Firefox3.5/StatusMeetings/2009-05-27

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Firefox Product Delivery Meeting Details

• Wednesdays - Firefox 3 - 11:00am Pacific, 2:00pm Eastern, 18:00 UTC
• Mozilla Building S
• 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# 8605 (US/INTL)
• 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 8605 (US)
• irc.mozilla.org #shiretoko for backchannel

NOTE: See Platform#Meeting_Notes for development meeting notes

Firefox 3.0.x Releases

Firefox 3.0.11

• QA has builds and is testing
• on track for shipping in early June
• might change release date by a day or two to accommodate mirrors

Firefox 3.0.12

• aiming for mid-July release

Engineering

Firefox 3.5/Gecko 1.9.1 Development Update

• see yesterday's platform meeting notes as well
• at 25 blockers without fixes for final ship, 11 are not code-related

Beta 4

• user counts go here

Firefox 3.5 RC

• schedule update goes here

Firefox.next/Gecko 1.9.2 Planning

• there's a variety of planning documents and discussions; some of these may be altered due to the outcome of the work week!
• see also the plan for a team to investigate separating content processes recently posted by bsmedberg
  • Firefox (Namoroka): draft plan | discussion
  • Gecko - Content: draft plan | discussion
  • Gecko - Layout: draft plan | discussion
  • Gecko - JavaScript: draft plan | discussion
  • Gecko - Graphics: draft plan | discussion

Localization

Upcoming l10n changes

• geolocation UI strings (3-4 changes)
  • bug 491732, bug 491739 and bug 488574 all done
• site-specific search bug 482229 (is this l10n?)
• video a11y changes bug 490287, bug 489549 are done
• video keyboard access bug bug 486899 not l10n.

• Status is:
  • 2 locales missing, mn and tr. Turkish is a physical healthy problem, get well soon.
  • es-MX needs to confirm opt-in still.
  • Testing continuing, updating source stamps as we go. Nice inter-community help going on here.

QA

• Bug Verifications last week
  • 183 1.9.1+Trunk bugs verified (core/firefox/toolkit)
  • 145 1.9.1 bugs verified
  • Roughly doubled the number of bug verifications from the previous week.
• Upcoming Testdays
  • Firefox 3.5 RC1 Testday this friday 5/29 (pending RC1 status)
  • Company-wide testday scheduled within the next two-three weeks. Target audience all@m.c. Details about the testday, instructions, and schedules to follow.
• Website Compatibility Testing Project
  • We are always looking for volunteers to test their banking institution (especially internationally) Please register and contribute your results.

Marketing/PR

• Mozilla.com:
  • https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox3.5/WebsitePlan
  • "Under the Hood" page now staged and in QA: https://www-trunk.stage.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/performance/
  • there's some work that has to be done after RC1, and we're still tying up a few more loose ends here and there, but we're generally on track for launch.

• Community marketing
  • Fastest Firefox: launching June 1!
  • Launch team:
    • First video from community member Vineel Reddy to be released this week!
    • Launch workshop videos are up.

• PR
  • Firefox 3.5 press tour booking for New York and DC
  • Reviewers guide complete
  • Finalizing press release, press deck and FAQ
  • Fastest Firefox PR