Platform/2010-11-23

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Notices / Schedule

Firefox 4 Beta 8

• criteria for release at this point is "no stability regressions from previous beta"
• there is a pending change to the way Sync UI works for adding another client (bug 602682) which needs to be simultaneously shipped with Fennec 2 Beta 3
• depending on how these dates line up, we'll either:
  • ship Beta 8 then a Beta 9 with only the sync change
  • ship Beta 8 with the sync change

Blocker Report

• charts show steady state, no increase/decrease in overall blocker count

Firefox Development

(from our goals):

Firefox

• [AT RISK] Finish Firefox 4
  • 160 Firefox/Toolkit blockers

• [ON TRACK] API-Complete Jetpack
  • Joint with Jetpack team
  • Currently working towards feature-complete beta SDK

• [ON TRACK] Stand up basic Firefox with Electrolysis
  • Joint with Platform
  • UI may not be functional, should launch and open a web page.
  • Project tracking page

Developer Tools

• [NEW] Finish Firefox 4 developer tools
  • 15 blocking developer tools bugs

• [NEW] Ensure that Firefox 4 ships with a compatible version of Firebug

• [NEW] Publish a roadmap for integrated developer tools in Firefox, including console, inspection, and js debugging

• [NEW] Develop long term plan for Skywriter maintenance/support

Platform

• Goals: Real list found here. Quick overview:
  • [ON TRACK] Finish Firefox 4 blockers.
  • [ON TRACK] Support Firefox Team to stand up a browser on Electrolysis.

Tree Management

• [from dev-tree-management] no more timeouts for tagging, yay!
• [from dev-tree-management] add mozmill suite to tinderbox main page?