Much of this page has been merged into Firefox3/Gecko Feature List.

At the 4/20/2006 dev.platform/content meeting we discussed the idea of shooting for early June to get a set of builds together for widepread testing and feedback on the current state of the trunk. We will need more work on the blocking bug lists, more updates on the landing plan, and some more feedback accross the project to see if the early June stake in the ground makes sense.

Getting to a widespread Alpha testing release involves:

• assembling some level of features that would be interesting to get testing feeback on,
• getting builds that are stable, usable, regression proof, and in good enough shape that they can be used long enough to get good depth and breath testing. Any bugs that would block this kind of usage need to be dealt with.

Bug Lists

Links to Alpha blocker nominations and approvals that would get us to a set of usable builds are provided here:

• Interesting pools of bugs that need checking for potential nomination and blocking
  • regressions filed in the last 10 months and not on the 1.9 radar - ~386 bugs (11-21-2006)
  • Regressions in the last 10 months owned by nobody and not on the 1.9 radar - ~188 bugs (11-21-2006)

• The 1.9a1 nomination list ~40 bugs (11/21/2006)
• 1.9a1 Nominations owned by nobody ~19 bugs (11/21/2006)

• blocking1.9a1+ ~25 bugs (11/21/2006)

• Mac Gecko 1.9 Alpha blocker list as compiled by Josh Aas

Feature Decisions

This need discussion, review, and decisions.

• Need to sort out behavior of WHATWG online/offline events
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336682
• Accept: header too long on account of text types
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=309438

Status of feature landings:

The table below has the large features that either have already landed in Gecko 1.9 or are planned to land. The list may not be complete; please add as needed if you're working on something or planning to. The list should primarily include architecture changes that are either considered blockers for 1.9 or have significant regression risk (or both). http://wiki.mozilla.org/Gecko_1.9_Roadmap may have inspiration for things to include (assuming they're actually being worked on or planned). Please do NOT add pure wishlist items to the list -- if it's not being worked on or seriously planned, it shouldn't be here.

(biesi) See also Necko

See also Firefox3/Gecko Feature List --Jesse.