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* The [https://wiki.mozilla.org/ContributorEngagement Contributor Engagement team] nominates the [http://mozilla-kenya.org Mozilla Kenya Community] for spreading the awesomeness of Mozilla in East Africa about 10,000 miles away from the Mozilla HQ in Mountain View, and especially [https://reps.mozilla.org/u/xelawafs Alex Wafula], [https://reps.mozilla.org/u/hezbucho/ Hezron Obuchele], [https://reps.mozilla.org/u/caargwings/ Cliff Argwings] and [https://reps.mozilla.org/u/vickyjr/ Viactor Karanja] for their MozTour in Rwanda. More infos [https://blog.mozilla.org/community/2012/07/16/spotlight-on-mozilla-kenya-moztour-rwanda/ here]. | * The [https://wiki.mozilla.org/ContributorEngagement Contributor Engagement team] nominates the [http://mozilla-kenya.org Mozilla Kenya Community] for spreading the awesomeness of Mozilla in East Africa about 10,000 miles away from the Mozilla HQ in Mountain View, and especially [https://reps.mozilla.org/u/xelawafs Alex Wafula], [https://reps.mozilla.org/u/hezbucho/ Hezron Obuchele], [https://reps.mozilla.org/u/caargwings/ Cliff Argwings] and [https://reps.mozilla.org/u/vickyjr/ Viactor Karanja] for their MozTour in Rwanda. More infos [https://blog.mozilla.org/community/2012/07/16/spotlight-on-mozilla-kenya-moztour-rwanda/ here]. | ||
* The [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Apps Apps] team nominates Gregory Szorc, Nick Desaulniers, Tracy Walker and Mike Connor for all the hard work over the weekend to land Apps in the Cloud in time for the Aurora merge. | * The [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Apps Apps] team nominates Gregory Szorc, Nick Desaulniers, Tracy Walker and Mike Connor for all the hard work over the weekend to land Apps in the Cloud in time for the Aurora merge. | ||
* The [https://developer.mozilla.org/ MDN] team nominates Brian Hill for saving our bacon; he was late to his own birthday party to fix a dark voodoo configuration problem with the MDN wiki on Saturday afternoon. | |||
== Upcoming Events == | == Upcoming Events == | ||
=== This Week === | === This Week === | ||
* Many Mozillians are speaking or attending [http://www.oscon.com/oscon2012/ OSCON] in Portland. | |||
* Gecko Layout, Graphics, Media work week in Toronto. | |||
=== Monday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}}}} === | === Monday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}}}} === | ||
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=== Wednesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +2 days}} === | === Wednesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +2 days}} === | ||
Startup Office Hours: run any questions about your startup project or idea by @pfinette or @dianeb on IRC > #webfwd from 11am - noon PST (7pm - 8pm UTC). | Startup Office Hours: run any questions about your startup project or idea by @pfinette or @dianeb on IRC > #webfwd from 11am - noon PST (7pm - 8pm UTC). | ||
<h4>Brown Bag in San Francisco, 12-1pm PT</h4> | |||
<h4>"The Future Will Be Made of Screens" by Rachel Binx</h4> | |||
* How to create engaging content for different platforms, design products that span mobile, computer, and television. | |||
=== Thursday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +3 days}} === | === Thursday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +3 days}} === | ||
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* <span class="dt-start dtstart">2012-07-21 & 22</span> <span class="p-summary summary">[http://sfgighackdays.eventbrite.com/ San Francisco Gigabit Hack Days, July 21-22]</span> at <span class="p-location location h-adr adr"><span class="p-locality locality">San Francisco</span>, <span class="p-region region">California</span>, <span class="p-country-name country-name">United States</span></span> | |||
For more future events, see: | For more future events, see: | ||
* [[Events]] | * [[Events]] | ||
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=== Firefox Desktop === | === Firefox Desktop === | ||
''Speaker Location:'' Mountain View (gavin) | ''Speaker Location:'' Mountain View (gavin) | ||
* Merge day! mozilla-central will be Firefox 17 by end-of-day | |||
* Release day-eve! Firefox 14.0.1 (.0.1 to sync up with Mobile) is scheduled to be out the door tomorrow morning (Pacific time) | * Release day-eve! Firefox 14.0.1 (.0.1 to sync up with Mobile) is scheduled to be out the door tomorrow morning (Pacific time) | ||
* | * Continuing to work on Social features in Firefox, stay tuned for more updates as the patches land | ||
* Robert Strong has made some progress on creating a stub installer for Firefox, which will be super swell! | |||
=== Firefox Mobile === | === Firefox Mobile === | ||
''Speaker Location:'' | ''Speaker Location:'' Phone (mfinkle) | ||
* Even though Fx14 for Android is already out, Fx14.0.1 will have a few mobile specific fixes in it. | |||
* Preparing for the Tablet UI release in Fx15. | |||
* Testing on ARMv6 devices continues. | |||
=== Thunderbird === | === Thunderbird === | ||
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=== Firefox OS === | === Firefox OS === | ||
''Speaker Location:'' | ''Speaker Location:'' | ||
* Feature-complete deadline is 7/20. Everyone is heads-down racing to stabilize code and land major feature work by that date. | |||
* Detailed status as of last Friday at https://etherpad.mozilla.org/b2g-status-7-13 | |||
== Speakers == | == Speakers == | ||
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=== Automation & Tools === | === Automation & Tools === | ||
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Auto-tools/Meetings/2012-07-16#Goals_Progress Automation and Tools Goals are live for Q3] | |||
* Last week it was a 'hopefully,' but this week it is out! [http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-webdriver-20120710/ Browser Automation Spec] is in FPWD | |||
* Got B2G crash reporting wired up, {{bug|761909}}. Sample crash report: https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/6f54b900-a9f0-468e-9e53-f795a2120716 | |||
* Got X-Headers in bugzilla implemented for tracking flag changes (x-bugzilla-tracking) (per a dev.planning thread) | |||
* Next batch of TBPL/OrangeFactor changes: [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mozilla.dev.platform/QWzf-3YZCvM/discussion dev.platform post]. | |||
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Auto-tools/Meetings/2012-07-16 More highlights are here] | |||
=== Security === | === Security === | ||
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==== PR ==== | ==== PR ==== | ||
[http://ostatic.com/blog/firefox-15s-pre-release-version-features-a-flexible-debugger Firefox 15's Pre-Release Version Features a Flexible Debugger] <br> | |||
[http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Firefox-15-debugger-to-go-into-beta-next-week-1637795.html Firefox 15 debugger to go into beta next week] | |||
[http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/mozilla-details-plans-for-mobile-os.php No ‘Walled Garden’ For Firefox OS: Mozilla’s Mobile Battle Plans Revealed] <br> | |||
[http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/News/21767/firefox_phones_hit_uk_late_2013.aspx Firefox phones set to hit UK by late 2013] | |||
[http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Mozilla-s-Rust-language-version-0-3-released-1640146.html Mozilla's Rust language version 0.3 released] | |||
[http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Firebug-1-10-released-with-new-cookie-manager-1641591.html Firebug 1.10 released with new cookie manager] | |||
==== Events ==== | ==== Events ==== | ||
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== Foundation Updates == | == Foundation Updates == | ||
[[Category:Weekly Updates]] | |||
[[Category:Meeting Notes]] | |||