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 = Notices / Schedule =
+'''Firefox 3.6.13 and 3.5.16'''
+* Created build #2 today, with a fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=614565 bug 614565]
+* Still plan to release on December 9th
 = Blocker Report =
+'''Firefox 4 Beta'''
+<pre style="font-size: 80%">
+Blocker report for Firefox 4.0.beta8 (as of 2010-11-30 11:03:00.963342-08:00)
+Overview
+----------------------------------------------
+.0.beta8
+      blocking: 188
+         fixed: 164
+          open:  24
+Open Blocker Assignees
+----------------------------------------------
-'''Firefox 4 Beta'''
+   Philipp von Weitershausen [:philikon]:   6 ++++++
+                  Blake Kaplan (:mrbkap):   2 ++
+              Michael Morgan [:morgamic]:   2 ++
+                        Andreas Gal :gal:   2 ++
+    Nobody; OK to take it and work on it:   2 ++
+          Josh Aas (Mozilla Corporation):   1 +
+              english-us@evangelism.bugs:   1 +
+                      Axel Hecht [:Pike]:   1 +
+                         Jason Orendorff:   1 +
+                  Chris Leary [:cdleary]:   1 +
+                  Ehsan Akhgari [:ehsan]:   1 +
+                        Myk Melez [:myk]:   1 +
+                   Jason Duell (:jduell):   1 +
+                         general@js.bugs:   1 +
+                 Wesley Johnston (:wesj):   1 +
+</pre>
 = Firefox Development =
-(from our [[Firefox/Goals/2010Q3|goals]]):
+(from our [[Firefox/Goals/2010Q4|goals]]):
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-{{:Firefox/Goals/2010Q3}}
+{{:Firefox/Goals/2010Q4}}
 = Platform =
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+= GFX =
+* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=comp%3Agfx%2Cgraphics%2Cimage%2Ccanvas%20-comp%3Axul%20blocking2%3A%2B|blocking-fennec:%2B 123 betaN, final, and Fennec blockers]
+* OpenGL composited layers on Fennec update (jrmuizel)
+** Sort of usable now, patches need to be finished before they can land though.
+** Performance work still to be done.
+= Layout =
+* Blocker count slowly dropping, now 108
+** Many bug fixes in hand
+* Lots of editor/contenteditable fixes have landed (ehsan)
+** Google Docs features that were disabled for Firefox (spreadsheet formula syntax highlighting) will be enabled for Firefox 4
 = Tree Management =
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 = Roundtable =
 * Infallible malloc <small>(added to agenda by Jesse)</small>
-** The problem, which has only recently come to light:
+** We talked about this for 10 minutes but decided it need its own meeting, [[Platform/InfallibleMalloc]]. Notes have been moved to that meeting's page.
-*** We haven't actually made <code>malloc</code> infallible yet. We already made <code>new</code> infallible for Firefox 4, but many data structures (including arrays and strings) can still misbehave on OOM because [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=611123 <code>malloc</code> can still return NULL].
-*** Many exploitable OOM bugs are in system libraries rather than Firefox itself. Replacing <code>malloc</code> may be the <em>only</em> way for us to work around all of these bugs.
-*** Security researchers have been reporting many OOM bugs lately.
-**** We often can't reproduce what they see because we OOM slightly earlier or later.
-**** This is a recipe for embarrassment when "old" testcases find "new" bugs, as Alex Miller [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=504342,583077,606714 discovered].
-** The plan of record:
-*** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=610823 Fix <code>nsTArray</code>]
-** Proposal:
-*** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=611123 Make <code>malloc</code> infallible]
-*** Fix too-large-allocation crashes (distinct from OOM), which will be obvious in crash-stats.
-**** Will require exposing a fallible malloc somehow
-**** May require adding methods or variants to string classes, for example.
-** We must run GC and purge caches before giving up or we will have false positive OOMs when tons of memory is not actually live.
-*** Need to monitor OS memory pressure and avoid getting close to these false OOMs.
-*** This was part of E10s, is it ready for Firefox 4?
 * Crash Update
 ** Crashes on trunk down considerably - ~5/100 active users.
 ** In pretty good shape for Beta8
 ** Any stability risks in remaining beta8 blockers we should be aware of?
+* Don't forget to file bugs when you see problems in nightlies.