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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]] ==
* Belated shout-out to [https://mozillians.org/en-US/jsocol James Socol] for his work on helping Air Mozilla stream [https://wiki.mozilla.org/MozCampLATAM2012 MozCamp LATAM] for [https://mozillians.org/mozcamp registered Mozillians]! <i>(We gave James very little notice, like hours.)</i>
* Thanks to the splendid volunteers who contributed during this weekend's [http://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/04/doc-sprint-in-insert-california-cliche/ MDN Doc Sprint]: Cory Gackenheimer, Michael Beckwith, Anastasia Cheetham, Frederic Bourgeon, David Bruant, Jeremie Patonnier, Kevin Lim, Kathy Walrath, and Christian Sonne. Thanks also to Jeff Walden for working on SpiderMonkey docs!


== Upcoming Events ==
== Upcoming Events ==
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=== Friday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +4 days}} ===
=== Friday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +4 days}} ===
* [https://mail.mozilla.com/home/ckoenig@mozilla.com/Security%20Review.html?view=month&action=view&invId=110490-110489&pstat=AC&exInvId=110490-171831&useInstance=1&instStartTime=1336150800000&instDuration=3600000 SecReview: Create API for content to keep the screensaver from turning on (or to prevent phone/tablet's screen from turning off)]
* [https://mail.mozilla.com/home/ckoenig@mozilla.com/Security%20Review.html?view=month&action=view&invId=110490-110489&pstat=AC&exInvId=110490-171831&useInstance=1&instStartTime=1336150800000&instDuration=3600000 SecReview: Create API for content to keep the screensaver from turning on (or to prevent phone/tablet's screen from turning off)]
* [https://quality.mozilla.org/2012/04/desktop-web-apps-test-day-may-4th/ Desktop Web Apps Test Day]


=== Next Week ===
=== Next Week ===
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== Product Status Updates (voice updates) ==
== Product Status Updates (voice updates) ==


=== Firefox Future (12, 13, 14) ===
=== Firefox Desktop ===
''Speaker Location:''
''Speaker Location: toronto (johnath)''
 
* Migration happened last week
=== Firefox Current ===
** We released Firefox 12, with the [http://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2012/04/24/firefox-introduces-a-simpler-update-process-and-more-than-85-improvements-to-developer-tools/ silentest updates ever]
''Speaker Location:''
** Beta is now 13, Aurora 14, and Nightly 15
* Firefox team had an amazing work week in Toronto last week, still getting it all blogged, but so far:
** Felipe presented about [http://felipe.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/using-aboutcc/ finding memory leaks using about:cc]
** Dave Camp has the dev tools scratchpad [https://github.com/campd/scratchpad-gist backending to gists]
** jorendorff has a patch in progress for exposing the Debugger object to scratchpads
** Several members of the desktop team have a prototype sign-in to browser implementation standing up
** more to come!


=== Mobile Firefox ===
=== Firefox Android ===
''Speaker Location:''  
''Speaker Location: toronto (johnath)''
* Down to 11 [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=REOPENED;bug_status=NEW;bug_status=ASSIGNED;bug_status=UNCONFIRMED;field0-0-0=cf_blocking_fennec10;query_format=advanced;type0-0-0=substring;value0-0-0=beta;columnlist=priority%2Cassigned_to%2Cbug_status%2Cchangeddate%2Cresolution%2Cstatus_whiteboard%2Cshort_desc%2Cproduct%2Ccomponent;list_id=2976353 beta blockers]
* More fx work week output
** Margaret presented about [http://blog.margaretleibovic.com/post/22055279828/fennec-native-ui getting started hacking on Fennec native]
** devtools has a prototype ready for building responsive websites at a variety of phone/tablet screen sizes
** more to come!


=== Thunderbird ===
=== Thunderbird ===
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!  More Details
!  More Details
|-
|-
| Inside the Root Shell
| [https://wiki.mozilla.org/IT/InsideTheRootShell Inside the Root Shell]
| Brandon Burton, via Vidyo
| Brandon Burton, via Vidyo
| A new weekly interview series with Mozilla IT, starting May 7th.
| A new weekly interview series with Mozilla IT, starting May 7th.
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| Email insidetherootshell@mozilla.com with questions you'd like to know about Mozilla IT folks.
| Email insidetherootshell@mozilla.com with questions you'd like to know about Mozilla IT folks.
|-
|-
|Mozilla Crafts Show and Tell
|Janet Swisher, in SF
|Mozilla logo crochet project
|[http://www.flickr.com/photos/76909011@N00/sets/72157629569871090/ Mozilla dino ski hat]
|[http://www.flickr.com/photos/76909011@N00/sets/72157629646450773/ Previous project: Firefox hat]
|}
|}


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| ''What will the new person be working on?''
| ''What will the new person be working on?''
|-
|-
| Diana Livits
| ''Diana Livits''
| Dave Slater
| ''Dave Slater''
| Mountain View
| ''Mountain View''
| Partner Relationships for Mozilla Marketplace
| ''Partner Relationships for Mozilla Marketplace''
|-
| ''Matt Grimes ([http://mattgrimes.net/ blog])''
| ''David Tenser''
| ''Eskilstuna (via Vidyo)''
| ''Support Analytics for SUMO/Input/social media''
|-
| ''Jedediah Parsons''
| ''Ben Adida''
| ''Mountain View''
| ''Software Engineer''
|-
| ''Maria Sandberg''
| ''Bryan Clark''
| ''Mountain View''
| ''User Experience Designers''
|-
| ''Dale Harvey''
| ''Faramarz Rashed''
| ''UK''
| ''Front-end, Boot to Gecko''
|-
| ''Carl Meyer''
| ''Clint Talbert''
| ''Rapid City, SD''
| ''Software Tools Developer, Web Development''
|-
| ''Scott Downe''
| ''Ryan Merkley''
| ''Toronto, ON''
| ''Developer''
|-
| ''Leah Gilliam''
| ''Chris Lawrence''
| ''Brooklyn, NY''
| ''Hive NYC Portfolio Strategist''
|-
|-
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| Kevin Ngo
| Mike Morgan
| Mountain View
| Web Dev
|-
| Jacques Uber
| Michael Coates?
| Mountain View
|
|-
| Doug Sherk
| Jeff Gilbert
| Mountain View
|
|}
|}


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* moved cvs.mozilla.org to SCL3 - file any issues under mozilla.org - Server Operations : Developer Services
* moved cvs.mozilla.org to SCL3 - file any issues under mozilla.org - Server Operations : Developer Services
* prep new product distribution environment in SCL3, plan to move this week
* prep new product distribution environment in SCL3, plan to move this week
* work on moving MXR out of SJC1, see post to mozilla.dev.planning for details and how to help test
* work on moving MXR out of SJC1, see post to mozilla.dev.planning or Yammer for details and how to help test
* begin work on a multi-homed AMO/Marketplace environment by extending the db master to a M-M setup between Phoenix and Santa Clara
* begin work on a multi-homed AMO/Marketplace environment by extending the db master to a M-M setup between Phoenix and Santa Clara
* dealt with more load balancer issues in Phoenix, came up with a combination of Zeus and Myricom 10g NICs that appears to work well
* dealt with more load balancer issues in Phoenix, came up with a combination of Zeus and Myricom 10g NICs that appears to work well
* moved our infra backup system last week from SJC1 to SCL3: the SpectraLogic tape library, HP server that has it attached and a 10 TB storage array used for faster backups and restores.
* relops
** replaced dm-wwwbuild01 (build.mozilla.org web) with new vm in scl3
** all new linux build/try vms (to replace the 100 vms in sjc1) added to staging in scl3
** replaced cruncher with new vm in scl3
** migrated opsi config management servers for releng to scl3
** production rabbit server upgrade
** prototype design complete for panda board rackmount solution
** reorganized some of mtv1 machine room in preparation for construction
** moved community mac minis (seamonkey, camino) from sjc1 to scl1
=== Services ===


=== Firefox ===
=== Firefox ===


=== Platform ===
=== Platform ===
 
* Web Standards meetings this week and next:
=== Services ===
** May 1-2 W3C WebApps WG in Mountain View / Hosted by Microsoft
** May 3-4 W3C HTML WG in Mountain View / Hosted by Microsoft
** May 9-11 W3C CSS WG in Hamburg / Hosted by Adobe
* See the [[Events]] page for further details, and connect with the respective [[Standards]] people if you have something to contribute, questions, issues. - [[User:Tantek|Tantek]]


=== Messaging ===
=== Messaging ===
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==== WebQA ====
==== WebQA ====
*Affiliates
** No releases planned until after WebDev workweek
*AMO
** New builds available for paypal tests
** Audit of existing selenium tests for AMO underway
*Marketplace
**Initial pull request for Marketplace test
*Jetpack Builder (aka FlightDeck)
*Mozilla.com
** pushed Firefox 12 bugs
*Mozillians
** Mozillians has moved to a new product in Bugzilla - Community Tools - [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Community%20Tools file bugs here]
** Successful (and accidental) [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?list_id=2963336;classification=Other;query_format=advanced;component=Phonebook;target_milestone=2012-04-25;product=Community%20Tools 2012-04-25 milestone release]
*MDN
** no push this week
*Socorro
** Successful [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced;target_milestone=7;product=Socorro;list_id=2962870 milestone 7 release] 2012-04-26
*SUMO
** Continuous deployment, no updates
*MozTrap
** Planning for Selenium development


==== QA Community ====
==== QA Community ====
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=== Automation & Tools ===
=== Automation & Tools ===
* Fixed {{bug|696297}} to improve valgrind jobs in tbpl automation
* [http://wrla.ch/blog/2012/04/eideticker-with-less-eideticker/ Eideticker can now use telemetry to gather checkerboarding stats as well]
* Working on [https://etherpad.mozilla.org/rxdroid an RxDroid library] to help keep android devices online and reporting to reduce android automation instability.
* Have a [https://github.com/jeads/datazilla code repo] for datazilla. If you are a developer that uses Talos numbers, and you want to help us create better talos tools, ping jeads or ctalbert. We need to create a focus group to give us some preliminary feedback on our new UIs.
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Auto-tools/Meetings/2012-04-30 More notes here]


=== Security ===
=== Security ===
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=== Engagement ===
=== Engagement ===


==== PR ====
==== PR ====
 
*[http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/firefox-12-released-with-uac-less-update-system-on-windows.ars?clicked=related_right Firefox 12 released with UAC-less update system on Windows]<br>
*[http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/firefox-12-is-here-silences-annoying-windows-uac-warnings/ Firefox 12 is here, silences annoying Windows UAC warnings]<br>
*[http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Firefox-3-6-x-reaches-end-of-life-1558484.html Firefox 3.6.x reaches end of life]
*[http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/254633/firefox_13_beta_gets_a_speed_boost_with_spdy_by_default.html Firefox 13 Beta Gets a Speed Boost with SPDY by Default]


==== Events ====
==== Events ====
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== Foundation Updates ==
== Foundation Updates ==
[[Category:Weekly Updates]]
[[Category:Meeting Notes]]
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