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== Actions from Last Week == | == Actions from Last Week == | ||
* Cheng/Fligtar to come back next week with a plan and update for the Fast Video Downloader error messages | * Cheng/Fligtar to come back next week with a plan and update for the Fast Video Downloader error messages | ||
** The extension got a new certificate last wednesday. Will update next week on if all the support requests are gone. | |||
== Schedule & Progress on [[Releases|Upcoming Releases]] == | == Schedule & Progress on [[Releases|Upcoming Releases]] == | ||
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===Firefox 5 (Desktop) === | ===Firefox 5 (Desktop) === | ||
* Currently on the beta channel | * Currently on the beta channel | ||
* Followup on "go/nogo" for Firefox5.0b4 vs Firefox5.0b5 (was yesterday 2pm, was today 9am) | |||
* Pushing towards final beta today (see release-drivers for up to the second info) | * Pushing towards final beta today (see release-drivers for up to the second info) | ||
* Disabled cross-domain textures in WebGL - blog post coming with details | * Disabled cross-domain textures in WebGL - blog post coming with details | ||
mozilla-beta has taken 20 changesets resulting in 18 resolved codebugs in the last week including | |||
*half a dozen crash fixes, | |||
*656277 bjacob@mozilla.com FIXED Prevent loading WebGL textures from cross-domain images | |||
*659972 gavin.sharp@gmail.com FIXED Remove channel switching UI | |||
===Firefox 6 (Desktop) === | ===Firefox 6 (Desktop) === | ||
* Currently on the aurora channel | * Currently on the aurora channel | ||
* Automatic add-on compatibility bump has happened with great success! | * Automatic add-on compatibility bump has happened with great success! | ||
In the last week mozilla-aurora has taken 30 changesets for 30 bugfixes including: | |||
*656277 bjacob@mozilla.com FIXED Prevent loading WebGL textures from cross-domain images | |||
*659972 gavin.sharp@gmail.com FIXED Remove channel switching UI | |||
*some great mobile Gingerbread theme fixes and 598736 mbrubeck@mozilla.com FIXED Use higher-quality image interpolation on mobile | |||
*and a backout for Bug 10209 - problems with absolute or fixed position on table [ABS POS] [FIX POS] | |||
===Firefox 7 (Desktop) === | ===Firefox 7 (Desktop) === | ||
* Currently on the nightly channel | * Currently on the nightly channel | ||
In the last week we've | In the last week we've taken 290 change sets into mozilla-central resulting in 120 resolved code bugs including: | ||
*653637 geoff@darktrojan.net FIXED Provide a simple way for addons to have preferences UI | |||
653637 geoff@darktrojan.net | *656277 bjacob@mozilla.com FIXED Prevent loading WebGL textures from cross-domain images | ||
656277 bjacob@mozilla.com | *659972 gavin.sharp@gmail.com FIXED Remove channel switching UI | ||
659972 gavin.sharp@gmail.com | *661471 roc@ocallahan.org FIXED Create preference(s) to allow specific font families to be forced to use GDI Classic rendering | ||
661471 roc@ocallahan.org | *658220 gavin.sharp@gmail.com FIXED Invoking bookmarklets by keyword no longer works (broken by Bug 656433) | ||
658220 gavin.sharp@gmail.com | *660762 matjk7@gmail.com FIXED Remove --disable-mathml support | ||
660762 matjk7@gmail.com | *598425 bgirard@mozilla.com FIXED Asynchronous layer-based plugin painting on Mac | ||
598425 bgirard@mozilla.com | *426643 mars.martian+bugmail@gmail.com FIXED Right click does not bring up the context menu on google maps | ||
426643 mars.martian+bugmail@gmail.com | *554919 enndeakin@gmail.com FIXED Support panels which can be moved by dragging their background | ||
554919 enndeakin@gmail.com | |||
===Firefox 4.0.x (Mobile)=== | ===Firefox 4.0.x (Mobile)=== | ||
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===Firefox Sync=== | ===Firefox Sync=== | ||
==== Firefox 6 ==== | |||
* Sync Discovery in Aurora | |||
==== Beyond ==== | |||
* Instant Sync | |||
* Sync Setup Improvements | |||
* Sync Brown Bag in the next week | |||
===[[AMO/FlightDeck/0.9.6|Add-on Builder Beta!]]=== | ===[[AMO/FlightDeck/0.9.6|Add-on Builder Beta!]]=== | ||
* release is scheduled for June 21st | * release is scheduled for June 21st | ||
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** This took a few bold steps for both Desktop and Mobile. The impact is pretty contained on desktop, though for mobile, the tougher visual constraints on mobile make the call tougher. But we should be good. | ** This took a few bold steps for both Desktop and Mobile. The impact is pretty contained on desktop, though for mobile, the tougher visual constraints on mobile make the call tougher. But we should be good. | ||
** Good news is that Serbian is back on the desktop, so the ADUs there get not only a secure version, but also one that finally got all the garbage fixed that snuck in due to bad interactions with tools. | ** Good news is that Serbian is back on the desktop, so the ADUs there get not only a secure version, but also one that finally got all the garbage fixed that snuck in due to bad interactions with tools. | ||
** 83 localizations for desktop, same as in 4.0. Luckily, we didn't loos any. Sadly, we didn't manage to take any new ones either, sorry to those in the queue. | |||
** 14 localizations in the multi-locale build on Android, Norwegian is back in. 31 localizations are in single-locale builds for maemo. | |||
* Releng (catlee) | * Releng (catlee) | ||
** Ok to build 5.0 with | ** Ok to build 5.0 final with non-rc filenames? For previous .0 releases we've built e.g. 4.0rc1, 4.0rc2 and then renamed to the final name. | ||
*** How does this interact with mirrors? - Christian | |||
** Do we need index.html files on the mirrors to hide the files before releasing? | ** Do we need index.html files on the mirrors to hide the files before releasing? | ||
** Where should 5.0 beta users be updated to? | ** Where should 5.0 beta users be updated to? | ||
** Should 4.0 updates to 5.0 be automatic, or major updates? | ** Should 4.0 updates to 5.0 be automatic, or major updates? | ||
*** Current plan is automatic, watching add-on compat closely | |||
*Will Firefox 5 be released on June 21 or will it get built on that day and then released sometime after? | *Will Firefox 5 be released on June 21 or will it get built on that day and then released sometime after? | ||
** Current plan is to release on the 21st, which is why we are trying to build our content-complete build today. This can change if issues come up during the next week or so of course | |||
* Final "go/nogo" decision for Firefox5.0b4 (FF5.0b4 is already built and tested) | |||
** "ship Firefox5.0b4 while we figure out FF5.0b5" vs "drop Firefox5.0b4 because Firefox5.0b5 is almost ready". (was monday, was tuesday 2pm, was wednesday 9am) | |||
** We're canning it and moving forward with FF5b5 | |||
== Actions this week == | == Actions this week == | ||
* Daniel and Myk will investigate the viability of auto-updating current SDK-based add-ons to 1.0 final | |||
* Asa to connect with Dan Horner and Dave Mason for featured SDK-based, and builder-based add-ons in Firefox 5. | |||
* Christian is organizing a meeting to discuss release mechanics options (only mozilla.com, automatic update, major update, etc) | |||