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= Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]]  =
= Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]]  =
* Wanted to thank the following people for all their hard work during the Fx 4 Demos Work Week: Paul Rouget, Corban Riley, Al MacDonald, Charles Cliffe, Cedric Pinson, Geoffrey Dorne, Simon Luthi, Ilmari Heikkenen, Guillaume Lecollinet, Franck Lecollinet, Omar Noory, Chris Howse, Jason Grlicky, Austin King and Max Lanaman.


= Upcoming Events =
= Upcoming Events =
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'''Friday, 12 November'''  
'''Friday, 12 November'''  


* [http://master.support.mozilla.com/ SUMO 2.3] [[QA/Execution/Web_Testing/SUMO/2.3|Community Test Date]]
* [http://master.support.mozilla.com/ SUMO 2.3] [[QA/Execution/Web_Testing/SUMO/2.3|Community Test Day]]
** But you can test it out right now!


'''Next Week'''
'''Next Week'''
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== Firefox 4 ==
== Firefox 4 ==
* Branched and built for FF4b7 last Thursday (2010-11-04)
* The tree is open again!
* QA is testing the builds for FF4b7. Please test it yourself by [ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/4.0b7-candidates/ downloading it here]
* Plan to ship to users this week (Wednesday) if no major issues are found
* We're investigating some possible issues that may cause a rebuild, though we do not have enough information to make a decision
* Beta 8 has [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=blocking2.0%3Abeta8 87 blockers]


== Firefox 3.6 ==
== Firefox 3.6 & 3.5 ==
* The schedules for 3.6.13 and 3.5.16 are [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Firefox_3.6.13 now posted to the wiki]
** Code freeze is scheduled for '''Thursday, November 18th @ 11:59 pm PST'''
** Final release is scheduled for '''Thursday, December 9th'''


== Mobile Firefox ==
== Mobile Firefox ==
* Firefox 4 Beta 2 released.
* Firefox Home 1.0.4 going to app store shortly
* Beta 3 code freeze is November 23


== Thunderbird ==
== Thunderbird ==
 
* Ramping up for 3.3alpha1 builds from the trunk in the next few weeks
== Older Branch Work ==
** Note that we're not yet decided whether Tb.next will ship off of 1.9.2 or 2.0
* Account provisioning add-on should be ready for testing & feedback soon
* Shipping 3rd funnelcake build based on 3.1.6


== Drumbeat ==
== Drumbeat ==
*Drumbeat festival was a big success! A more detailed report will be a lightning talk in next week's meeting. Have a look at the festival blog in the meantime to get a flavour of how the festival went: http://www.drumbeat.org/drumbeat_festival_2010


= Speakers  =
= Speakers  =
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| Lightning Talk version of recent travels  
| Lightning Talk version of recent travels  
| photos from Amman: http://picasaweb.google.com/ArabicMozilla/OpenWebGetInvolved#5532462205190656514  
| photos from Amman: http://picasaweb.google.com/ArabicMozilla/OpenWebGetInvolved#5532462205190656514  
[[Media:Qatar_Press_2010.pdf]]
[[File:QatarEventPhoto.png|200px|thumb|left|Qatar speakers, Mitchell Baker et al]]


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== QA  ==
== QA  ==


;Test Execution
* QA Test Automation
 
** Henrik spoke about Mozmill Crowd at the [[http://blargon7.com/2010/11/mozilla-in-london-for-selenium-meetup-3/ Selenium meetup]] in London
;WebQA
*** This meetup included talks from David Burns on client performance testing and an overview of WebQA automation infrastructure by Stephen Donner
 
** This week we have the Test Automation work week happening in the headquarters. Stop by in Zombocom if you are interested.
;QA Community
* Desktop Firefox QA
 
** Currently testing Beta7 builds, looking for ship this week.
;Test Dev


== Automation & Tools ==
== Automation & Tools ==
** Mozmill is going live in buildbot this week! Thanks to all the folks who have made this long standing goal a reality: jhammel, jhford, harth, whimboo, and joduinn.
** Orange Factor has moved to a more [http://brasstacks.mozilla.com/couchdb/orange_factor/_design/woo/orange.html permanent home], and changed to a day by day calculation over time rather than a cumulative graph over time.
*** Still experimenting with statistics, getting data uploaded into hBase for final database.
** Nightly Tester Tools 2.5 [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6543/ released.]
** [http://people.mozilla.com/~mcote/bugzilla-dashboard/ Bugzilla Team Dashboards] version 1 are live.
** The A-Team will be in MV next week, hanging out in GIGO or BRB if you want to come say hi.
** More [[Auto-tools/Meetings/2010-11-08|news...]]


== Security  ==
== Security  ==
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== Engagement  ==
== Engagement  ==


'''PR'''  
'''PR'''
*[http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/11/08/improve-firefoxs-text-finding-abilities-with-mozilla-labs-find/ Improve Firefox's text-finding abilities with Mozilla Labs Find Suggest]
 
*[http://www.pcworld.com/article/209832/mozillas_new_firefox_beta_for_android_improves_speed_size.html Mozilla's New Firefox Beta for Android Improves Speed, Size]
*[http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2372168,00.asp Mozilla Launches Firefox 4 Beta 2 For Android, Maemo]
*[http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-20021865-251.html Firefox mobile browser gets new Android interface]
*[http://www.androidguys.com/2010/11/05/firefox-4-android-updated/ Firefox 4 for Android Gets Updated]


'''Events'''  
'''Events'''  
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== Support  ==
== Support  ==
*[http://blog.mozilla.com/sumo/2010/11/02/whats-up-with-sumo-nov-2/ What's up with SUMO? - Nov. 2]<br> [[File:Sumo2010-11-02.jpg|link=http://blip.tv/file/get/MichaelVerdi-WhatsUpWithSUMONov2332.ogv]]


== Metrics  ==
== Metrics  ==
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= Roundtable =
= Roundtable =
[[Category:Weekly Updates]]
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Latest revision as of 07:10, 1 October 2014

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Video for today's meeting

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Friends of the Tree Friends of the Tree

  • Wanted to thank the following people for all their hard work during the Fx 4 Demos Work Week: Paul Rouget, Corban Riley, Al MacDonald, Charles Cliffe, Cedric Pinson, Geoffrey Dorne, Simon Luthi, Ilmari Heikkenen, Guillaume Lecollinet, Franck Lecollinet, Omar Noory, Chris Howse, Jason Grlicky, Austin King and Max Lanaman.

Upcoming Events

This Week

Monday, 08 November

Tuesday, 09 November

Wednesday, 10 November

Thursday, 11 November

Friday, 12 November

Next Week

Product Status Updates

Firefox 4

  • Branched and built for FF4b7 last Thursday (2010-11-04)
  • The tree is open again!
  • QA is testing the builds for FF4b7. Please test it yourself by downloading it here
  • Plan to ship to users this week (Wednesday) if no major issues are found
  • We're investigating some possible issues that may cause a rebuild, though we do not have enough information to make a decision
  • Beta 8 has 87 blockers

Firefox 3.6 & 3.5

  • The schedules for 3.6.13 and 3.5.16 are now posted to the wiki
    • Code freeze is scheduled for Thursday, November 18th @ 11:59 pm PST
    • Final release is scheduled for Thursday, December 9th

Mobile Firefox

  • Firefox 4 Beta 2 released.
  • Firefox Home 1.0.4 going to app store shortly
  • Beta 3 code freeze is November 23

Thunderbird

  • Ramping up for 3.3alpha1 builds from the trunk in the next few weeks
    • Note that we're not yet decided whether Tb.next will ship off of 1.9.2 or 2.0
  • Account provisioning add-on should be ready for testing & feedback soon
  • Shipping 3rd funnelcake build based on 3.1.6

Drumbeat

  • Drumbeat festival was a big success! A more detailed report will be a lightning talk in next week's meeting. Have a look at the festival blog in the meantime to get a flavour of how the festival went: http://www.drumbeat.org/drumbeat_festival_2010

Speakers

The limit is 3 minutes per speaker. It's like a lightning talk, but don't feel that you have to have slides in order to make a presentation.

Title Presenter Topic Media More Details
Trip Summary: Mid-East, Moscow, Drumbeat Mitchell Baker Lightning Talk version of recent travels photos from Amman: http://picasaweb.google.com/ArabicMozilla/OpenWebGetInvolved#5532462205190656514

Status Updates By Team

Firefox

Platform

Messaging

Mobile

IT

Release Engineering

QA

  • QA Test Automation
    • Henrik spoke about Mozmill Crowd at the [Selenium meetup] in London
      • This meetup included talks from David Burns on client performance testing and an overview of WebQA automation infrastructure by Stephen Donner
    • This week we have the Test Automation work week happening in the headquarters. Stop by in Zombocom if you are interested.
  • Desktop Firefox QA
    • Currently testing Beta7 builds, looking for ship this week.

Automation & Tools

    • Mozmill is going live in buildbot this week! Thanks to all the folks who have made this long standing goal a reality: jhammel, jhford, harth, whimboo, and joduinn.
    • Orange Factor has moved to a more permanent home, and changed to a day by day calculation over time rather than a cumulative graph over time.
      • Still experimenting with statistics, getting data uploaded into hBase for final database.
    • Nightly Tester Tools 2.5 released.
    • Bugzilla Team Dashboards version 1 are live.
    • The A-Team will be in MV next week, hanging out in GIGO or BRB if you want to come say hi.
    • More news...

Security

Engagement

PR


Events

Creative Team

Community Marketing

Support

Metrics

Evangelism

Labs

Developer Tools

Add-ons

Webdev

L10n

Introducing New Hires

Foundation Updates

Roundtable

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