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Firefox 4 Desktop Launch Schedule
- Bookmark this page for the latest updates on timing
Thursday, March 17
- 11:30 am PDT - Triage to make sure there are no late-breaking issues
- Rebuild for RC2
- Watch crash-stats and input.mozilla.com
- QA web content (mozilla.com) on stage
- QA test RC2 Build 2
Friday, March 18
- Rebuild for RC2 build 3
- Continue to QA test RC2 build 2 (testing can be carried over)
- 11:30 am PDT - Triage to make sure there are no late-breaking issues
- spot-check RC2 build 3
- Watch crash-stats and input.mozilla.com
- QA Sign-off
- push RC2 build 3 to mirrors
- push RC2 build 3 to beta channel users
- Notify IT of intent to seed mirrors
Saturday, March 19
- Watch crash-stats and input.mozilla.com
Sunday, March 20
- wait for release-drivers "go for seeding launch" from beltzner
- Evening PDT - Push final release directory to mirrors
- +2 hours - Updates on releasetest for QA to test
Monday, March 21
- 11:30 am PDT - Triage to make sure there are no late-breaking issues
- 12:00PM PDT - Final call on "Go launch" (Beltzner)
- 4:00 pm PDT - Push microsite pages live and test
- All day Watch crash-stats and input.mozilla.com
Tuesday, March 22
War Room Mountain View
- MoCo employees working on the launch will be in 10Forward* - Everyone Welcome! Let us know if you will be in the MTV office for the early-morning launch activities so we can plan accordingly
- People will start showing up at 5:30 am PDT
- IRC backchannel will be #firefox4 on irc.mozilla.org
- The war room will be streamed live on Air Mozilla. Suggest speakers here.
- There will be food, activities and a whole lot of awesomeness starting at 6:00AM:
- 6:00am Breakfast in Ten Forward
- 6:00am Air Mozilla broadcast starts
- 12:00pm Firefox 4 Launch Lunch in R2D2/CP3O
- 4:00pm Launch Cantina, don't forget to invite your Friends and Family
- Throughout the day we'll have celebrations for download milestones and coverage. Examples: Banner unveiling on Castro Street, cake cutting, champagne, and more surprises...
- *Note: Each office will be organizing their own War Room and activities and we will all be linked together on video
Launch Day Timeline
- 6:00 am PDT - Push mozilla.com pages and update product details to point the download links ~20 min
- Flush the web caches ~10 min
- Check the live pages ~20 min
- Push manual / "Check For Updates" update on release channel for 3.6 users ~10 min
- Push manual / "Check For Updates" update on release channel for 3.5 users ~10 min
- Official Launch - Make announcement
- Push campaigns, promos, wall posts, newsletter, blogs, tweets, community note, etc.
- QA validate manual updates ~2 hours
WE ARE HERE
Wednesday, March 23
- Get ready for the Firefox 4 for Mobile launch!
- Continue to provide support on SUMO
- Watch crash-stats and input.mozilla.com