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| [http://quality.mozilla.org/events/2010/mar/19/testday-improve-quality-qmo Testday event page] | |||
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== Firefox == | == Firefox == | ||
You can always see the state of Firefox projects on our [[Firefox/Projects|tracking page]], and you can participate in those conversations at the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/#Meetings weekly development meeting]. | |||
The merest sampling of highlights from the past week: | |||
* Holy crap, the [http://blog.mozilla.com/rstrong/2010/03/14/application-update-billboard/ new app update prompt] Rob Strong built is beautiful! | |||
* Oh my word, Dave Townsend has (draft, work-in-progress, not-for-consumption-yet) [http://www.oxymoronical.com/blog/2010/03/Look-Ma-no-restarts addons installing without] restart. | |||
* Hot diggity, Alex Limi posted the [http://limi.net/articles/firefox-ux-team-update-5 UX team update #5] | |||
* Well I'll be, Johnath posted about [http://blog.johnath.com/2010/03/10/developer-tools-in-firefox/ developer tools in Firefox]. | |||
* and um, wow. Marco landed {{bug|542943}} and might have gotten us a 90% reduction in shutdown time on heavily used profiles. | |||
If you want an RSS feed full of Firefox awesomeness like this, check out [http://planet.firefox.com/ planet firefox]. | |||
== Gecko == | == Gecko == | ||
== Branch work: Firefox 3.5.x / Firefox 3.6.x / Thunderbird 3.0.x == | == Branch work: Firefox 3.5.x / Firefox 3.6.x / Thunderbird 3.0.x == | ||
* Firefox 3.5.9 and 3.6.2 builds being created today. Testing starts tomorrow. | |||
== Old Branch work: Firefox 3.0.x / Thunderbird 2.0.0.x == | == Old Branch work: Firefox 3.0.x / Thunderbird 2.0.0.x == | ||
* Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 to ship 3/16. - Final Release! | |||
* Firefox 3.0.19 builds being created today. Testing starts tomorrow. | |||
== Thunderbird == | == Thunderbird == | ||
* NEED YOUR HELP: [[Thunderbird/TopMissingDomains|Fill in domain configurations for most popular global email providers]] | |||
* Shipped [http://www.rumblingedge.com/2010/03/08/thunderbird-3-1-beta-1-released/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rumblingedge+%28The+Rumbling+Edge%29 Thunderbird 3.1b1] | |||
* 3.1b2 underway; feature/string freeze for both 3.1b2 and 3.1 itself one week from tomorrow (Tuesday, March 23) | |||
* 3.0.4 in progress; focus is support for conversion funnel work including a funnelcake build. | |||
== SeaMonkey == | == SeaMonkey == | ||
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** Took awhile before anyone noticed and reverted to email-based alerting | ** Took awhile before anyone noticed and reverted to email-based alerting | ||
** Not <u>nearly</u> as good or timely as SMS | ** Not <u>nearly</u> as good or timely as SMS | ||
* <b><code> | * <b><code>graphs.mozilla.org</code></b> {{bug|551532}} | ||
** some sort of issues with the VM based <code>graphs.mozilla.org</code> | ** some sort of issues with the VM based <code>graphs.mozilla.org</code> | ||
** moved to physical hardware to resolve | ** moved to physical hardware to resolve | ||
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== Release Engineering == | == Release Engineering == | ||
* Add-ons manager rewrite project branch open for business | |||
* work on new OS X 10.6 ref platform | |||
* releases kicking off this week: | |||
** 3.0.19 (final 3.0 release ever) | |||
** 3.5.9 | |||
** 3.6.2 | |||
** 3.7a3 | |||
* TB2.0.0.24 shipping Tuesday | |||
== QA == | == QA == | ||
<u><b><font size="+1">Planned this week</font></b></u> | |||
; QA General | |||
* Leveling rollup on Weds 18th | |||
* Meeting with uTest Tuesday to discuss Test Case Management (TCM) requirements | |||
* Write draft of QA Q2 goals and QA mission/vision for rest of 2010 | |||
;Test Execution | |||
* testing 3.0.19, 3.5.9 and 3.6.2 | |||
* Testing and validation of 3.7 Alpha 3 [[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Firefox_3.7a3/Test_Plan 3.7a3 Test Plan]] | |||
;Test Automation | |||
* formalize Mozmill automation for Addons | |||
;Web QA | |||
* More automated test writing and execution | |||
* Ship 0.6.0 version of Plugin Check | |||
* Ship the 1.5.2 version of SUMO for mobile | |||
* Start certifying AMO 5.8 | |||
;QA Community | |||
* Friday - Test day to improve quality QMO | |||
<u><b><font size="+1">Accomplished last week</font></b></u> | |||
;Test Execution | ;Test Execution | ||
* shipped beta Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 | |||
* Completed 3.0.19 critical and security bugs. | |||
* Working through 3.5.9 and 3.6.2 bugs still | |||
* Met with Jetpack team to determine Jetpack testing requirements | |||
;Web QA | |||
* revised test agreement with SmartWare from a task-based contract to hourly rate. Both for WebDev QA and Test Execution. This should simply planning of contractor work. | |||
* Shipped SUMO 1.5.2 | |||
* Shipped a special [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=552010 emergency performance] edition of GetPersonas.com (Not Planned) | |||
;Crash Kill | |||
* filed 7 Crash bugs [https://intranet.mozilla.org/QA:WeeklyStatus:20100312 details] | |||
;QA Community | ;QA Community | ||
* No Activity this week | |||
== Automation & Tools == | == Automation & Tools == | ||
* Welcome Jeffrey Hammel! He'll be jhammel on IRC and starts today! | * Welcome Jeffrey Hammel! He'll be jhammel on IRC and starts today! | ||
* WinMo testing progress: xpcshell, mochitest, jsreftest, crashtest, reftest all run on the phones. | |||
** Documenting setup, hand off to Release Engineering today. | |||
** Continuing to work on bugs and polish as we work with Rel Eng to put into staging. | |||
* Crash Automation | |||
** Rolling out VMs into the colo for wider testing this week | |||
** Will reuse and revamp many of the old under utilized qm* vms for this. | |||
== Security == | == Security == | ||
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'''Community Marketing''' | '''Community Marketing''' | ||
* Open to Choice: | |||
** Here's how to help: | |||
*** Banners: Place an [http://opentochoice.org/2010/03/buttons/ affiliate button] on your website or blog. | |||
*** Twitter: [http://twitter.com/opentochoice Follow us on Twitter], add a [http://twibbon.com/join/Open-to-Choice Twibbon] to your profile or RT @opentochoice news. | |||
*** Blog: Share your perspective on Browser Choice (see FuzzyFox's [http://blog.brinkhurstdesign.co.uk/2010/03/choice-matters-so-does-your-browser/ blog post]). | |||
*** Set up a social media campaign in your region. Mozilla Hispano have set up a great one on [http://www.flickr.com/photos/30176726@N04/4417682816/ Tuenti]. | |||
*** Share the new [http://www.facebook.com/Firefox?v=app_4949752878 Facebook tab]. | |||
* Facebook: | |||
** We hit 1 Million Firefox fans on Facebook - congrats everyone :) | |||
** We'll be featuring fan photos for the next few days. | |||
** See Tara's [http://musingt.com/?p=274 blog post]. | |||
* Campus Reps: | |||
** We'll be launching a campus reps guide on studentreps.mozilla.org in Q2 that will be localized in at least 6 locales. | |||
** With this launch we're rebranding the program to "Student Reps" to better reflect the global makeup of the group. | |||
** See William Reynold's [http://air.mozilla.com/marketing/ presentation] on 3/17 for more details. | |||
* Community Marketing Call: Please see [http://www.spreadfirefox.com/node/5817 notes] from last week's call. Next call is Wednesday March 17th at 10 a.m. PST/18:00 UTC. Please send agenda items to mary@mozilla.com. | |||
* Community Spotlight/Best Practices: Please help us collect case studies on all the great stuff you've done from events to marketing campaigns to design work. Please submit it [http://bit.ly/mozspotlight here]. | |||
'''Events''' | |||
*[http://sxsw.com/interactive SXSW Interactive 2010] March 12-16, 2010; Austin, Texas. We have a small sponsorship and are hosting a Mozilla party on Saturday, March 13th from 6-8pm at the Cedar Door. Sign-ups for our party are [http://bit.ly/mozsxswparty here]. Check out the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Event:SXSW_Interactive_2010 wiki page for information] on all of our events and sessions. <br> | |||
*[http://roflcon.org/ ROFLCon II] April 30 - May 1, 2010; Boston, MA. We have a join sponsorship with the Mozilla Foundation and will be live streaming and archiving the event with HTML5 open video.<br> | |||
*Processing.js Boston - April 10, 2010; Boston, MA. Looking into putting together an event with the Processing.js team. | |||
*[http://jsconf.us/2010/ JSConf.US] April 17-18, 2010; Washington, DC. We are sponsoring this event. We will also have Mitcho, one of our Jetpack Ambassadors conducting a Jetpack talk and putting together Jetpack hacking session in the lounge. | |||
*[http://www.e27.sg/ e27 echelon 2010] June 1-2, 2010; Singapore. Gen will be participating in this event. | |||
*[http://www.guadec.org/index.php/guadec/2010 GUADEC 2010] - July 24-30, 2010; Netherlands. We are sponsoring at the bronze level. More information to come soon.<br> | |||
*Open Video Conference 2010 - Looking over sponsorship opportunities. | |||
'''Creative Team''' | |||
* The "rethinking the web universe" plan continues to move along. [https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebsitePlan Here's the latest breakdown]. | |||
* New Creative Collective design challenge: [http://creative.mozilla.org/challenges/5 create the official Mozilla 2010 t-shirt]. | |||
* Introducing the [http://www.intothefuzz.com/2010/03/03/mdn-logo-update/ new Mozilla Developer Network logo]. | |||
* Still working with WebDev on plugins projects: | |||
**Plugins Check: working on being cross functional with the latest releases of Chrome, Opera, Safari and *potentially* IE8 by the end of the month. | |||
**We need help testing [http://plugins.mozilla.org plugins.mozilla.org]. Please file bugs and assign them to Les Orchard. | |||
**Planning a brown bag for the next week/two weeks to talk about Plugins Check and how we can better collaborate with other teams working with Plugins ( ie OOPP). | |||
'''Developer Marketing''' | '''Developer Marketing''' | ||
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== Metrics == | == Metrics == | ||
* Major Update offer is taking effect, as of Sunday: | |||
** Firefox 3.6 usage yesterday was up 63.8% from last week | |||
** More than 40M daily users of Firefox 3.6 now | |||
** 38.8% of Firefox users are now on 3.6 | |||
== Evangelism == | == Evangelism == | ||
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* Christian Legnitto - Engineering Project Manager / Firefox Launch Co-ordinator | * Christian Legnitto - Engineering Project Manager / Firefox Launch Co-ordinator | ||
* Jeffrey Hammel - Automation and Tools engineering hire | * Jeffrey Hammel - Automation and Tools engineering hire | ||
* Welcome [http://michael-coates.blogspot.com/ Michael Coates] who is joining the Infrastructure Security Team as a Web Security Engineer. | |||
= Foundation Updates = | = Foundation Updates = | ||
= Roundtable = | = Roundtable = | ||
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