Release Management/Goals

2012

Q2

Forward Progress

• Line up Rapid Betas for when FF15 is on Beta (after 7/17)
• Line up MU channel switching for when FF15 is on Beta (After 7/17)

Coordination

• Continued coordination of FF mainline, ESR, and mobile
• Successfully launch Fennec Native (beta and release)
• Complete EOL of 3.6
• Begin release management of B2G
• Continue to prevent chemspills through regular triage

Process

• Make improvements to bugzilla tracking/status/template and fix other process pain points
• Come up with a proposal of what to do about lingering topcrash bugs (stability focus release, incentives, etc.)
• Improve documentation around 6-weekly processes
• Help improve pain points for RelEng and QA (l10n, merge days, communications, etc.)

Data

• Start to understand the difference in diversity of Beta and Release populations, and take action based upon that understanding
• Start thinking about the lifecycle of a tracked bug and measuring success of rapid releases (start analyzing our release habits and data)