WeeklyUpdates/2009-11-16

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Development Updates

Firefox

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Firefox 3.6 (Namoroka)

• beta 3 refresh should be coming Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning
• beta 3 includes a components directory lockdown feature - johnath
• code freeze for RC1 is scheduled for Wednesday but might be at risk; come to the Platform meeting tomorrow to discuss.

Firefox Future

Team News

Branch work: Firefox 3.0.x / Firefox 3.5.x / Thunderbird 2.0.0.x

• Firefox 3.0.16 / Firefox 3.5.6
  • slushy code freeze for both releases
  • still have a couple of patches to take
  • otherwise, on track for mid-December release

QA

Test Execution

Web Dev Testing

Metrics, Accessibility, Localization, Community

• David fixed the a11y top crasher bug 525579 on mozilla-central today! See this blog post by MarcoZ for more info. MarcoZ has verified that this fixes the bug, and David is preparing a patch for the Firefox 3.6 branch.

Test Development

Marketing/PR

PR

Five Years of Firefox

General

Events

Foundation Updates

• We published a progress report on the Mozilla Education program in 2009, along with a list of professors and schools involved in Mozilla Education activities.