Releases/Firefox 4.0b6/BuildNotes

Notes About Releasing

Please update the Release:Primer for future releases (bug fixes, changes to automation) as needed

Notes for this Release

• In 4.0b5 build1 updates for win32 localized builds that are installed with the 4.0b5 installer will not be able to update to b6 with a partial update. Those who have updated from 4.0b4 (or earlier version) to 4.0b5 should be able to update just fine. bug 592369

Build Engineers

• lsblakk -- tracking bug

L10N changesets

since this is a chemspill, no change from 4.0b5 l10n-changesets

Tags

Build #

Tag

Changeset

Build data

Build #	Type	Build ID	Build machine	Time to build
1	Linux [compressed .tar.bz2]	20100913220446	mv-moz2-linux-ix-slave07	55 mins, 25 secs
	Linux64 [compressed .tar.bz2]	20100913222219	moz2-linux64-slave05	1 hrs, 50 mins, 20 secs
	Macosx [.dmg]	20100913221327	bm-xserve11	3 hrs, 35 mins, 44 secs
	Macosx64 [.dmg]	20100913221842	moz2-darwin10-slave07	1 hrs, 53 mins, 31 secs
	Win32 [.exe/.zip]	20100913231938	mw32-ix-slave18	2 hrs, 43 mins, 35 secs

Build 1

• marked all builders on pm for clobber on https://build.mozilla.org/clobberer/
• Moved slaves:
  • from pm01
    • bm-xserve11
    • mw32-ix-slave{12,16,18}
    • moz2-darwin10-slave{06,07,08}
    • mv-moz2-linux-ix-slave{03,04}
  • from pm03
    • bm-xserve{06,07,09}
    • moz2-linux64-slave{03,05,09}
    • mv-moz2-linux-ix-slave{07,08}
• landed configs patch
• removed *.pyc from moz2-master dir
• reconfig'd
• notified #developers & closed tree for tagging
• kicked off automation:

buildbot sendchange --username=lsblakk --master=localhost:9010 --branch=mozilla-central -m "Firefox 4.0b6 build1" Go

Tag

mv-moz2-linux-ix-slave03

no problems, re-opened tree and sent email.

Source

mv-moz2-linux-ix-slave03

no problems

Build/Repack

• Linux: green, no problems
• Linux64: green, no problems
• Mac: green, no problems
• Mac64: green, no problems
• Win32: green, no problems

Unittests

• Rev3 Fedora 12x64 release-mozilla-central talos tp4 failed whiled checking out talos from CVS. Rebuild went green (forced from web).
• Rev3 MacOSX Snow Leopard 10.6.2 release-mozilla-central talos chrome failed whiled checking out talos from CVS.

Signing

• Tip of tools repo tagged with FIREFOX_4_0b6_BUILD1 and FIREFOX_4_0b6_RELEASE
• checked if all l10n repacks are green
• en-US.xpi removed from stage bug 485860:

#ffxbld@stage
cd /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/4.0b6-candidates/build1
rm en-US.xpi

Updates

• see notes