WeeklyUpdates/2009-10-12
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Development Updates
Firefox
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Firefox Future
Team News
Gecko
- Last week, on tuesday, we attempted to freeze for beta 1. There were several remaining issues at the close of the usual dev meeting, but the consensus seemed to be that we were good to freeze. Still, two bugs (bug 517355 and bug 517909) kept us from freezing and we're still working on one of them. The last one is a perf regression that is taking the time of Jason Orendorff, Boris, Andreas, and probably several others. Andreas produced a couple of patches that will hopefully fix the problem, but we need to see numbers today to know for sure.
- At today's CrashKill we will go over top crash assignments again. Also, we may be at a point where this meeting isn't necessary as we're tracking crashes closely now. We'll have that discussion then.
- Blockers:
- Team blocker numbers:
Branch work: Firefox 3.0.x / Firefox 3.5.x / Thunderbird 2.0.0.x
Thunderbird 3
- Thunderbird 3 string frozen
- Schedule:
- comm-central branches: 2009-10-22
- Code Freeze for RC1: 2009-10-30 23:59 PST
- L10n deadline: 2009-11-02 23:59 PST
- RC1 builds start on: 2009-11-03
- Subsequent RCs as necessary.
- Please help us make the release happen with
- Testing nightlies and providing feedback/filing bugs
- Fixing blockers
SeaMonkey
Mobile
IT
Release Engineering
QA
Test Execution
- Tested and shipped Fx3.5.4 to beta. 153 verified1.9.1 bugs verified to date.
- Expecting Fx3.6b1 builds this week to QA. 23 verified1.9.2 bugs last week.
- Mozmill automation update: 92% smoketests, 32% BFTs completed. Full details here
Web Dev Testing
- Tested the Jetpack Gallery website. Filed 30 bugs. The need for testing Jetpack was a surprise. Please, please, please, let us know if you are working on new web sites or need testing help early on in the project.
- See Test Coverage spreadsheet to see the manual and automated test cases we are creating
- Tested Plugin Update site on PPC and Intel Based Mas for Falsh Compatibility
- MDC: Wrote and sent around a test plan. Sheppy approved.
Metrics, Accessibility, Localization, Community
- Community
- Presented at Jornadas de Software Libre in Chile
- Going to have Reporting Website Compatibility with Fx3.5 Testday this Friday, October 16. Please join us!\
- Planning for a presentation about Mozilla to the Electronics Academy at Independence High School
Planning for a Get Involved poster
Test Development
Security
Marketing/PR
PR
- Firefox 3.6 beta on the way
- Mozilla plugin check in the news
- Fennec beta 4 for Maemo in CNET
- Updates to EU settlement in InformationWeek, InternetNews, CIO Today, The Street and ComputerWorld
Mozilla Service Week
Events
Community
Support
- Planning for the upcoming EU Browser Ballot
- Knowledge Base audit of articles relevant for new Windows users
- SUMO start page customized for new users running Windows 7
- For details, see the SUMO planning page
Metrics
- User Outreach - we implemented feedback buttons/forms on three of our most critical user touch points at mozilla.com.
- We're hoping to better understand user experiences and pain points on the minds of users (and ultimately, make changes and improvements)
- We should have some results in a couple weeks
Evangelism
Labs
Developer Tools
Add-ons
Webdev
L10n
Foundation Updates
- Get involved with the new Get Involved page by adding contribution opportunities to the staging wiki page and by using buttons to promote the page. Contact david at mozillafoundation dot org if you'd like to talk more about this.