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philor, jdm, lsblakk, akeybl, callek and others, who helped Gregg Lind walk through fixing some permaoranges caused by the Feedback button. | philor, jdm, lsblakk, akeybl, callek and others, who helped Gregg Lind walk through fixing some permaoranges caused by the Feedback button. | ||
gps nominates Ms2ger for honorary Friend of the Tree for the entire month of March for all the amazing work around landing the big build system changes in {{bug|784841}}. | |||
Jesse Ruderman nominates David Baron for making Mochitest notice assertion failures in {{bug|404077}}. | |||
== Upcoming Events == | == Upcoming Events == | ||
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== Product Status Updates (voice updates) == | == Product Status Updates (voice updates) == | ||
=== Firefox Desktop === | === Firefox Desktop & Mobile === | ||
''Speaker Location:'' | ''Speaker Location: toronto (johnath)'' | ||
* Audible update, because OMGMWC. | |||
=== Thunderbird === | === Thunderbird === | ||
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=== Webmaker === | === Webmaker === | ||
''Speaker Location:'' | ''Speaker Location:'' | ||
* Ryan Merkley, Toronto | |||
** [http://popcorn.webmadecontent.org/poj <b>Web Literacy Standard Project</b>, All Hands, March 4th, 2013] | |||
=== Identity === | === Identity === | ||
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! More Details | ! More Details | ||
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| | | Jay and Brendan | ||
| | | MWC recap | ||
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| ''Where will the new person be working from?'' | | ''Where will the new person be working from?'' | ||
| ''What will the new person be working on?'' | | ''What will the new person be working on?'' | ||
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| ''Simone Bruno'' | |||
| ''Chris Cooper'' | |||
| ''Toronto'' | |||
| ''Germany'' | |||
| ''Release Engineer'' | |||
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| ''Peter Moore'' | | ''Peter Moore'' | ||
| ''Chris Cooper'' | |||
| ''Toronto'' | |||
| '' | | ''Germany'' | ||
| ''Release | | ''Release Engineer'' | ||
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| ''Jordan Santell'' | |||
| ''Irakli Gozalishvili'' | |||
| ''Mountain View'' | |||
| ''San Francisco'' | |||
| ''Software Engineer, Addons SDK'' | |||
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| ''Louis Stowasser'' | |||
| ''Bill Walker'' | |||
| ''Mountain View'' | |||
| ''Australia'' | |||
| ''Partner Engineer, Apps'' | |||
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| ''James Bonacci'' | |||
| ''Tony Chung'' | |||
| ''Mountain View'' | |||
| ''San Francisco'' | |||
| ''Senior QA Engineer, Services'' | |||
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| '' | | ''Michaela Thayer'' | ||
| ''Remote | | ''Winston Bowden'' | ||
| '' | | ''San Francisco'' | ||
| ''Remote, VA'' | |||
| ''Social Media Manager'' | |||
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=== Automation & Tools === | === Automation & Tools === | ||
* Autophone (Android testing on real phones) is running [http://mrcote.info/autolog_bc/?tree=mozilla-inbound&source=autolog unit tests] (this is a demo run, we will turn it on by end of month) | |||
* B2G performance now enables Gaia developers to submit their own tests without us needing to do any configuration (see the set of tests you can select on the lower left side of the graphs): [https://datazilla.mozilla.org/b2g/ https://datazilla.mozilla.org/b2g/] | |||
* [https://tbpl.mozilla.org/?jobname=emulator All B2G Emulator tests] (except reftest) are now running in AWS so that we free up linux desktop slaves. As a result wait times are coming back down. | |||
* Intermittent failure rate is at an all time high of [http://brasstacks.mozilla.com/orangefactor/ averaging 10 intermittent failures per push.] See this [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mozilla.dev.platform/YLkc8AZV8LA/K2KIKZsaessJ dev.platform thread] for how you can help. | |||
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Auto-tools/Meetings/2013-03-04 More news here] | |||
=== Security === | === Security === | ||
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==== PR ==== | ==== PR ==== | ||
*[http://www.economist.com/news/business/21572776-apples-ios-and-googles-android-face-several-hopeful-challengers-bright-eyed-and-bushy-tailed?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/bright_eyed_and_bushy_tailed Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed] | |||
*[http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/24/tech/firefox-mobile-phones/index.html Mozilla to launch mobile phones with Firefox] | |||
*[http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/02/25/firefox-os-smartphones/1946601/ Why Firefox OS may balance out the smartphone industry] | |||
*[http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/02/theres-a-web-for-thatwill-firefox-os-bring-about-the-end-of-the-app/ “There’s a Web for that”—will Firefox OS bring about the end of the app?] | |||
*[http://www.webmonkey.com/2013/02/mozilla-wants-to-put-your-phone-inside-firefox/ Mozilla Wants to Put Your Phone Inside Firefox] | |||
*[http://allthingsd.com/20130226/googles-andy-rubin-on-firefox-os-in-general-i-feel-friendly/ Google’s Andy Rubin on Firefox OS: “In General, I Feel Friendly”] | |||
*[http://www.usatoday.com/videos/tech/personal/2013/02/27/1952367/ Firefox gears up for smartphone software battle] | |||
*[http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/24/4024554/mozilla-announces-first-round-of-firefox-os-apps Mozilla announces first round of Firefox OS apps and initial carriers] | |||
*[http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/27/huawei-lg-set-to-join-growing-firefox-os-camp/ Huawei, LG pitch tents in growing Firefox OS camp] | |||
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/technology/amid-do-not-track-effort-web-companies-race-to-look-privacy-friendly.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Web Privacy Becomes a Business Imperative] | |||
==== Events ==== | ==== Events ==== | ||
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== Foundation Updates == | == Foundation Updates == | ||
[[Category:Weekly Updates]] | |||
[[Category:Meeting Notes]] | |||