Releases/Firefox 23.0.1/BuildNotes

Bugs

• bug 904949 tracker
• bug 900693 release-runner failure during build 1
• bug 905871 release-sanity failure during build 2
• bug 905189 tagging failure

Build 1

• Ship the l10n milestone
  • handled by relman
• Submit to Ship It
  • Hit bug 900693
    • Recreated buildbot-configs repos on 4 masters
    • commented out tagging parts in release runner https://gist.github.com/rail/6232191
    • restarted release runner
    • resubmit the ship-it request
    • waited until release starts
    • backed out the temporary hack
    • restarted release runner
• Wait for QA sign off on build1 updater testing completed
• Do another build
  • see #Build_2 below
• Get QA sign off on which build to use (build 1 ready for release test)
• Reset to ship build1 if needed
  • (note that 23.0 hit bug 901804 during this step)
• Push to mirrors
• Apply Throttling
• Verify throttling
• Run pushsnip
• Update bouncer links
• Post-release tasks
• Get the Browser Choice website updated
• Update hosted partner bundles

Build 2

• Submit to Ship It
  • couldn't use same rev due to bug 905871, switched to d5e6d9b5b57b and release runner started okay
  • hit bug 905189 at same time as FF 24.0b3, everything the same as noted there except send change:

   /builds/buildbot/build_scheduler/bin/buildbot sendchange -u hwine@mozilla.com \
           --master localhost:9301 --branch releases/mozilla-release \
           -p products:firefox -p script_repo_revision:FIREFOX_23_0_1_RELEASE \
           release_build