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= Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] = | = Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] = | ||
* Henry Langi: All the great work he has been doing. Running all the brownbags and helping all the users. | * Henry Langi: All the great work he has been doing. Running all the brownbags and helping all the users. | ||
* Ed Morley for getting commit access and immediately diving into checkin-needed and merge duty. | |||
= Upcoming Events = | = Upcoming Events = | ||
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* Contribute Group meeting at 10 AM PDT ([[Mozilla.org/Contribute/Group/09_01_11|meeting info and agenda on wiki]]) -- a forum for discussing issues around helping people get involved with Mozilla. | * Contribute Group meeting at 10 AM PDT ([[Mozilla.org/Contribute/Group/09_01_11|meeting info and agenda on wiki]]) -- a forum for discussing issues around helping people get involved with Mozilla. | ||
* Interns Show & Tell at 1 PM PDT presentations by William Chen, Jezreel Ng, and Michael Kurze | |||
'''Friday, 2 September''' | '''Friday, 2 September''' | ||
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== Firefox Future (7, 8, 9) == | == Firefox Future (7, 8, 9) == | ||
* Release trains continuing smoothly | |||
* [http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2011/08/25/rapid-release-process/ Mitchell] and [http://blog.mozilla.com/futurereleases/2011/08/26/rapidity/ Johnath] both wrote posts about the rapid release process (and actually so have Jesse and Kairo, too) | |||
== Firefox Current (3. | == Firefox Current (3.6, 6.0) == | ||
* There will be a Firefox 3.6.21. Main goal is to backport Firefox 7 security fixes, will ship at the same time as Firefox 7 | |||
** There is a [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Firefox_3.6.21 schedule available on the wiki] with freeze dates | |||
* 3.6 EOL? No news to share on that yet. Assume we are sticking with the status quo (creating updates for 3.6) until told differently | |||
== Mobile Firefox == | == Mobile Firefox == | ||
== Thunderbird == | == Thunderbird == | ||
* Thunderbird 7 was released to Beta channels. | |||
* Thunderbird’s [http://www.mozilla.org/thunderbird/channel Channel Page] is up. | |||
== Drumbeat == | == Drumbeat == | ||
(no voice update this week) | |||
'''What would you include in a "Webmaking 101" course?''' | '''What would you include in a "Webmaking 101" course?''' | ||
* The School of Webcraft is designing a beginner's "Webmaking 101" course | * The School of Webcraft is designing a beginner's "Webmaking 101" course | ||
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* Please post feedback as comments to this [http://blogs.p2pu.org/blog/2011/08/19/state-of-webcraft-webmaking-101/ blog post] | * Please post feedback as comments to this [http://blogs.p2pu.org/blog/2011/08/19/state-of-webcraft-webmaking-101/ blog post] | ||
= Speakers = | = Speakers = | ||
The limit is 3 minutes per speaker. | 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. | ||
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! | ! Topic | ||
! | ! Media | ||
! | ! More Details | ||
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| | | Diane Loviglio, User Experience Researcher | ||
| | | On Web Apps - users describing web apps from apps field research | ||
| | | [http://people.mozilla.com/~dloviglio/videos/On%20Web%20Apps.mp4 Video] | ||
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| John Slater, Director Creative<br> | |||
| [https://wiki.mozilla.org/One-Mozilla-Project One Mozilla, The Merge<br>] | |||
| [https://wiki.mozilla.org/One-Mozilla-Project https://wiki.mozilla.org/One-Mozilla-Project<br>] | |||
| Join us on Thursday, Sept 1, for the retrospective & every Thursday afterwards for an update, Vidyo/All Your Base or #212<br> | |||
|} | |} | ||
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== Automation & Tools == | == Automation & Tools == | ||
* Jmaher could use a hand diagnosing some leaks caused by the special powers refactor, please ping him on IRC | |||
* Talos Addons Testing system has moved into beta state, we have the full system from AMO site to specific addons talos staging pool working for testing. | |||
* Bugzilla now has inline history on by default for all users on BMO | |||
* GoFaster project has new [http://brasstacks.mozilla.com/gofaster/#/endtoend/average web] [http://brasstacks.mozilla.com/gofaster/#/buildcharts dashboards] live | |||
* More notes are [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Auto-tools/Meetings/2011-08-29 here] | |||
== Security == | == Security == | ||
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= Introducing New Hires = | = Introducing New Hires = | ||
* Artur Adib: joining the Innovation team as a Software Engineer, managed by | * Artur Adib: joining the Innovation team as a Software Engineer, managed by Bill Walker, located in Washington, DC. | ||
* Michael Edwards: joining the Research Engineering Team as a Sr. Software Engineer, managed by Andreas Gal, located in Mtn. View. | * Michael Edwards: joining the Research Engineering Team as a Sr. Software Engineer, managed by Andreas Gal, located in Mtn. View. | ||
* Erin Lancaster: joining the Engineering team as a Project Manager, managed by Sheila Mooney, located in Mtn. View. | * Erin Lancaster: joining the Engineering team as a Project Manager, managed by Sheila Mooney, located in Mtn. View. | ||
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* Mohamed Dabbagh -- QA | * Mohamed Dabbagh -- QA | ||
* Trevor Fairey -- Tools | * Trevor Fairey -- Tools | ||
= Foundation Updates = | = Foundation Updates = | ||
= Roundtable = | = Roundtable = | ||
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