WeeklyUpdates/2007-09-10

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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)
• join irc.mozilla.org #staffmeeting for attendance taking and backchannel

note: all participants are muted automatically; if you want to talk, press *1 to un-mute yourself

Development Updates

Build

• FF1.5.0.12 -> FF2.0.0.6 major update
• partner major update status
• waiting for "go" on gecko19a8 release
• cf, coop, bhearsum on/returning from vacation

Marketing/PR

• Operation Firefox update
• revised First Run page is now live
• Events:
  • Mozilla 24:

- How can you help? -- Blog and spread the word. Details are here -- Attend the Stanford event (9/15, 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.): --- Register --- Submit themes, post banners, etc.: Get Involved --- Help day of -- email Mary if you interested.

• • Software Freedom Day:

- Supporting various conferences & celebrations

Developer Relations

• Firefox 3 documentation progress continues, with new material on Download Manager including example code, among other choice items.

Foundation Updates

(Since there was no meeting last week, this update combines items from the weeks ending August 31 and September 7.)

• Grants and related activities
  • The Mozilla Foundation is funding a project to implement server-side features in Apache and OpenSSL to complement future Firefox enhancements to check the validity of SSL certificates using OCSP. For more information see Gerv's post on OCSP stapling.
  • The Mozilla Foundation is co-sponsoring the Foundations of Open Media Software developer workshop to be held in January in Melbourne Australia.
  • Peter Jaros completed the intermediate milestone on his project to improve scriptability of Camino with AppleScript (a project the Mozilla Foundation is co-sponsoring with the Camino project).
  • Jörg Dotzki finished his Foundation-funded project to create a Firefox extension to simulate how web pages appear to color-blind individuals, and submitted it to addons.mozilla.org.

For more information see the individual status reports from David, Frank, Gerv, and Zak.