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== Firefox  ==
== Firefox  ==
We're racing towards a Firefox 4, beta 1 code freeze this week, so if you've ever thought about running '''nightly builds''' to try things out early, now would be a great time to start.
[http://nightly.mozilla.org/ Help us find bugs] before they bite our beta audience!


== 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 3.6.4'''
** '''Will not ship tomorrow'''
** Build #7 built on Friday (with fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=562198 bug 562198]), will go to beta audience today
** Tentative plan is to ship Firefox 3.6.4 (build #7) to everyone on Thursday, depending on beta feedback
** Still investigating crash-stats "irregularities"
*'''Firefox 3.5.10'''
** Tied to 3.6.4 again
** No known issues


== 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  ==
== Thunderbird  ==
* [http://www.mozillamessaging.com/thunderbird/early_releases/downloads/ Thunderbird 3.1RC2] released; please give it a try and file any bugs you find!
* Release expected in the next few weeks, assuming that no respins are necessary.


== SeaMonkey  ==
== SeaMonkey  ==
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== Release Engineering  ==
== Release Engineering  ==
* downtime this Thursday evening (IT maintenance window) to perform disk maintenance on Tinderbox. Tinderbox, and hence TBPL, will be down for several hours. ({{bug|571300}})


== QA  ==
== QA  ==
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== Automation & Tools ==
== Automation & Tools ==
We're very heads down last week and this, but there are a couple of things to mention:
* Getting closer on E10S mochitest, hopefully landing this week
* Reftest is working on Android, should have patches this week
* More details [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Auto-tools/Meetings/2010-06-14 here].


== Security  ==
== Security  ==


== Marketing/PR ==
== Evangelism ==


'''PR'''  
'''PR'''  
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*[http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/06/mozilla-evangelist-criticizes-apple-html5-showcase.ars Mozilla evangelist: Apple HTML5 demos harm the open Web]
*[http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/06/mozilla-evangelist-criticizes-apple-html5-showcase.ars Mozilla evangelist: Apple HTML5 demos harm the open Web]


*[http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2010/06/mozilla-tracking-a-week-in-the.html Mozilla tracking a week in the life of a Firefox browser]  
*[http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2010/06/mozilla-tracking-a-week-in-the.html Mozilla tracking a week in the life of a Firefox browser]


*[http://www.ghacks.net/2010/06/14/latest-firefox-4-pre-alpha-showcases-new-design/ Latest Firefox 4 Pre-Alpha Showcases New Design]  
*[http://www.ghacks.net/2010/06/14/latest-firefox-4-pre-alpha-showcases-new-design/ Latest Firefox 4 Pre-Alpha Showcases New Design]  
*[http://www.conceivablytech.com/1254/products/mozilla-gives-a-first-taste-of-firefox-4/ Mozilla Gives A First Taste of Firefox 4]
*[http://www.conceivablytech.com/1254/products/mozilla-gives-a-first-taste-of-firefox-4/ Mozilla Gives A First Taste of Firefox 4]  
*[http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/358570/firefox-readies-webm-support Firefox readies WebM support]  
*[http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/358570/firefox-readies-webm-support Firefox readies WebM support]  
*[http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/06/09/mozilla.to.bring.webm.support.to.firefox.4/ Firefox 4 to bring WebM support]  
*[http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/06/09/mozilla.to.bring.webm.support.to.firefox.4/ Firefox 4 to bring WebM support]


*[http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/06/11/firefox-friday-five-on-security-the-world-cup-and-webm/ Firefox Friday Five: on security, the World Cup and WebM]  
*[http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/06/11/firefox-friday-five-on-security-the-world-cup-and-webm/ Firefox Friday Five: on security, the World Cup and WebM]  
*[http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mozilla-Kicks-Off-the-Firefox-Cup-with-32-Country-Personas-144286.shtml Mozilla Kicks Off the Firefox Cup with 32 Country Personas]  
*[http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mozilla-Kicks-Off-the-Firefox-Cup-with-32-Country-Personas-144286.shtml Mozilla Kicks Off the Firefox Cup with 32 Country Personas]
 
<br> '''Events'''


*[http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-us-10/bh-us-10-home.html Black Hat USA 2010] July 24-29, 2010; Las Vegas, NV - We will be hosting our "traditional" Mozilla milk &amp; cookies party on 7/28.&nbsp; Look for more information shortly. <br>
*[http://www.fisl.org.br/10/www/en FISL 2010] July 21-24, 2010; Porto Alegre, Brasil - We are looking into having a Mozilla room, talks and other activities. &nbsp;Follow progress on the[https://wiki.mozilla.org/FISL:2010 wiki page].&nbsp;
*[http://www.guadec.org/index.php/guadec/2010 GUADEC 2010] - July 24-30, 2010; Netherlands.&nbsp; We are sponsoring at the bronze level. &nbsp;no Mozilla talks schedules.<br>
*Open Video Conference 2010 - October 1-2, 2010; New York, NY&nbsp; - Looking over sponsorship opportunities.
*[http://www.blogher.com/blogher-10 BlogHer '10] - August 6-7, 2010 - Looking into sponsorship opportunities - we will be having a hotel suite and a presence in the GeekLab.&nbsp; More details soon!
*[http://makerfaireafrica.com/ Maker Faire Africa] - August 27-28, 2010; Nairobi, Kenya - Looking into sponsorship opportunties.
*[http://www.renegadecraft.com/chicago Renegade Craft Fair Chicago 2010] - September 11-12, 2010 - We will have a booth and be doing some innovative activities. &nbsp;Check out the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/RenegadeCraftFair2010_Chicago wiki] for more details Looking into sponsorship opportunities.
*London Add-ons Challenge (name TBC): Exploring two consumer-focused events in SF &amp; London.


'''Events'''


'''Creative Team'''  
'''Creative Team'''  


'''User Participation'''
'''User Participation'''  
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefoxcup/ Firefox Cup] is live!  
 
* Help get the word out:
*[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefoxcup/ Firefox Cup] is live!  
** Please tag everything with #fxcup
*Help get the word out:  
*** Here are all the relevant bit.lys/URLs you might need & blog references:
**Please tag everything with #fxcup  
**** Firefox Cup Blog Post: http://mzl.la/b6wnkS
***Here are all the relevant bit.lys/URLs you might need &amp; blog references:  
**** Firefox Cup campaign page: http://www.firefoxcup.com
****Firefox Cup Blog Post: http://mzl.la/b6wnkS  
**** Firefox Cup logo: http://mzl.la/9Bm2k3
****Firefox Cup campaign page: http://www.firefoxcup.com  
**** Gallery of the 32 team Personas: bit.ly/boxwIP
****Firefox Cup logo: http://mzl.la/9Bm2k3  
** Retweet @firefox: http://twitter.com/firefox / http://twitter.com/firefox/status/15833505879
****Gallery of the 32 team Personas: bit.ly/boxwIP  
** Facebook:
**Retweet @firefox: http://twitter.com/firefox / http://twitter.com/firefox/status/15833505879  
*** Please "like" and "comment" on our Facebook update: http://www.facebook.com/Firefox
**Facebook:  
*** Change your profile pic to a Firefox logo: http://mzl.la/9Bm2k3 or http://mzl.la/9pa92Q
***Please "like" and "comment" on our Facebook update: http://www.facebook.com/Firefox  
** Stay tuned as we announce our round winners:
***Change your profile pic to a Firefox logo: http://mzl.la/9Bm2k3 or http://mzl.la/9pa92Q  
*** June 16th: Round 1 country winner announced.
**Stay tuned as we announce our round winners:  
*** June 23rd: Round 2 country winner announced.
***June 16th: Round 1 country winner announced.  
*** June 30th: Round 3 country winner announced.
***June 23rd: Round 2 country winner announced.  
*** July 7th: Round 4 country winner announced.
***June 30th: Round 3 country winner announced.  
*** July 14th: Overall country winner announced.
***July 7th: Round 4 country winner announced.  
***July 14th: Overall country winner announced.


== Support ==
== Support ==
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== Webdev  ==
== Webdev  ==
* Launched Socorro 1.7: replace NFS with Hbase


== L10n  ==
== L10n  ==
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= Roundtable =
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