WeeklyUpdates/2007-06-18

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Meeting Details

• 1:00pm Pacific time (20:00 UTC until November 4, 2007)
• Mozilla HQ, 1st floor conference table
• +1 650 903 0800 x91 Conf# 8600 (US/International)
• +1 416 848 3114 x91 Conf# 8600 (Canada)
• +1 800 707 2533 (pin 369) Conf# 8600 (US Toll Free)
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• join irc.mozilla.org #staffmeeting for attendance taking

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Development Updates

Fx/TB 1.5.0.12/2.0.0.4

• Shipped Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 on Thursday!
• Still on schedule to push major updates on 6/21 (Thu)

Gecko 1.9

• Jason Orendorff starting today.
• Textframe Enabling on Trunk
• Total blocker focus continues.
• Need people to find and fix leaks. See: dbaron's blog entry.
• libxul was enabled last week, but backed out for mac only.

Firefox 3

• Places (Places team)
  • tagging backend landed
  • Dan Mills (thunder) demoed bookmark sync at Developer Day Tokyo
  • plenty of discussion about UI in dev.apps.firefox, please jump in
  • team is basically heads down working on A6 blockers

• Download Manager (sdwilsh)
  • Working on finalizing the spec for revised UI

• Password Manager (dolske)
  • Next up: FillDocument() cleanup (bug 380222), mconnor or gavin to review

• web-based content handlers (dmose)
  • backend refactoring patch done, awaiting review
  • UI mockups in dev.apps.firefox for those interested

• Site-specific prefs (myk)
  • New patch posted for persisting text zoom, mconnor on hook for review

• New quit dialog (mwu)
  • Gives the option to save session, and closes all windows at once
  • Addresses problems with onbeforeunload handlers (Zimbra)
  • Still working out a couple kinks

• Addons Manager (Rob Strong, Mossop, mwu)
  • better l10n support (bug 257155), waiting on review
  • backend for unifying plugin management (bug 382367)

• Malware (johnath, campd)
  • UI work (modification to netError to support more aggressive styling) should be patch-ready by EOD Monday (bug 380932).

• Identity UI (johnath)
  • Transitioning add-on code to patch. (bug 383183)

• HTTPS Error Pages (johnath)
  • Still trying to close on the specific dialogs that should be replaced with error pages, and on what mechanisms need to be added to allow trusting of sites with broken certs. (bug 327181).

• A6 Status
  • Still 62 blockers, need to retriage this week, please help out if you can

Marketing/PR

• Gran Paradiso identity (internally facing only) is now live. Desktop wallpaper available at http://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox3/Gran_Paradiso; more details at http://www.intothefuzz.com
• Mozilla store redesign call for models! Mtn. View photo shoot Thursday 6/21 at 3pm
• Events:
  • OSCON:
    • Community party/rally with CC set for 7/25 at 6:30 p.m at the Wonderland Ballroom. Menomena playing.
  • Event Triage:
    • Looking for community speakers.
    • Call set for 11 a.m. this Friday. +650-903-0800, ext 91, ID 248.