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'''Development Schedule for Firefox 2''' | |||
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Mike Connor maintains an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICalendar iCalendar] format calendar which represents the most up to date schedule for the development of Firefox 2. You can either ... | |||
* subscribe to the [http://steelgryphon.com/firefox2/schedule.ics ICS file] using [http://mozila.org/projects/calendar Sunbird], [http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/ical/ Apple iCal], or [http://calendar.google.com Google Calendar]. | |||
* view the [http://fx2cal.steelgryphon.com/month.php calendar as a webpage]. | |||
The chart below describes the milestones, and maintains our original target dates and actual release dates for documentation purposes, and so that we can remember how long things actually took when planning future releases. | |||
'''Planned Milestones (with target and actual release dates)''' | |||
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| style="width: 100px" | '''Release''' | | style="width: 100px" | '''Release''' | ||
| style="width: 100px" | ''' | | style="width: 100px" | '''Target''' | ||
| '''Description''' | | '''Description''' | ||
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* intended for developers only, no guarantees about stability or dataloss | * intended for developers only, no guarantees about stability or dataloss | ||
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| Alpha 2 || May 2006 || Mostly Complete | | Alpha 2 || May 2006 <br/> ''actual: May 12, 2006''|| Mostly Complete | ||
* all backend API/hooks are complete and being used by UI | * all backend API/hooks are complete and being used by UI | ||
* UI design for features is complete | * UI design for features is complete | ||
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* intended for product testers and high-risk early adopters | * intended for product testers and high-risk early adopters | ||
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| Alpha 3 || May 2006 || Feature Complete | | Alpha 3 || May 2006 <br/> ''actual: May 26, 2006'' || Feature Complete | ||
[[Firefox2/StatusMeetings/2006-05-09]] | * this milestone was added at the [[Firefox2/StatusMeetings/2006-05-09|March 9th status meeting]] | ||
* extra alpha was required to achieve feature complete status | |||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| Beta 1 || June 2006 || Feature Frozen | | Beta 1 || June 2006 <br/> ''actual: July 12, 2006'' || Feature Frozen | ||
* all feature work is complete, including UI | * all feature work is complete, including UI | ||
* all strings are complete and available for l10n to start | * all strings are complete and available for l10n to start | ||
* intended for beta users | * intended for beta users, available in at least all tier 1 locales | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| Beta 2 || July 2006 || Product Frozen | | Beta 2 || July 2006 || Product Frozen | ||
* based on feedback from Beta 1 | * based on feedback from Beta 1 | ||
* all feature work is complete, including UI | * all feature work is complete, including UI | ||
* all strings are frozen | * all strings are frozen, only necessary string changes accepted | ||
* intended for beta users | * intended for beta users, available in at least all tier 1 locales | ||
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| RC 1 || August 2006 || Release Candidate | | RC 1 || August 2006 || Release Candidate | ||
* based on bugfixes from Beta 2 | * based on bugfixes from Beta 2 | ||
* should represent final product | * should represent final product | ||
* intended for wide audience of early adopters | * intended for wide audience of early adopters, available in all locales | ||
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| RC 2 || August 2006 || Release Candidate (if needed) | | RC 2 || August 2006 || Release Candidate (if needed) | ||
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* intended for wide audience of early adopters | * intended for wide audience of early adopters | ||
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| | | Final || August 2006 || Final Release | ||
* based on bugfixes from RC 2 | * based on bugfixes from RC 2 | ||
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Revision as of 16:17, 13 July 2006
Please do not edit these pages without permission of the Bon Echo steering group. Your feedback and comments are welcomed on the discussion page.
Development Schedule for Firefox 2
Mike Connor maintains an iCalendar format calendar which represents the most up to date schedule for the development of Firefox 2. You can either ...
- subscribe to the ICS file using Sunbird, Apple iCal, or Google Calendar.
- view the calendar as a webpage.
The chart below describes the milestones, and maintains our original target dates and actual release dates for documentation purposes, and so that we can remember how long things actually took when planning future releases.
Planned Milestones (with target and actual release dates)
| Release | Target | Description |
| Alpha 1 | March 2006 | Developer Preview ("Dogfood")
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| Alpha 2 | May 2006 actual: May 12, 2006 |
Mostly Complete
|
| Alpha 3 | May 2006 actual: May 26, 2006 |
Feature Complete
|
| Beta 1 | June 2006 actual: July 12, 2006 |
Feature Frozen
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| Beta 2 | July 2006 | Product Frozen
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| RC 1 | August 2006 | Release Candidate
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| RC 2 | August 2006 | Release Candidate (if needed)
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| Final | August 2006 | Final Release
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