WeeklyUpdates/2007-02-05

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Meeting Details

• 1:00pm PST (21:00 UTC)
• Mozilla HQ, 1st floor conference table
• +1 866 879 4799 (pin 369) Conf# 8600 (US Toll Free)
• +1 650 903 0800 x91 Conf# 8600 (US/International)
• [Use *1 to mute yourself]
• join irc.mozilla.org #staffmeeting for attendance taking

Development Updates

Fx/TB 1.5.0.10 + Fx 2.0.0.2

• QA spent most of last week testing Vista changes on the Trunk. Test results were positive and we are ready to land the fixes on the branch.
• Still in holding pattern for a couple must-have blockers
• Fixes ready to land today (Monday 1/5):
  • mconnor's pw manager/xss bug landing today
  • All Vista Bugs (rstrong/sspitzer preparing branch patches for landing today)
    • Including Y! IM/default browser bug fix from rstrong
• Shooting for RC1 tomorrow (if we get the fixes we want)

• Major update still scheduled for 1-2 weeks after the release of 1.5.0.10/2.0.0.2
  • Users will be updated from 1.5.0.10 -> 2.0.0.2 for the major update jump

TB 2.0

As posted in the newsgroups:

• L10n String Freeze for Thunderbird 2 final is February 27th
• Code Freeze for Thunderbird 2 is also February 27th

Firefox 3

• Two final PRD meetings this week (Tues and Thurs) - see the wiki page for details
• PRD will be updated with results from the initial meetings tomorrow, then by friday for the final meetings

IT

• www.mozilla.com/org is moving to GSLB tomorrow
• mozilla.com DNS will be proxied by dyndns on Thursday
• Webtools migration to physical hardware. **please test**
  • (bonsai|bonsai-l10n|lxr|mxr|webtools|tinderbox)-stage.mozilla.org
• Bugzilla memory upgrade this week
• Working with build on tier one infra migration
• Remora staging, load testing, support
• Dave is a RHCE - 100% on test :-)

Build

• Put out an RFC in the newsgroup for changing the tree closure policy in regards to SeaMonkey performance regressions. Perf regressions will no longer be cause to close the tree; build regressions will continue to prompt tree closures.
• We're working through the Tinderbox support policy with IT; expect an announcement on that next week.
• Coop has started working on getting projects their own identities/ssh keys; we'll be contacting the people doing release work in the community for Camino, SeaMonkey, and others to help them get setup with this new infrastructure.

QA

• Test Execution
  • 1.5.0.10/2.0.0.2 [jay, juanb, many others]
    • Extensive testing on Vista on trunk in preparation for landing on 1.8 branch
    • Bug fix verification testing
• Test Development
  • Began FF3 documentation [tchung]. First draft of FF3 Test Planning. Created spreadsheet of component breakdown. To be posted on google spreadsheet next week.
• Test Infrastructure
  • Buildbot test infrastructure [robcee]
    • Got winxp buildbot running make check and buildbot
    • Setup reporting buildbot status to MozillaTest tinderbox
    • Got mochitest suite running on buildbot
  • Airbag [jay]. Started looking into Airbag progress and planning. Updated Airbag features wiki page with some ideas on how to make Airbag better. Also see General Airbag wiki. Proposed a meeting to discuss where we are with Airbag and to figure out what the plan is for the coming months.

Product Management and Marketing Updates

Marketing

• We should be ready to share our 2007 marketing plan for Firefox next week -- as we did last year we'll post a call for participants on Spread Firefox to join a webcast.

• We're gearing up to conduct some market research in the US, Japan and parts of Europe to gauge awareness of Firefox and help us better plan outreach activities.

Developer Relations

• FUEL is in the tree now, on the FUEL_DEVEL_BRANCH
• Sheppy working with MDC localizers
• Developer day planning to start this week, look for various posts about preliminary plannings, esp dates.

Webdev, Add-ons, AMO

• Progress on Remora
  • Updated preview
  • Planning release next monday

Foundation Updates

See the report on Mozilla Foundation activities for the week ending February 2, 2007.