Releases/Firefox 18/Final Signoffs

This page will track declaring the latest mozilla-beta build as the final in this cycle and starting the build off of the mozilla-release repository.

Please note that issues found in the final moments of the beta period may still require us to rebuild before release

• Wednesday, 2013-01-02 from 10:00-11:00 AM PT
• Vidyo Room: ReleaseCoordination
• Physical: MTV - 3G(Get The Choppa)
• Join irc.mozilla.org #planning for back channel

Focus Areas

Tracking Details

• Remaining bugs tracking for FF18 (nothing is a blocker right now)
• We've spun Beta 7 with a fix for bug 822682,bug 825022,bug 815795

Add-ons

Current Status

Good to go.

• Plugin blocks:
  • https://etherpad.mozilla.org/plugin-blocks
  • Flash CTP blocks moved to 19 and above. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=823264
  • Silverlight and Adobe Reader are CTP blocked where supported, and infobar blocked for other versions.

Outstanding Issues/Concerns

Stability

Current Status

• Crash rate for Beta 6 is at 2.3 with ~1.6 million ADUs, which roughly matches what we had for the last betas of 17.
• Crashes showing up on the explosive report recently:
  • bug 822600 - no adobe bug number yet, exists across Firefox versions, even higher in 17 as in 18 beta.

Outstanding Issues/Concerns

Mobile specific stability notes

Current Status

• Crash rate for Beta 6 is at 3.6-3.8 with 60-70k ADUs, which roughly matches what we had for the last betas of 17 and possibly slightly down from earlier 18 betas.

Outstanding Issues/Concerns

Mobile specific stability notes

• bug 780831 is still the top issue, but has been reduced by the patches.

QA

Current Status - Desktop

• 18b7 pending update sign-off, targeting ship by EOD today
• Targeting sign-off of 18rc, 10.0.12esr, and 17.0.2esr by early morning Tuesday - 1/8/2013

Outstanding Issues/Concerns - Desktop

Current Status - Mobile

• 18b7 pending update sign-off, targeting by EOD today

Outstanding Issues/Concerns - Mobile

Security

Current Status

Outstanding Issues

Localization

Current Status

Outstanding Issues/Concerns

Build Mechanics

Current Status

Expecting GTB by noon Friday at the latest for final/ESR 17,Thursday - ESR 10.

Outstanding Issues/Concerns

We've got a few small adjustments to make in our release automation, they should be all finished up tomorrow.

Web Content

Current Status

Outstanding Issues/Concerns

Web Compat

Current Status

Outstanding Issues/Concerns

Services

No known issues on desktop or Android that should hold release. Good to go.

ESR

Current Status - Desktop

Outstanding Issues/Concerns - Desktop

Support

Current Status - Desktop

Outstanding Issues/Concerns - Desktop

Current Status - Mobile

Outstanding Issues/Concerns - Mobile