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''The first release of our new project will be what a "Mozilla 1.8" was meant to be. As we will use a different but not-yet-decided version number, we call it "first release" in this document. Please refrain from calling it "1.8" in here but use that generic term. For pointers to further releases, use either "second release" or "a future release".''
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Ship happens.  [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/news.html#2006-01-30 SeaMonkey 1.0] was released on January 30th, 2006.
 
== SeaMonkey 1.0 release plan ==
 
SeaMonkey 1.0, the first release of our new project, is what a "Mozilla 1.8" application suite was meant to be. As such, it was released from the Gecko 1.8.0 base, which it shares with the Mozilla Firefox 1.5 and Thunderbird 1.5 releases.
 
We released an Alpha and a Beta release from the Mozilla 1.8.0 branch on the way to that 1.0 release:
* [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/releases/1.0a.html SeaMonkey 1.0 Alpha] was released from Gecko 1.8b4, paralleling the Firefox and Thunderbird 1.5 Beta1 releases done by Mozilla Foundation. While the basic codebase may be more beta than alpha quality, our new release process is not completely settled, we don't have our final [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/artwork.html Artwork] yet and we have no dedicated release machines in place, so it's better to call this an early testing release or "Alpha".
* [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/releases/1.0b.html SeaMonkey 1.0 Beta] was released from Gecko 1.8, like the Firefox 1.5 release.  This testing release also incorporated our new [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/artwork.html Logo Artwork] for the first time.  A sample userAgent/About string for it is <tt>Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051219 SeaMonkey/1.0b</tt>
* [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/releases/ SeaMonkey 1.0] was shipped January 30th 2006 off the Gecko 1.8.0 branch, which might get a few security/stability fixes, but no big changes from what we shipped with beta.  A sample userAgent/About string for it is <tt>Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060130 SeaMonkey/1.0</tt>
 
''We have [http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/nightly/latest-mozilla1.8.0/ 1.0.x nightly builds]; please help us testing them!''
 
The release processes are managed by the SeaMonkey Council, Chris Thomas is the release engineer in charge of that process.
 
The [[SeaMonkey:QA|QA work]] needed for releases is overseen by our QA lead Andrew Schultz.
 
== Release Checklist(s) ==


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         remaining bugs, you can kick off the final release process.  
         remaining bugs, you can kick off the final release process.  
  <Callek> ben_ 5. Deal with bugs that arise, manage the  ...??? (cut off)
  <Callek> ben_ 5. Deal with bugs that arise, manage the  ...??? (cut off)
  <ben_> the final release process involves things like documenting changes (release noets,
  <ben_> the final release process involves things like documenting changes (release notes,
         product pages, etc).  
         product pages, etc).  
  <ben_> er, "manage them using bugzilla flags, etc. prioritize them and have people  
  <ben_> er, "manage them using bugzilla flags, etc. prioritize them and have people  
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  <ben_> you need to identify the work involved in that task then
  <ben_> you need to identify the work involved in that task then
  <ben_> break it down into pieces
  <ben_> break it down into pieces
  <ben_> findpeople to help and get estimates.
  <ben_> find people to help and get estimates.


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== Features ==
== Features ==
* Current Gecko - many improvements since Mozilla 1.7
* Current Gecko - many improvements since Mozilla 1.7
* Ship a final release with the various UI improvements since Mozilla 1.7
* Ship a final release with the various UI improvements since Mozilla 1.7
* Port frontend for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2920 Bug 2920] (Delete attachment from mail message in folder) to MailNews
* Port frontend for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2920 Bug 2920] (Delete attachment from mail message in folder) to MailNews
** done
** done
* Enable [http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/tor/ SVG] and Cairo ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294182 bug 294182])
** in progress
* Enable MNG again ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18574 bug 18574])
** this looks ready to go and could be a big PR win
* Enable calendar ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=182076 bug 182076])
** still too unstable to enable
For a second release:
* SPNEGO support ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=246861 bug 246861])
* Port to toolkit ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=255807 bug 255807])
* Extension Manager ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=272429 bug 272429])
* Use 7-zip compression for builds ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154965 bug 154965])
* Allow to easily migrate from/to Firefox/Thunderbird
* Nice splash-screen (since it isn't devs-only anymore)
* Port Thunderbird RSS/Atom reader to Seamonkey ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=255834 Bug 255834]])
* Enable XForms
* Improve the default theme (e.g. perhaps make Modern the default theme, see [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218329 Bug 218329])
* Backout bug [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281402 bug 281402](or part of it) to re-enable Xprint under GTK2+ builds
** biesi: can't xprint still be enabled? should be as simple as --enable-xprint, right?
* Port Thunderbird's Inline Spell Checker frontend patch ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278310 Bug 278310]) to MailNews
* Port Thunderbird's Inline Spell Checker frontend patch ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278310 Bug 278310]) to MailNews
* Improve CSS rules for Message Grouping. Something like [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=263255 Bug 263255]
** done
* Begin to look at implementing the [http://secunia.com/product/3691/ Secunia Security Advisories]
* Revisit the Autoscroll issue. ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22775 Bug 22775]])
* Get rid of the IM button in the adressbook or add some useful UI. Since we are targeting end users there shoudn't be meaningless UI
** done
* Nice splash-screen
** done
* Enable [http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/tor/ SVG] and Cairo ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294182 Bug 294182])
** done


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