == Metrics == | ||
* As part of our evaluation of website optimization tools, we're planning to roll-out an initial test this week on a single page at mozilla.com. An introduction of our plans [http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2008/09/30/multivariate-testing-coming-to-wwwmozillacom/ is here]. | |||
== Evangelism == | == Evangelism == | ||
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* Tracking changes to the video element implementation; documentation updates forthcoming this week. | * Tracking changes to the video element implementation; documentation updates forthcoming this week. | ||
* Continuing to work on Firefox 3.1 documentation updates for the forseeable future. | * Continuing to work on Firefox 3.1 documentation updates for the forseeable future. | ||
* Working with Morgamic and co. to get add-ons changes for 3.1 documented and communicated to add-ons developers. | |||
* RRRT: No surprises for 3.1 beta! | |||
== Labs == | == Labs == | ||
* second preview of Snowl 0.2 released; more info in the [http://www.melez.com/mykzilla/2008/10/second-preview-of-snowl-0.html blog post] | |||
== Webdev, Add-ons, AMO == | == Webdev, Add-ons, AMO == | ||
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== L10n == | == L10n == | ||
l10n team meeting in Paris, real updates next week. | |||
= Foundation Updates = | = Foundation Updates = | ||
=== Highlights === | |||
* Powered by Mozilla: David updated the [http://mozpad.org/doku.php?id=map_of_the_mozpad_universe Map of the Mozpad Universe] page to create a list of potential contacts. | |||
* Zak continued research who is doing what in open source education, and created a [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Project/Education/Pilot_Fish public wiki page] for this project. | |||
* Silvia Pfeiffer was featured in a [http://www.linux.com/feature/149988 Linux.com story] about her Mozilla Foundation-funded work on video accessibility. | |||
* Foundation team had prepared for 2010 Goals conversations. We will be posting and asking people to participate online in coming days, and also at MozCamp Europe. | |||
=== Program activities === | |||
* Education | |||
** Mark met with Dave Humphrey to talk about future Seneca open source course programs and Mozilla education overall. | |||
* Grants | |||
** Thomas Logan completed the first milestone of his Foundation-funded project to produce a series of training videos on how to [http://wiki.codetalks.org/wiki/index.php/Outline_for_Video_1:_Getting_the_Developer_Environment_Setup use] [http://wiki.codetalks.org/wiki/index.php/Outline_for_Video_2:_Introduction_to_Web_Application_to_be_Made_Accessible ARIA][http://wiki.codetalks.org/wiki/index.php/Outline_for_Video_3:_Building_Keyboard_Support_for_your_Web_Application to] [http://wiki.codetalks.org/wiki/index.php/Outline_for_Video_4:_Setting_Landmark_Roles_in_your_Application improve] [http://wiki.codetalks.org/wiki/index.php/Outline_for_Video_5:_Providing_Correct_Properties_for_each_Component_in_your_Application web] [http://wiki.codetalks.org/wiki/index.php/Outline_for_Video_6:_Working_With_Live_Regions_in_your_Applications application] [http://wiki.codetalks.org/wiki/index.php/Outline_for_Video_7:_Review%2C_How_to_Plan_Accessibility_from_the_Beginning accessibility]. | |||
* CAs | |||
** Frank decided to reschedule [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.crypto/browse_thread/thread/416427a350db11a9/ public discussion] of the CA inclusion request from [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/certs/pending/#Microsec Microsec Ltd] for later this year, after getting machine translation of Microsec CPS documents and a final resolution on the Microsec OCSP issue. | |||
=== Public communications and community outreach === | |||
* Powered by Mozilla | |||
* David posted proposed Powered by Mozilla [http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/identity-guidelines/powered-by.html design guidelines] and a draft [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/powered-by.html landing page]. | |||
** David updated the [http://mozpad.org/doku.php?id=map_of_the_mozpad_universe Map of the Mozpad Universe] page to create a list of potential contacts. | |||
* www.mozilla.org | |||
** David continued with archiving, redirect and bug triage work. | |||
** David had a call with Gandalf about [http://contribute.mozilla.org contribute.mozilla.org] and started helping to QA the site | |||
* Other | |||
** Gerv represented the Mozilla Foundation at the mySociety fifth birthday event (October 14, London). | |||
=== Upcoming activities === | |||
* Mark and Frank will attend and participate in the [http://fsoss.senecac.on.ca/ FSOSS 2008 conference] at Seneca College (October 23-24, Toronto). | |||
* Mark will attend [https://wiki.mozilla.org/EU_MozCamp_2008 EU Mozilla Camp] (October 25-26, Barcelona). | |||
* We have a Mozilla Foundation staff retreat planned for late October (October 28-30, Mountain View). | |||
* Zak will deliver the opening keynote for the [http://afup.org AFUP] (French PHP User Group) [http://afup.org/pages/forumphp2008/sessions.php Forum PHP conference] (December 8, Paris) | |||
= Roundtable = | = Roundtable = | ||
= Other Business = | = Other Business = | ||
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