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== Branch work: Firefox 3.0.x / Firefox 3.5.x / Thunderbird 2.0.0.x ==
== Branch work: Firefox 3.0.x / Firefox 3.5.x / Thunderbird 2.0.0.x ==


* '''[[Releases/Firefox 3.0.7|Firefox 3.0.17]]''' / '''[[Releases/Firefox 3.5.6|Firefox 3.5.6]]'''
'''[[Releases/Firefox 3.0.7|Firefox 3.0.17]]''' / '''[[Releases/Firefox 3.5.7|Firefox 3.5.7]]'''
* short-turn release targeted at early January 2010, only contains three bugs:
* short-turn release targeted at early January 2010, only contains three bugs:
** fix to updater
** fix to updater
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** a topcrash fix that's been baking on branch for over two months
** a topcrash fix that's been baking on branch for over two months
* currently waiting on one last patch to land on release branches
* currently waiting on one last patch to land on release branches
* all other bugs that had been targeted at 3.0.7/3.0.17 are now targeted at 3.0.18/3.5.8 which will work to pretty much the same schedule as originally planned for 3.0.17/3.5.7
* all other bugs that had been targeted at 3.0.17/3.5.7 are now targeted at 3.0.18/3.5.8 which will work to pretty much the same schedule as originally planned for 3.0.17/3.5.7


== Thunderbird ==
== Thunderbird ==
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'''Test Development'''
'''Test Development'''
* https://wiki.mozilla.org/QA/TDAI/MeetingNotes/2009-12-21


== Security ==
== Security ==
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* [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2357386,00.asp 3.6 beta 5 available now!]
* [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2357386,00.asp 3.6 beta 5 available now!]
* [http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2009/12/21/firefox-is-most-popular-browser/1 Firefox is the most widely used browser on the web!]
* [http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2009/12/21/firefox-is-most-popular-browser/1 Firefox is the most widely used browser on the web!]


'''Five Years of Firefox'''  
'''Five Years of Firefox'''  
The Five Years of Firefox Creative Collective Design Challenge has closed its call for submissions. Now its time for you to vote!  Make sure to cast your vote by '''December 16th'''!  Check out [http://www.intothefuzz.com/2009/12/11/still-celebrating-five-years-of-firefox/ John's blog post] or [http://www.sarahdoherty.net/blog/2009/12/11/mozilla-creative-collective-five-years-of-firefox-design-challenge/ Sarah's] for some recommendations of our favorites!


'''General'''  
'''General'''  
*[http://www.spreadfirefox.com/node/5502 Notes & video] from our last community marketing call on Wednesday, December 16th.
*Next call will resume on January 6th!


'''Events'''
'''Events'''
*[http://www.foms-workshop.org/foms2010/ Foundations of Open Media Software] January 13 - 15, 2010; Wellington, New Zealand.  Perfect venue to promote open video.  We are currently sponsoring this - Matthew Gregan, Chris Double and Chris Pearce will be attending and representing Mozilla.
*[http://www.cse.psu.edu/popl/10/ Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages (POPL) 2010] January 20-22, 2010; Madrid Spain.&nbsp; We are sponsoring this event.<br>
*Techkriti, GNUnify, Quark - February 2010; India. &nbsp;Looking into participation and sponsorship at these events in India.&nbsp;
*[http://sxsw.com/interactive SXSW&nbsp;Interactive 2010]&nbsp; March 12-16, 2010; Austin, Texas.&nbsp; Working on sponsorship opportunities and Firefox party.&nbsp; Please continue to [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Event:SXSW_Interactive_2010 check our wiki page for information]. <br>
*[http://software.imdea.org/events/plas2010/ Programming Languages and Analysis for Security (PLAS 2010)] June 10, 2010; Toronto, Canada.&nbsp; We are sponsoring this event.<br>


== Support ==
== Support ==
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== Webdev ==
== Webdev ==
* AMO now has hudson set up for continuous integration (booya!)
* AMO now has hudson set up for continuous integration ([http://people.mozilla.org/~morgamic/hudson.png booyaaaaa!])
* Bouncer now supports GeoIP ({{bug|https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459919}})
* Bouncer now supports GeoIP ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459919 see bug]) - working out the kinks
* Facebook security quiz was updated (thanks oremj) to not ask people for access to info when it was unnecessary to do so (we didn't even collect any data aside from quiz answers).


== L10n ==
== L10n ==
*  No updates this week


= Foundation Updates =
= Foundation Updates =
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= Roundtable =
= Roundtable =
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