Releases/RelEngChecklist

General

• Find the Release Management owner for a release.
• Paperwork requirements (bug, notes)
• Troubleshooting

Fennec

Beta

In weeks that have multiple Firefox betas we generally do not build a second Fennec beta alongside it. Pay careful attention to the go to build given to make sure you do the right thing.

• (RelMan) Ship the l10n milestone
• (RelMan) Submit to Ship It
• If build2 (or later) then we probably need to Remove the previous build
• Publish in Balrog
• Post-release tasks

Release

• (RelMan) Ship the l10n milestone
• (RelMan) Submit to Ship It
• Push to mirrors
• Post-release tasks

Firefox

Beta

Reminder: Do not use any of these steps when RC is used as final beta.

• (RelMan) Ship the l10n milestone
• (RelMan) Submit to Ship It
• If build2 (or later) then we probably need to Remove the previous build
• Publish in Balrog
• Post-release tasks

Release

• (RelMan) Ship the l10n milestone
• (RelMan) Submit to Ship It
• Set up whatsnew page
• Publish RC to Beta channel
• Push to mirrors
• Apply Throttling
• Verify throttling
• Publish in Balrog
• Post-release tasks

ESR

• (RelMan) Submit to Ship It
• Upload to Apple
• Push to mirrors
• Publish in Balrog
• Post-release tasks

Thunderbird

Beta

• (TB Drivers) Ship the l10n milestone
• (TB Drivers) Submit to Ship It
• Publish in Balrog
• Post-release tasks

Release

• (TB Drivers) Ship the l10n milestone
• (TB Drivers) Submit to Ship It
• Upload to Apple
• Push to mirrors
• Publish in Balrog
• Post-release tasks