Releases/Fennec 14.0b2/BuildNotes

Notes About Releasing

Please update the Aurora Notes Template and the Release:Primer for future releases (bug fixes, changes to automation) as needed.

You will need to build a 14.0bX build using the fennec mozilla-aurora config files, then a respin of the 13.0b2 build2 android-xul build for tablets. Both will go to the market.

Bugs hit

Enter any bugs pre-existing or newly discovered and filed during the release:

• bug 755588 - mozconfig whitelist update needed for MOZ_MOBILE_COMPAT=Tablets (13.0b2)

Build Engineers

{aki} - Tracking bug: bug 755486

Signed-off Revision(s)

• Build 1: 319fc8878b6e
• 13.0b2 build3 spin1: 88ee14110a74

L10N changesets

• 14.0bN will get Aurora changesets from this dashboard link. This link will change over time, so won't be useful for verifying later, but isn't dependent on a milestone being created per beta.

• 13.0b2 build# spin# will have an empty l10n-changesets_mobile-beta.json

Tags

Manually tag the automation code, then record the generated tags below. (details)

Build #	Branch, Tags	Changeset
1	MOBILE140_2012051517_RELBRANCH, FENNEC_14_0b2_RELEASE, FENNEC_14_0b2_BUILD1	9ff2584b47a5
13.0b2 build3 spin1	MOBILE130_2012050119_RELBRANCH FENNEC_13_0b2_BUILD3 FENNEC_13_0b2_RELEASE	#

Build data

Fennec

Build #	Type	Build ID	Build machine	Time to build
1	android
	android-xul
13.0b2 build # spin #	android-xul

Notes

Build 1

Preparing to start Automation

detailed instructions

• Set clobbers for mozilla-aurora
• Reserved 5 slaves on bm12
• Updated l10n changesets for mobile (see above) -- no changes
• Landed configs: default production
• Tag buildbot-configs, buildbotcustom, & tools with build & release tags.

hg tag -f FENNEC_14_0b2_{RELEASE,BUILD1}

• updated and reconfigured the master
• release-sanity

# For 14.0b2 build 1:
# cltbld@bm12
cd /builds/buildbot/build1/master
source ../bin/activate
PYTHONPATH=. ../bin/python ../tools/buildbot-helpers/release_sanity.py -u aki -V 14.0b2 --branch mozilla-aurora --build-number 1 -c release-fennec-mozilla-aurora.py -m -l --products fennec --dryrun localhost:9001 2>&1 | tee aki.out

• start automation ← monitor progress on buildbot (e.g. aurora)

PYTHONPATH=. ../bin/python ../tools/buildbot-helpers/release_sanity.py -u aki -V 14.0b2 --branch mozilla-aurora --build-number 1 -c release-fennec-mozilla-aurora.py -m -l --products fennec localhost:9001 2>&1 | tee aki2.out

E-mail Metrics

Use the address "metrics-alerts < AT > mozilla < PERIOD > org"

# For 14.0b2 :
Fennec,firefox-mobile,fennec,14.0b2,14.0

Android Signing

# cltsign@signing1
cd signing-work
hg --cwd mozharness pull
hg --cwd mozharness up -C -r default
# This will throw a number of errors until Aki fixes {{bug|750976}}.
# Verify that we error out on single locales for android-xul only.
python26 mozharness/scripts/sign_android.py --config-file signing/android_mozilla-aurora.py

13.0b2 build 3 spin 1

Preparing to start Automation

detailed instructions

• Set clobbers for mozilla-beta
• Reserved slaves on bm13
• L10n changesets for 13.0b2 build3 spin1 will remain empty {}
• There are code changes!

IF NO CODE HAS CHANGED

n/a, code has changed.

IF CODE HAS CHANGED

• Landed 13.0b2 configs: default production. incremented the build number to 3.
• Created a build3-spin1 directory on stage, and softlinked build3 to it.

# ffxbld@stage
cd /pub/mozilla.org/mobile/candidates/13.0b2-candidates
mkdir build3-spin1
ln -s build3-spin1 build3

• Tagged buildbot-configs, buildbotcustom, & tools with build & release tags.

hg tag -f FENNEC_13_0b2_{RELEASE,BUILD#}

• update and reconfigure the master
• release-sanity

# For 13.0b2 build 3:
# cltbld@bm13
cd /builds/buildbot/build1/master
source ../bin/activate
PYTHONPATH=. ../bin/python ../tools/buildbot-helpers/release_sanity.py -u aki -V 13.0b2 --branch mozilla-beta --build-number 3 -c release-fennec-mozilla-beta.py --products fennec --dryrun localhost:9001 2>&1 | tee aki.out

Ran into a mozconfig issue, filed bug 755588.

• started automation with -m ← monitor progress on buildbot (e.g. beta)

PYTHONPATH=. ../bin/python ../tools/buildbot-helpers/release_sanity.py -u aki -V 13.0b2 --branch mozilla-beta --build-number 3 -c release-fennec-mozilla-beta.py --products fennec -m localhost:9001 2>&1 | tee aki.out

Tagging

(only runs if code has changed)

Source

(only runs if code has changed)

Android Signing

# cltsign@signing1
cd signing-work
hg --cwd mozharness pull
hg --cwd mozharness up -C -r default
python26 mozharness/scripts/sign_android.py --config-file signing/android_mozilla-beta.py

Release Day

Publish Fennec to the Play Store (for beta releases and release releases)

Push the files (for beta releases and release releases)

• Use this script and run it as ffxbld@stage (please push you changes prior to using it, and grab latest on stage via curl -O http://hg.mozilla.org/build/braindump/raw-file/tip/releases-related/push_fennec.sh)

Play Store (for beta releases and release releases)

IMPORTANT - Make sure to follow instructions!

The 14.0b2 build *must* be uploaded before the 13.0b2 build!

• download 14.0b2 and 13.0b2 multi apk (e.g. [1] and [2])
• visit https://market.android.com/publish
• choose "Firefox Beta" or "Firefox"
• select the "APK Files" tab and choose "Upload APK"
  • choose the 14.0b2 multi apk that you downloaded and hit "upload"
    • NOTE: the progress bar does not seem to show progress (at least on Google Chrome)
  • when it finishes uploading, verify VersionCode is the build date (almost anyway, the market reports an hour later than our buildID)
  • hit "Save"
• Repeat with the 13.0b2 multi apk
• activate new 14.0b2 and 13.0b2 apks (You should see an Error message since both apk's are active)
• deactivate old apks (You should not see the Error message anymore)
• hit "Save"
• If this is a beta 1, go to "Product Details" tab -> Recent Changes, change the url to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/mobile/{VERSION}beta/releasenotes/
  • and hit "Save"