Platform/2009-10-27

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Notices / Schedule

Firefox 3.0.15 / Firefox 3.5.4

• releasing today

Firefox 3.0.16 / Firefox 3.5.5

• 3.5.5 open blockers
• 3.0.16 open blockers

Firefox 3.6b1

• On schedule to be released tomorrow, October 28th
• bugs found during QA cycle - none block the beta's release
• first run page promotes getting feedback from users
• add-on compatibility reporter is available to crowdsource add-on compatibility
• should we update beta users more frequently, perhaps with weekly stable builds?

Firefox 3.6rc

• proposed code freeze November 18th (3 weeks)
• gives time for beta feedback as well as to fix remaining blockers

Blocker Report

See more Firefox 3.6 related blocker queries, or learn about the new status and blocker flags

• Release Blockers (flag: blocking1.9.2 or blocking-firefox3.6)
  • 140 OPEN (+25 w/w)
  • 31 FIXED but not yet fixed on mozilla-1.9.2 (-2 w/w)
  • 44 nominations (-25 w/w)
  • Handy charts: Blocker snapshots, Blocker and Noms trends
• Approvals
  • 112 requests (+15 w/w)
  • 37 approved but not yet fixed on mozilla-1.9.2 (+0 w/w)
  • Charts: Nominations snapshots

Browser / Front End

(Progress reports every weekend on Planet Firefox)

• see our active projects and get involved / propose others
• Namoroka/mozilla-1.9.2 front end development:
  • per tab prioritization for session restore
• strings
  • axel: are we frozen?
  • what bugs were taken?
• windows 7 tab preview
  • vlad and robarnold working through two major bugs
• a11y changes for tables (see this page for a list of bugs and why this is desired)

GFX Update

• 12 blockers
• Graphics team focusing on blockers, Electrolysis, crashes, and performance. As should you all.
• Despite that, DirectWrite work is also coming along, filling in the bits of functionality that are missing. See bug 517642 for more information.
• Also, WebGL work is ongoing.

Platform-specific Support Update

• (smichaud) 1.9.2/JEP update -- Only two known problems remaining, neither of which is a blocker.
  • bug 522962 Applet needs to be reloaded after switching to/from full screen mode. Needs to be fixed in JEP.
  • bug 523625 Disabling JEP/Java doesn't stick when another copy of JEP is in /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/. Has a patch awaiting review.

Electrolysis

• Ability to run multiple plugin types almost done: bug 516509
• test frameworks are being updated by jgriffin: first mochitests, bug 523208 since we need that for plugins now
• ability to run xpcshell tests in content process almost done bug 521922. jduell back to working on HttpChannel
• Need RelEng help with bug 515436 - custom LD_LIBRARY_PATH for e10s unittests/makecheck

Fennec work continues, not much special to report.

Tree Management

• Split mochitests landed. Thanks to all who helped out.

• Running mochitest-ipcplugins on Electrolysis

• Running jsreftest, and check-valgrind on Tracemonkey

• The minipocalypse is upon us!
  • We can no longer buy 1.8 GHz minis, which are the common hardware platform for all our Talos machines
  • Thanks to all who have donated their old minis!
  • We are evaluating the current generation of minis. Need to give some thought to where these will get deployed. New test platforms only (Snow Leopard, Win 7)? New branches only? New tests only? How important is it that we have the same hardware platform across all OSes?

Roundtable

• list of crashes by group (estimates) coming soon; please review it and see if there are crashes you can fix!