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 * Wrapping up [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=OPEN%20flag%3Ablocking1.9.2%2B%20P1 remaining blockers] for 1.9.2 alpha freeze.
+* Still putting the final touches on, but Chris Jones is [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441324 wrapping up] the remaining work on [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=427099 Infallible malloc Stage 1].  Read more [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mozilla_2/Memory/OOM_API here].  Hopefully, this will result in a significant reduction in code size (some say 10%), reduce the need to do OOM checking manually, and has can be an security improvement (unhandled malloc() failures can be exploitable, etc)
 * [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?query_format=specific&order=relevance+desc&bug_status=__open__&id=500304 Turned on chrome JIT today].
-* Still putting the final touches on, but Chris Jones is [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441324 wrapping up] the remaining work on [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=427099 Infallible malloc Stage 1].  Read more [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mozilla_2/Memory/OOM_API here].  Hopefully, this will result in a significant reduction in code size (some say 10%), reduce the need to do OOM checking manually, and has can be an security improvement (unhandled malloc() failures can be exploitable, etc)
 == Branch work: Firefox 3.0.x / Thunderbird 2.0.0.x ==