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===== [[Thunderbird/Experiments#Account_Provisioner|Account Provisioner]] =====
===== [[Thunderbird/Experiments#Account_Provisioner|Account Provisioner]] =====
* Documents written.
* Reviews scheduled.
* Need to turn the code into a patch.
* (Blake will be working on reviews this week instead.)


===== OpenSearch =====
===== OpenSearch =====
* Documents written.
* Reviews scheduled.
* Jim needs to turn the code into a patch.
===== Test Pilot =====
* We've got an index of tests on the Test Pilot server now.
* Jim has ported his changes to the most recent Test Pilot code.
* The next thing is probably to host that code somewhere so other people can test it.


==== [[Thunderbird/Experiments|Experiments]] ====
==== [[Thunderbird/Experiments|Experiments]] ====
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===== Ubuntu Unity Integration =====
===== Ubuntu Unity Integration =====
* This week, I'm demonstrating write/delete capability for EDS Contacts.
* August 4th is the last day that Canonical can back out of our efforts to be the default client - so if we get past that date, '''we did it'''!


==== Schedule and Progress ====
==== Schedule and Progress ====
===== Thunderbird 5 (Miramar) =====
* Major Updates will be unthrottled today.
* Miramar nightly users have been redirected to the Earlybird channel.


===== Thunderbird 6 =====
===== Thunderbird 6 =====


* beta1 released on beta channel last week, few bugs ready to land for future betas
* Releasing beta 2 today.
* May do one or two more betas, depending on l10n.


===== Thunderbird 7 =====
===== Thunderbird 7 =====
* tb7 on earlybird, '''earlybird testers''': please look for address book issues since some of the backend was changed in tb7, folder pane issue on startup has been fixed on trunk, will land on tb7 today if review passes
 
* Merges to beta channel on 16th August.


===== Thunderbird 8 =====
===== Thunderbird 8 =====
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===== Thunderbird 3.1.x =====
===== Thunderbird 3.1.x =====


* Firefox have scheduled the next 1.9.2 release for August 16th., Thunderbird 3.1.x next release is scheduled is for August 16th (code freeze next week)
* Thunderbird 3.1.12 release is scheduled is for August 16th, will be building it tomorrow.
* Bug Lists: [http://hg.mozilla.org/users/bugzilla_standard8.plus.com/drivertools/raw-file/default/bugtracking/index.html?branch=3.1 3.1]
* Bug Lists: [http://hg.mozilla.org/users/bugzilla_standard8.plus.com/drivertools/raw-file/default/bugtracking/index.html?branch=3.1 3.1]


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=== [[Thunderbird:Testing|QA]] Updates ===
=== [[Thunderbird:Testing|QA]] Updates ===
* Ludo away, tb6 beta1 and earlybird tb7 continues
* tb6 beta2 and earlybird tb7 continues


=== Marketing Updates ===
=== Marketing Updates ===
* PR Update: several articles [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2388733,00.asp 1],[http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/browsers/231002116 2] on Mozilla Enterprise Working Group, 6.0b1 news [http://www.ghacks.net/2011/07/21/thunderbird-6-beta-released-new-logos-upcoming/ 1], [http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Thunderbird-6-0-arrives-in-Beta-Channel-1283252.html 2].
* PR Update: short article on [http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/downloads/3249693/mozilla-lightning-10b5/ Lightning] and [http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/features/software/3294805/five-of-the-best-calendar-related-downloads/ here], a few other mentions [http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/76896 1], [http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-31/computing/29833490_1_firefox-web-browser-email 2],
* 6.0b1 launched last week.  Next: additional betas and Thunderbird final release.
* Thunderbird ADUs: majority of users now on Thunderbird 5
* Next TB beta.
* Continuing work on Test Pilot studies.
* Continuing work on Test Pilot studies.
* blog.mozilla.com/thunderbird coming soon
* Revisiting alpha/earlybird naming.  "Mozilla Thunderbird Earlybird" not working well in several cases.


=== Infrastructure Update  ===
=== Infrastructure Update  ===
* faster Windows build improvements, feedback requested
* new Minis in new data center


=== Build / Release Update ===
=== Build / Release Update ===


* Thunderbird 6.0b1 pushed to beta
* Thunderbird Beta 2 ready to push to beta
* Build infrastructure improvements, mainly win32
* Testing patches for bug 656736 - Upgrade to latest MozMill for Thunderbird's tests
* Unthrottling Thunderbird 5 major updates


=== Web Update ===
=== Web Update ===
* Upgrading SuMoMo to Kitsune latest version (July 19, 2011)
* kitsune upgrade soon, had some problems merging due to major lib changes
* merged some l10n and other revisions to production mozilla.org
* learned about amo-validator and how to validate our add-ons and bump versions


=== Documentation ===
=== Documentation ===
* Back - catching up on emails and stuff


=== [[Thunderbird/Support|Support]] ===
=== [[Thunderbird/Support|Support]] ===
(If you support Thunderbird or write or translate documentation to help support Thunderbird, please [https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/tb-support-crew subscribe to the tb-support-crew mailing list] and briefly introduce yourself to the list)
# 1938 new support topics (2013 1 week ago) - [[Media:18-24July2011-Community_stats_for_Mozilla_Messaging.png]]
# [[Thunderbird/Thunderbird5.0SupportIssues|Thunderbird 5 Support Issues]]
# See [[Thunderbird/StatusMeetings/2011-07-26/SupportAppendix|this week's Support Appendix]] for full Get Satisfaction metrics and other support details
# [[Thunderbird/Support/TB6UserChanges|DRAFT Thunderbird 6 User Features Page for TB 6 docs]], [[Thunderbird/Support/TB7UserChanges|draft page for TB 7]], [[Thunderbird/Support/TB8UserChanges|draft page for TB8]]
# [[Thunderbird/MovingSuMoMoToMozillaDotOrg|Alternatives for moving support.mozillamessaging.com to mozilla.org]] - Doesn't really matter to end users where the Thunderbird Support website is we just want to minimize current and future technical [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yak_shaving "yak shaving"].
# Roland is tired of missing Windows subtleties :-) and is therefore moving to using Windows 7 for day to day work after TB6 ships


=== Lightning Updates ===
=== Lightning Updates ===
* major kudos to Philipp for rapidly getting  EDS provider "work in progress" out: currently  smartify, read and delete events work
* Go test latest [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/lightning/ Lightning] on AMO version, Lightning 1.0 beta5 release a few days ago.
* Some urgent bugs showed up post 1.0b4 (Don't you love that [http://mxr.mozilla.org/comm-central/source/calendar/resources/content/sound.wav?raw=1&ctype=audio/x-wav "beep"] ? ;-)
* They all have fixes now, spinning 1.0b5
* '''Update''': Bugs fixed in this release are [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=ALL%20prod%3Acalendar%20target%3A1.0b5&list_id=814105 here]
* Builds temporarily available at:
 
* Mac unified: [http://mozilla.kewis.ch/1.0b5rc1/lightning-all-mac.xpi http://mozilla.kewis.ch/1.0b5rc1/lightning-all-mac.xpi]
* Linux unified: [http://mozilla.kewis.ch/1.0b5rc1/lightning-all-linux.xpi http://mozilla.kewis.ch/1.0b5rc1/lightning-all-linux.xpi]
* Windows is still building
 
All builds will of course move to ftp.mozilla.org when done.
 
 
'''Please take a moment to test these builds!'''
 
 
* We want to get 1.0 out as fast as possible. Blocking list triaged down to 30 or so bugs to facilitate 1.0 release
* Blocking 1.0 list [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=prod%3Acalendar%20flag%3Ablocking-calendar1.0%2B&columnlist=bug_id%2Cassigned_to%2Cstatus_whiteboard%2Cshort_desc&list_id=814062 here]
* Lets talk about how reasonable my decisions are when I have the list


=== Status Updates ===
=== Status Updates ===
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=== Roundtable Highlights ===
=== Roundtable Highlights ===
* [http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2011/07/19/announing-mozilla-enterprise-user-working-group/ Mozilla Enterprise User Group] and [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Enterprise here], take a look around and join the mailing list if you haven't already
=== Attendees ===
bienvenu, bwinton, jb, jenzed, mconley, jhopkins, rebron, sancus, andreasn, standard8, ludo


=== Attendees  ===
bienvenu bwinton jb  roland mconley  fallen gozer jhopkins rebron sancus andreasn wsmwk
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Latest revision as of 16:51, 2 August 2011

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(current release schedules returning soon)

Thunderbird Meeting Details :

Remember to press *1 to unmute yourself before talking!

Feel free to ask questions in the meeting either by speaking up or by asking them in #maildev on IRC.

Other ways to get in touch with us can be found on our communications page

Agenda

  • Who's taking minutes? --> gozer
  • Minute taking Schedule. Talk to Standard8 for schedule changes/additions.
  • Note: this meeting is for interactive discussion. Feel free to ask questions!

Action Items

Friends of the Tree

  • No nominations this week.

Thanks to our Friend of the Tree. When adding someone to this section, please get their T-Shirt size, phone number (needed for shipping!) and send it to rebron@mozilla.com so that he can send them a shirt!

Thunderbird Development

For more details, see also the driver meeting notes.

Feature Work

Account Provisioner
  • Documents written.
  • Reviews scheduled.
  • Need to turn the code into a patch.
  • (Blake will be working on reviews this week instead.)
OpenSearch
  • Documents written.
  • Reviews scheduled.
  • Jim needs to turn the code into a patch.
Test Pilot
  • We've got an index of tests on the Test Pilot server now.
  • Jim has ported his changes to the most recent Test Pilot code.
  • The next thing is probably to host that code somewhere so other people can test it.

Experiments

Thunderbird Conversations

Now at ~50000 users. Arrived in Vancouver, started to fix the most urgent bugs in Conversations. Released a beta version (see "install development version") on AMO, please install and give feedback to me on IRC concerning the UI improvements (esp. for the inline reply). Lots of bugs to fix, please help for support: see threads in mozilla-labs (google group) and GetSatisfaction.

Compose in a tab
Account Summary
Ubuntu Unity Integration
  • This week, I'm demonstrating write/delete capability for EDS Contacts.
  • August 4th is the last day that Canonical can back out of our efforts to be the default client - so if we get past that date, we did it!

Schedule and Progress

Thunderbird 6
  • Releasing beta 2 today.
  • May do one or two more betas, depending on l10n.
Thunderbird 7
  • Merges to beta channel on 16th August.
Thunderbird 8
Thunderbird 3.1.x
  • Thunderbird 3.1.12 release is scheduled is for August 16th, will be building it tomorrow.
  • Bug Lists: 3.1

Extension of the week

QA Updates

  • tb6 beta2 and earlybird tb7 continues

Marketing Updates

  • PR Update: short article on Lightning and here, a few other mentions 1, 2,
  • Thunderbird ADUs: majority of users now on Thunderbird 5
  • Next TB beta.
  • Continuing work on Test Pilot studies.

Infrastructure Update

Build / Release Update

  • Thunderbird Beta 2 ready to push to beta

Web Update

  • kitsune upgrade soon, had some problems merging due to major lib changes
  • merged some l10n and other revisions to production mozilla.org
  • learned about amo-validator and how to validate our add-ons and bump versions

Documentation

  • Back - catching up on emails and stuff

Support

Lightning Updates

  • Go test latest Lightning on AMO version, Lightning 1.0 beta5 release a few days ago.

Status Updates

See the Mozilla Status Board for status updates specific to developers.

Roundtable Highlights

Attendees

bienvenu, bwinton, jb, jenzed, mconley, jhopkins, rebron, sancus, andreasn, standard8, ludo


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