Tree Rules

mozilla-central - Trunk (Firefox 3.6, Gecko 1.9.2 work)

When open: RESTRICTED to Gecko 1.9.2 / Firefox 3.6 blocker bugs only

Rules

• Do not check in until you have appropriate review, including super-review and approval if needed.
• Do not check in when any box is orange or red, unless the failure has been starred with a bug number or a fix. (You should be pretty sure the next cycle will be green and all recent intermittent failures are understood.)
• You should be available for the next hour or two in case something goes wrong with your checkin. (This is roughly the time it takes to get unit test results from all platforms.)
• Automated unit tests must pass and not leak.
• Automated speed tests must not regress (performance regression policy).

Please see #developers or today's Sheriff if you have questions.

mozilla-1.9.1 - 1.9.1 Branch (Firefox 3.5.x, Gecko 1.9.1.x work)

When open: RESTRICTED Gecko 1.9.1.x / Firefox 3.5.x blocker bugs only

Rules

• patches must have been checked in and "baked" on mozilla-central,
• patches must fix a blocker, be marked approval1.9.1+, or not affect Firefox build (tests, NPOTB changes)
• any string changes must be marked with the "late-l10n" keyword and have approval1.9.1+,
• any add-on or theme compatibility changes must be marked with the "late-compat" keyword and have approval1.9.1+
• add the fixed1.9.1 keyword to the bug when it has been checked into the branch
  • fixed1.9.1 was also mass-added to blocking1.9.1+ and blocking-firefox3.1+ bugs which were fixed before (2008-12-01) branching, to ease bugzilla querying.

Patches nominated for approval1.9.1 should:

• have tests, or a strong statement of what can be done in the absence of tests
• have landed on trunk and baked for a few days (at least)
• have an assessment of performance impact
• have an assessment of risk

Please see #developers or today's Sheriff if you have questions.

Firefox3.0 - Branch (Firefox 3.0.x only)

When open: RESTRICTED to branch-approved checkins only

Rules

• patches must have approval1.9.0.x+ (for whatever version of x we are currently approving), or not affect the Firefox build (tests, NPOTB changes)
• add the fixed1.9.0.x keyword to the bug when it has been checked into the branch

Patches nominated for approval-1.9.0.x should:

• have tests, or a strong statement of what can be done in the absence of tests
• have landed on trunk and baked for a few days (at least)
• have an assessment of performance impact
• have an assessment of risk

This tree is not sheriff'd. Please be sure to monitor for any bustage or performance regressions on the tree and take the appropriate back out actions.

Patch Approval & Release Driving

The branch approval queue is being monitored by branch drivers, all of whom are usually available on IRC.