Releases/Firefox 13.0b1/BuildNotes

Notes About Releasing

Please update the Notes Template and the Release:Primer for future releases (bug fixes, changes to automation) as needed

Bugs hit

Enter any bugs pre-existing or newly discovered and filed during the release:

• bug - description

• bug 747481 pushsnip for test snippets didn't work properly because of file ownership on aus2-staging. test snippets were pushed but the non-test snippets weren't transfered. The following command was used to transfer the non-test snippets:

cd /builds/slave/rel-m-beta-updates/build/temp/firefox/12.0b6-13.0b1
rsync -av -e 'ssh -oIdentityFile=~/.ssh/auspush' aus2/ ffxbld@aus3-staging.mozilla.org:/opt/aus2/snippets/staging/Firefox-13.0b1-build1

Update verify needed to be triggered manually

Build Engineers

{jhford} - Tracking bug: bug 744590

Signed-off Revision(s)

Build 1: e60ca2e387a8

L10N changesets

Instructions on how to get them

• Firefox: https://l10n-stage-sj.mozilla.org/shipping/l10n-changesets?ms=fx13_beta_b1
• Fennec: empty dictionary, exactly like last release

Tags

Manually tag the automation code, then record the generated tags below. (details)

Build #	Branch, Tags	Changeset
	MOBILE130_2012042512_RELBRANCH FENNEC_13_0b1_BUILD1 FENNEC_13_0b1_RELEASE	e8c31168413b
	GECKO130_2012042512_RELBRANCH FIREFOX_13_0b1_BUILD1 FIREFOX_13_0b1_RELEASE	f16e48c88ac3

Build data

Firefox

Build #	Type	Build ID	Build machine	Time to build
1	Linux	20120425123149	mv-moz2-linux-ix-slave04	1 hrs, 4 mins, 8 secs
	Linux64		linux64-ix-slave07	1 hrs, 2 mins, 19 secs
	Mac		moz2-darwin10-slave43	3 hrs, 19 mins, 29 secs
	Windows		mw32-ix-slave10	3 hrs, 27 mins, 39 secs

Fennec

Build #	Type	Build ID	Build machine	Time to build
1	android-xul	20120425123100	mv-moz2-linux-ix-slave19	47 mins, 50 secs

Notes

Build 1

Diff mozconfigs

If this is a *.0 beta -> release. May also need to update the whitelist of nightly vs release differences for release sanity.

Preparing to start Automation

detailed instructions

• Set clobbers for the appropriate masters. Doing this 24-48 hours in advance should speedup the build.
  • set any master, mozilla-beta, any builder on apr-24 at 5:52pm
• Reserve slaves, e.g.:

[cltbld@buildbot-master08 master]$ pwd
/builds/buildbot/build1/master
[cltbld@buildbot-master08 master]$ cat reserved_slaves_bm08-build1 
8

• For build1 only, create a symlink for your $version (eg 11.0b4, 10.0.2esr, 10.0.2, 3.6.27) (until bug 725839 is resolved)

# ffxbld@stage
cd /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/
mkdir ../candidates/$version-candidates
ln -s ../candidates/$version-candidates $version-candidates

• Update l10n changesets for desktop, mobile
• Land automation configs (are you or buildduty going to reconfig? great, merge. otherwise double-land only your configs)
• Tag buildbot-configs, buildbotcustom, & tools with build & release tags. (details)
  • Sample command for Firefox 10.0 beta 5 build 1:

bash shortcut: hg tag -f {FIREFOX,FENNEC}_13_0b1_{RELEASE,BUILD1}

• update and reconfigure the master
• start automation ← monitor progress on buildbot (e.g. beta)

# Combined release
cd /builds/buildbot/build1/master
source ../bin/activate
PYTHONPATH=. python ../tools/buildbot-helpers/release_sanity.py -u jhford -V 13.0b1 --branch mozilla-beta --build-number 1 \
    --release-config release-firefox-mozilla-beta.py --release-config release-fennec-mozilla-beta.py --products firefox,fennec  \
    --dryrun localhost:9001

PYTHONPATH=. python ../tools/buildbot-helpers/release_sanity.py -u jhford -V 13.0b1 --branch mozilla-beta \
--build-number 1 --release-config release-firefox-mozilla-beta.py --release-config release-fennec-mozilla-beta.py \
--products firefox,fennec localhost:9001

E-mail Metrics

Use the address "metrics-alerts < AT > mozilla < PERIOD > org"

Firefox,firefox,firefox,13.0b1,13.0
Fennec,firefox-mobile,fennec,13.0b1,13.0

Tag

no problems

Bouncer Submitter

no problems

Source

no problems

Build

Firefox

no problems

Firefox repacks

linux, linux64 finished and good

Unittests / Talos

details

1. Look to see that they ran
2. Document any oranges (per platform) for unittests - if possible, try to confirm it's known/random
3. Make sure there's no red/failures that we need to have a dev look at

XULRunner

Source

no problems

Build

no problems

Android Signing

Instructions in MobileSigning

Now run on signing1.

Major Update

Major update generation is not kicked off automatically. You should only create them once the final builds for the "latest" build are ready. For instance, the 3.6.26 builds got created a week before the 10.0 release but the "final" 10.0 builds were not created after few days.

Follow instructions from the Major update documentation.

Check permissions / AV scan

It is supposed to be triggered automatically after updates are done. File a bug if it doesn't. details

Push to internal mirrors

This is done by automation for rapid release betas.

For other releases, this should be done manually at this point, after check permissions / AV scan have completed.

• Make sure the rsync excludes have been updated (Releases/BuildNotesTemplate#Edit_rsync_exclude_files)
• Force build the push to mirrors builder. Make sure at least 15 minutes have elapsed since editing the rysnc module to give it time to sync out.

Mirrors Policy

Final verification

Record receipt of "completed_final_verification" emails (1 per platform)

Going to Beta

NOTE: Skip to "Before Release Day" for beta releases

Run backupsnip

NOTE: Remember to do this at least 2 hours ahead of the expected "go to beta" email. details

Push to beta

Wait for "go" from release managers
For Firefox:

• Publish (and record run time here): details
• on completion, email r-d that VERSION updates are live on the beta channel

For Android:

• publish on Google Play (nee Android Marketplace), using instructions below
• on completions, email r-d that VERSION is live on Google Play

Wait for confirmation from QA that each of the above releases is okay, then close the tracking ticket.

Before Release Day

Assuming this is not a chemspill.

Run backupsnip for release snippets

Do this the night before release day as it can take up to two hours.

Push to external mirrors

If this is a chemspill you will want to ping justdave (or other sysadmin) in #release-drivers and ask them to enable CDN.

• Remove previously added blacklisting entry from stage.mozilla.org:/pub/mozilla.org/zz/rsyncd-mozilla-releases.exclude
• Replace old version with the current one in stage.mozilla.org:/pub/mozilla.org/zz/rsyncd-mozilla-current.exclude

See details

Release Day

Publish Fennec to the Play Store (for beta releases and release releases)

Push the files (for beta releases and release releases)

• Use this script and run it as ffxbld@stage (please push you changes prior to using it, and grab latest on stage via curl -O http://hg.mozilla.org/build/braindump/raw-file/tip/releases-related/push_fennec.sh)

Play Store (for beta releases and release releases)

IMPORTANT - Make sure to follow instructions!

• download multi apk (e.g. multi/fennec-10.0b6.multi.android-arm.apk)
• visit https://market.android.com/publish
• choose "Firefox Beta" or "Firefox"
• select the "APK Files" tab and choose "Upload APK"
  • choose the multi apk that you downloaded and hit "upload"
    • NOTE: the progress bar does not seem to show progress (at least on Google Chrome)
  • when it finishes uploading, verify VersionCode is the build date (almost anyway, the market reports an hour later than our buildID)
  • hit "Save"
• activate new apk (You should see an Error message since both apk's are active)
• deactivate old apk (You should not see the Error message anymore)
• hit "Save"
• If this is a beta 1, go to "Product Details" tab -> Recent Changes, change the url to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/mobile/{VERSION}beta/releasenotes/
  • and hit "Save"

Update XULRunner wiki page

For major releases or chemspills, update the links on:

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XULRunner
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Gecko_SDK

Also for older releases:

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XULRunner_1.9.2_Release_Notes
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Gecko_SDK

Check Throttling

See http://update-watch.localgho.st/release/ for example AUS links

Some links to check:

• Automatic (idle time check) update links:
  • 10.0.2 en-US win32 linux mac linux64
  • 9.0 en-US win32 linux mac linux64
  • 10.0.2esr en-US win32 linux mac linux64
  • 10.0esr en-US win32 linux mac linux64
  • 3.6.27 en-US win32 linux mac
• Manual update links:
  • 10.0.2 en-US win32 linux mac linux64
  • 9.0 en-US win32 linux mac linux64
  • 10.0.2esr en-US win32 linux mac linux64
  • 10.0esr en-US win32 linux mac linux64
  • 3.6.27 en-US win32 linux mac

Push to Release Channel (for beta releases and release releases)

Once there is enough uptake and we get "go" from release driver.

Update symlinks

Once we're signed off on the release channel.

Remove index.html files

If you created them earlier to hide the release.