Firefox3/StatusMeetings/2007-09-04

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Firefox 3 Meeting

Meeting Details

• Tuesdays - Firefox 3 - 11:00am Pacific, 2:00pm Eastern, 18:00 UTC
• Mozilla Building S - <script> conference room
• 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x91 Conf# 217 (US/INTL)
• 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 217 (US)
• irc.mozilla.org #granparadiso for backchannel

PRD Status Update

• Perma Links: Current PRD & Detailed Feature List & Firefox Next Requirements.
• Outstanding Change Requests to review.
• Retention Requirements - please add them to the PRD as applicable.
• Disable insecure extension updates by default bug 378216 and Extension updates should link to further information bug 297903 should be added to the PRD.
• Support reading in a localizable string with a partner name (INST-005a) - Needs more detail as to where this string will be used in the ui.

Open Action Items

• Add visual indication to browser UI when Add-on updates are available (ADD-003a) needs bug 347585 implemented
  • underway: beltzner and mconnor currently arguing about whether or not it's necessary
    • Going to try nsIAlertService as a low-impact notification

• Decision about private browsing mode
  • Not going to make it at this point

Schedule

• Proposed Schedule
• Current BMO report for M8

Work in progress

• Web-based protocol handling (PH team)

• Microformats (mkaply)

• Places (Places team)

• Download Manager (sdwilsh [not on call])

• Storage (sdwilsh)

• Password Manager (dolske)

• Addons Manager (Rob Strong, Mossop, mwu)

• Distribution Reqs (dmills)

• Security, Privacy

• Installer

• Retention (No PRD Category)

• User Experience
  • Take away 20 user experience bugs & n delightful UI features
    • mconnor to publish list and bugs to track this week (carryover, EOD Wed)

• • Theming/Visual Makeover
    • Still working on finding an icon designer for Windows/Linux.

Security Review

• Design Review Proposal
• Suggested order for review
  • (done) Password Manager
  • Places
  • Web Content Handlers, Microformats & RSS
  • Add-Ons
  • Offline Apps
  • Cross-domain XMLHttpRequest
  • Distribution/Customization
  • ContentEditable
  • Private Browsing
  • Malware Protection

Release Notes

• Add your items to the current draft

QA Status/Topics

• Draft Fx 3 Test Plan wiki
• Many feature Test Plans are being updated and linked from the Firefox 3 Test Plan Wiki. Seeking review.
• Daily Smoketests, Focused Area testing, and monitoring nightly checkins on nightly builds ran by Tiger Test Team.
• This week's testday will focus on download manager/ password manager testing
• Testing, Verifying, Testing, Documenting, Testing...

Build Topics

• win ref platform bug 384624
• mac ref platform bug 391772

Round table

• There is a full Firefox 3 documentation plan available, which shows the status of each item needing documentation. Please make sure items you know need developer documentation written are on that list.
• reminder to use #granparadiso on IRC for discussion of milestone-releated deliverables, features, QA testing, etc; it's to be the defacto location for chatter regarding Gran Paradiso releases

Gecko 1.9 Meeting

Meeting Details

• Wednesdays - 11:00am Pacific, 2:00pm Eastern, 18:00 UTC
• Mozilla Building S - <script> conference room
• 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x91 Conf# 217 (US/INTL)
• 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 217 (US)
• join irc.mozilla.org #granparadiso for backchannel

General Discussion

Action Item:

• Driver for M8?
• SVG Blockers/Noms/Driver/Triage of backlog?
• Andrew Smith's Border Image

Reminders:

• Reminder that Sept 5 is M8 code freeze.
• What we're working on:
  • 1.9 Blockers Only
  • Prioritizing those blockers which are high complexity and may have unknowns causing longer time to implement.
  • Security Bugs
  • Crashers
  • Memory Leaks and Performance
  • Hangs, Regressions, and other broken features.
• Note that on Sept 5th we'll go into Tree Control/Threat Level Red which means: all checkins require explicit approval flags.
• On approval flags, we believe we have the queries fixed, but if you find that a component for 1.9 is missing in one of the either the approval queries or the triage queries, please email the driver for that component know via email and request that it be added.
• After M8, We'll resume Tree Control Level Yellow: 1.9+, wanted-1.9 bugs auto approved, other changes require explicit approval flags.

Note: See this dev-planning thread for more info.

Blockers and Noms

Blockers report:

• Stacked Blockers
• Noms
• Blockers

Release Notes

• Add your items to the current draft