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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: [http://yoyodyne.cc/heaps-of-gml-action/ Graffiti Mark-up Language] | |||
= Speakers = | = Speakers = | ||
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| Upcoming downtime for Castro based Talos/builders | | Upcoming downtime for Castro based Talos/builders | ||
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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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| | | Interactive Firefox 4 Heatmap | ||
| Blake Cutler & Chris Jung | | Blake Cutler & Chris Jung | ||
| Visualizing Usage of the Firefox 4 Beta UI | | Visualizing Usage of the Firefox 4 Beta UI | ||
| heatmap.mozillalabs.com | | [http://heatmap.mozillalabs.com heatmap.mozillalabs.com] | ||
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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 = | ||
[[Category:Weekly Updates]] | |||
[[Category:Meeting Notes]] | |||