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* Development code freeze - <font color="red">Dev lead</font> | * Development code freeze - <font color="red">Dev lead</font> | ||
* Co-ordinate with l10n <font color="blue">Project lead</font> | * Co-ordinate with l10n - <font color="blue">Project lead</font> | ||
* File bugs relating to the [file:///Users/moztest/comm/drivertools/bugfiling/new-beta-release.html beta release] - <font color="blue">Project lead</font> | |||
* Ready for builds | * Ready for builds | ||
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** Email QA lead (via thunderbird-drivers) when finished - <font color="green">Build lead</font> | ** Email QA lead (via thunderbird-drivers) when finished - <font color="green">Build lead</font> | ||
* QA verifies snippets and website | * QA [[Thunderbird:Testing/Automated_Update_Testing|verifies snippets on betatest channel]] and checks website. Then emails thunderbird-drivers when signed off - <font color="orange">QA Lead</font> | ||
* If any of those fail, email thunderbird-drivers with a formal "stop" notification and a second "go" notification when the process is started again - <font color="blue">Project Lead</font> | * If any of those fail, email thunderbird-drivers with a formal "stop" notification and a second "go" notification when the process is started again - <font color="blue">Project Lead</font> | ||
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=== Release Notes & Release === | === Release Notes & Release === | ||
* [http://hg.mozilla.org/users/bugzilla_standard8.plus.com/drivertools/raw-file/default/bugfiling/new- | * [http://hg.mozilla.org/users/bugzilla_standard8.plus.com/drivertools/raw-file/default/bugfiling/new-beta-release.html File bug] for bouncer entries (if not already) - <font color="blue">Project lead</font> | ||
** Note: Bouncer entries are required for Release Candidates as well as alphas & betas. | ** Note: Bouncer entries are required for Release Candidates as well as alphas & betas. | ||
* | * [[Webtools:Thunderbird_Release_Notes|Draft release notes]] - <font color="purple">Website lead</font> or <font color="blue">Project lead</font> | ||
** Stage release notes, other website changes | ** Stage release notes, other website changes | ||
** Confirm release notes with PR (rebron), QA lead, others as appropriate | |||
* Decision to release - <strong>Entire team</strong> | * Decision to release - <strong>Entire team</strong> | ||
** | ** If yes, notify mirrors of beta release about 24-48 hours ahead of time. Email justdave or infra - at - mozilla.com - <font color="blue">Project lead</font> | ||
** Notify PR | ** Notify PR of "we're shipping in x days/hours/minutes" estimate - <font color="blue">Project lead</font> | ||
*** This is normally done via rebron on tb-drivers with no special messages. | |||
* Final Release, in order: | * Final Release, in order: | ||
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*#* Push actual bits to ftp / releases - <font color="green">Build lead</font> | *#* Push actual bits to ftp / releases - <font color="green">Build lead</font> | ||
*# Push website changes - <font color="blue">Project lead</font> | *# Push website changes - <font color="blue">Project lead</font> | ||
*# | *# Verify website changes - <font color="orange">QA Lead</font> | ||
*# Build pushes to beta channel - <font color="green">Build lead</font> | *# Build pushes to beta channel - <font color="green">Build lead</font> | ||
*# Verify bits on beta channel - <font color="orange">QA Lead</font> | *# [[Thunderbird:Testing/Automated_Update_Testing|Verify bits on beta channel]] - <font color="orange">QA Lead</font> | ||
* Notify the world - <font color="blue">Project lead</font> | * Notify the world - <font color="blue">Project lead</font> | ||