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= Video for today's meeting =
= Video for today's meeting =
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= Upcoming Events =
= Upcoming Events =
'''This Week'''
'''This Week'''
* <b>Mozilla QA</b> is holding a work week through Friday. The schedule of events is located [https://intranet.mozilla.org/QaEvents:QA_Work_Week_Sep_13,2010_Final here]. Welcome to Mt. View all the Mozilla QA remotees!
* <b>Mozilla QA</b> is holding a work week through Friday. The schedule of events is located [https://intranet.mozilla.org/QaEvents:QA_Work_Week_Sep_13,2010_Final here]. Welcome to Mt. View all the Mozilla QA remotees!
* The <b>Gecko Platform Team</b> is holding a work week through Friday.
* The <b>Socorro</b> (crash statistics) team is holding a work week.
* Direct employees of the <b>Mozilla Foundation</b> are on site this week.


'''Monday, 13 September'''
'''Monday, 13 September'''
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'''Wednesday, 15 September'''
'''Wednesday, 15 September'''
* [[Releases/Firefox_4.0b6|Firefox 4 Beta 6 Code Freeze]] is scheduled
** we will be discussing branch mechanics at the Tuesday meeting, but it is likely that this will also be the Gecko 2.0 branch point from mozilla-central


'''Thursday, 16 September'''
'''Thursday, 16 September'''
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'''Next Week'''
'''Next Week'''
* Mozilla IT has requested a '''long downtime''' on the weekend, either Saturday or Sunday, in order to upgrade network infrastructure at the 650 Castro Office. This would require that mozilla-central be closed.


= Product Status Updates =
= Product Status Updates =


== Firefox 4 ==
== Firefox 4 ==
* [[Releases/Firefox_4.0b6|beta 6]] code freeze moved from last Friday to this Wednesday
** still [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=blocking2.0:beta6 many blockers left to go] ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=blocking2.0:beta6%20prod:Firefox,Toolkit,Sync UI bugs] | [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=blocking2.0:beta6%20-prod:Firefox,Toolkit,Sync Platform bugs])
* JaegerMonkey landed on mozilla-central, is now part of [http://nightly.mozilla.org nightly builds]
* beta 6 is still planned as '''Feature Freeze'''
** no new user interface features to be added after this beta
** no new web platform features to be added after this beta
** no new strings to be added after this beta without l10n approval
** no platform API changes to be added after this beta without driver approval


== Firefox 3.6 ==
== Firefox 3.6 ==
'''Firefox 3.6.9 & 3.5.12'''
* Investigating a possible startup crash regression in 3.6.9/3.5.12 ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=594699 bug 594699])
* Investigating personas plus issue ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=590978 bug 590978]) and possible fixes
'''Firefox 3.6.10 & 3.5.13'''
* Schedule is in flux due to 3.6.9 investigations
* We have been marking bugs as blockers and approving patches
** Please get your blockers in early!


== Mobile Firefox ==
== Mobile Firefox ==


== Thunderbird ==
== Thunderbird ==
* Account provisioning and pluggable storage feature work is ongoing.
* Shipped Thunderbird 3.1.3
* Halted 3.1.3 automatic updates due to startup crasher {{bug|594699}}
* Analysis about how to move forward in-progress


== Older Branch Work ==
== Older Branch Work ==


== Drumbeat ==
== Drumbeat ==
 
*[http://www.drumbeat.org/p2pu-webcraft School of Webcraft classes start Wed, Sep 15]
*Major new release for [http://www.drumbeat.org/project/universal-subtitles Universal Subtitles] later this month -- more details soon
*Interesting new project:&nbsp;[http://yoyodyne.cc/heaps-of-gml-action/ Graffiti Mark-up Language]


= Speakers =
= Speakers =
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!  More Details
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| Your Title Here
| Your Name Here
| What are you going to talk about?
| Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen
| Link to where audience can find out more information
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| Castro Downtime (Sept 18/19)
| Castro Downtime (Sept 18/19)
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| RelEng infrastructure load
| joduinn
| developers are busy! If using TryServer, please select what exact jobs you want using https://wiki.mozilla.org/Build:TryChooser  - dont waste CPU cycles
| http://oduinn.com/blog/2010/09/09/infrastructure-load-for-august-2010/
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|-
| Mozilla & You Newsletter
| Eve Murto
| New Mainstream User Newsletter
| [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/about/newsletter/2010-09/ http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/about/newsletter/2010-09/]
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|-
| Interactive Firefox 4 Heatmap
| Blake Cutler & Chris Jung
| Visualizing Usage of the Firefox 4 Beta UI
| [http://heatmap.mozillalabs.com heatmap.mozillalabs.com]
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|}
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== Messaging  ==
== Messaging  ==
* Thunderbird add-on experiments ongoing


== Mobile  ==
== Mobile  ==
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== Automation & Tools ==
== Automation & Tools ==
* 13,000 Test results submitted for Grafx Bot since the beta 5 release
** only 2 crashes, sifting through the results, will blog later this week
* Profile manager is now ready for review, will be submitting for review
* We're throwing a war on orange coffee and doughnut discussion this week in honor of the platform work week.  Friday at 10am.
* More info [[Auto-tools/Meetings/2010-09-13|here]]


== Security  ==
== Security  ==
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'''PR'''  
'''PR'''  
*[http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20015650-264.html Mozilla fixes Firefox holes, curtails clickjacking]
*[http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9184019/Mozilla_fixes_Firefox_s_DLL_load_hijacking_bug Mozilla fixes Firefox's DLL load hijacking bug]
*[http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Apple-Mozilla-Fix-DLL-Loading-Issue-in-Browsers-767585/ Apple, Mozilla Fix DLL Loading Issue in Browsers]
*[http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/mozilla-patches-dll-load-hijacking-vulnerability/7274 Mozilla patches DLL load hijacking vulnerability]
*[http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20015782-264.html Mozilla: Now is the time for browser-based games]
*[http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-09/08/mozilla-launches-web-gaming-push Mozilla launches web-gaming push]
*[http://mashable.com/2010/09/07/mozilla-labs-games/ Mozilla Launches Initiative to Promote Browser Games]
*[http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/07/mozilla-labs-games/ Mozilla Labs Vaguely Announces Web-Based Gaming Initiative]
*[http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2368855,00.asp Firefox 4 Beta 5 Gets IE9-Style Hardware Acceleration]
*[http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/09/firefox-jaegermonkey-builds-are-available/ Firefox JaegerMonkey Builds Are Available]
*[http://www.conceivablytech.com/2673/products/first-look-firefox-4-jaegermonkey/ First Look: Firefox 4 JaegerMonkey]
*[http://lifehacker.com/5634657/try-out-firefoxs-new-jaegermonkey-javascript-engine-in-nightly-builds Try Out Firefox's New JaegerMonkey JavaScript Engine in Nightly Builds]


'''Events'''  
'''Events'''  
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= Roundtable =
= Roundtable =
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Video for today's meeting

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Friends of the Tree Friends of the Tree

Upcoming Events

This Week

  • Mozilla QA is holding a work week through Friday. The schedule of events is located here. Welcome to Mt. View all the Mozilla QA remotees!
  • The Gecko Platform Team is holding a work week through Friday.
  • The Socorro (crash statistics) team is holding a work week.
  • Direct employees of the Mozilla Foundation are on site this week.

Monday, 13 September

Tuesday, 14 September

Wednesday, 15 September

  • Firefox 4 Beta 6 Code Freeze is scheduled
    • we will be discussing branch mechanics at the Tuesday meeting, but it is likely that this will also be the Gecko 2.0 branch point from mozilla-central

Thursday, 16 September

Friday, 17 September

Next Week

  • Mozilla IT has requested a long downtime on the weekend, either Saturday or Sunday, in order to upgrade network infrastructure at the 650 Castro Office. This would require that mozilla-central be closed.

Product Status Updates

Firefox 4

  • beta 6 code freeze moved from last Friday to this Wednesday
  • JaegerMonkey landed on mozilla-central, is now part of nightly builds
  • beta 6 is still planned as Feature Freeze
    • no new user interface features to be added after this beta
    • no new web platform features to be added after this beta
    • no new strings to be added after this beta without l10n approval
    • no platform API changes to be added after this beta without driver approval

Firefox 3.6

Firefox 3.6.9 & 3.5.12

  • Investigating a possible startup crash regression in 3.6.9/3.5.12 (bug 594699)
  • Investigating personas plus issue (bug 590978) and possible fixes

Firefox 3.6.10 & 3.5.13

  • Schedule is in flux due to 3.6.9 investigations
  • We have been marking bugs as blockers and approving patches
    • Please get your blockers in early!

Mobile Firefox

Thunderbird

  • Account provisioning and pluggable storage feature work is ongoing.
  • Shipped Thunderbird 3.1.3
  • Halted 3.1.3 automatic updates due to startup crasher bug 594699
  • Analysis about how to move forward in-progress

Older Branch Work

Drumbeat

Speakers

The limit is 3 minutes per speaker. It's like a lightning talk, but don't feel that you have to have slides in order to make a presentation.

Title Presenter Topic Media More Details
Castro Downtime (Sept 18/19) Ravi Pina Upcoming downtime for Castro based Talos/builders
RelEng infrastructure load joduinn developers are busy! If using TryServer, please select what exact jobs you want using https://wiki.mozilla.org/Build:TryChooser - dont waste CPU cycles http://oduinn.com/blog/2010/09/09/infrastructure-load-for-august-2010/
Mozilla & You Newsletter Eve Murto New Mainstream User Newsletter http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/about/newsletter/2010-09/
Interactive Firefox 4 Heatmap Blake Cutler & Chris Jung Visualizing Usage of the Firefox 4 Beta UI heatmap.mozillalabs.com

Status Updates By Team

Firefox

Platform

Messaging

  • Thunderbird add-on experiments ongoing

Mobile

IT

Last Couple Weeks

  • Amsterdam datacenter moved.
  • input.mozilla.com & Fx4 releases. This site gets significantly more traffic than we had projected. Working on moving it off shared infrastructure.

This Week

  • Castro Office Downtime - Saturday/Sunday
    • Will affect all Talos and builders in the Castro Street office
    • Upgrading office firewall & Aruba wireless controller
    • Outage will last ~6 hours
  • mozilla.org & DNSSEC
  • bugzilla.mozilla.org active/active between San Jose & Phoenix.

Release Engineering

QA

QA Org Highlights
  • Hiring
    • David Burns, accepted offer. Starts 10/25/2010.
  • Browser Technologies
    • Fennec 2.0 Beta 1 code freeze pushed out until 9/14. Continuing to test nightlies on supported devices
    • Jetpack 0.8 tested and shipped this week
    • Encountered a settings bug 594178 in the test pilot study (about:firefox) that broke the home button on beta 5.
      • A meeting is setup next week by chris jung to discuss QA/Dev testing and additional process needed
  • Desktop Firefox
    • Firefox 4 Beta 5 Shipped!
    • preparing for Firefox 3.6.9 and 3.5.12 final releases and release process

Automation & Tools

  • 13,000 Test results submitted for Grafx Bot since the beta 5 release
    • only 2 crashes, sifting through the results, will blog later this week
  • Profile manager is now ready for review, will be submitting for review
  • We're throwing a war on orange coffee and doughnut discussion this week in honor of the platform work week. Friday at 10am.
  • More info here

Security

Engagement

PR


Events

Creative Team

Community Marketing

Support

Metrics

Evangelism

When the "Good News"'ll be annouced ?

(And when "the true news" 'll be ?)

I know it's not a forum, so, please let me knonw...

Fred.

Labs

Developer Tools

  • The Inspector tool, which has been appearing in Firefox 4 beta releases, has been moved to the next Firefox release in order to give it more time to bake.
  • The Web Console tool is looking good for the next Firefox beta.
  • The Bespin project is now known as Mozilla Skywriter and its repository has moved to GitHub. Follow our updates on Twitter: @MozSkywriter

Add-ons

Webdev

L10n

Introducing New Hires

Foundation Updates

Roundtable

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