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Last updated: 2015/01/13
Current release tracking
Please see the Fennec Tracking Master List on Trello for release tracking! Thanks!
Release Summaries
Fx 36: Feb 24, 2015
- New default search engine
- Exactly what it says on the box - this is where we are planning to switch to the new default search engine in Firefox for Android.
- Tablets - tabbed browsing refresh v2
- We made further improvements to the User Experience design for Firefox on Android tablets. List of specific changes, TBD.
- Reading List v2
- An ongoing project to improve the Reading List and Reader Mode experience on Firefox for Android, which is finally shipping in Fx 36. List of specific changes, TBD.
Fx 37: Apr 7, 2015
- Mirroring improvements
- tbd
- "Firefox Account Locked" feature & messaging
- tbd
- Sync 1.1 to Sync 1.5 migration
- tbd
- Fatfennec - Splitting the APK - GB phone release
- tbd
- Videocasting (Matchstick)
- tbd
- Convert to downloads.jsm
- tbd
- Default to show URL in toolbar instead of page title
- tbd
Fx 38: May 19, 2015
- Reading List v3 (now with Firefox Accounts integration and sync!)
- tbd
- Password handling improvements
- tbd
- "Get started" tour
- tbd
- Onboarding v1.5
- tbd
- OpenH264 on Android
- tbd
- Picture tag
- tbd
Rapid release calendar
| quarter | merge date | central | aurora | beta | release date | release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | 2015-01-12* | Firefox 38 | Firefox 37 | Firefox 36 | 2015-01-13* | Firefox 35 |
| 2015-02-23 | Firefox 39 | Firefox 38 | Firefox 37 | 2015-02-24 | Firefox 36 | |
| Q2 | 2015-04-06 | Firefox 40 | Firefox 39 | Firefox 38 | 2015-04-07 | Firefox 37 |
| 2015-05-18 | Firefox 41 | Firefox 40 | Firefox 39 | 2015-05-19 | Firefox 38 | |
| 2015-06-29 | Firefox 42 | Firefox 41 | Firefox 40 | 2015-06-30 | Firefox 39 | |
| Q3 | 2015-08-10 | Firefox 43 | Firefox 42 | Firefox 41 | 2015-08-11 | Firefox 40 |
| 2015-09-21 | Firefox 44 | Firefox 43 | Firefox 42 | 2015-09-22 | Firefox 41 | |
| Q4 | 2015-11-02 | Firefox 45 | Firefox 44 | Firefox 43 | 2015-11-03 | Firefox 42 |
Status tags
- [ON TRACK] - {{mok}} - actively being worked on and those assigned feel comfortable and confident in achieving the target milestone.
- [PLANNED] - {{mplan}} - feature has resources identified and assigned, work is adequately scoped out and engineering agrees that enough information is available to get the work started. Resources are identified and assigned, but work may not have commenced.
- [PROPOSED] - {{mprop}} - feature is defined to an adequate degree for engineering to assess that they have the resources that can address the feature for the targeted release. Resources can be identified, but work has not commenced.
- [AT RISK] - {{mrisk}} - blocking bug / high number of bugs / other confidence-shakers makes us feel that a feature may not achieve the targeted milestone.
- [IN PROGRESS] - {{mprog}} - actively being worked on but not yet mature enough to be committed to a specific release
- [INVESTIGATION NEEDED] - {{minvest}} - development investigation needed to move forward