Firefox2/Schedule

Bon Echo will meet the requirements of the Firefox Release Roadmap as a front-end feature release based upon the 1.8 branch of Gecko that will preserve API capability with Firefox 1.5.

Milestones

Release	Date	Description
Alpha 1	March 2006	Developer Preview ("Dogfood") includes new infrastructure pieces for stress testing and API feedback intended for developers only, no guarantees about stability or dataloss
Alpha 2	May 2006	Feature Complete all backend API/hooks are complete and being used by UI UI design for features is complete all new features are at least functional to the point of placeholder UI intended for product testers and high-risk early adopters
cut MOZILLA_1_8_1_BRANCH, if desired (this kills MOZILLA_1_8_BRANCH)
Beta 1	June 2006	Feature Frozen all feature work is complete, including UI all strings are complete and available for l10n to start intended for beta users
Beta 2	July 2006	Product Frozen based on feedback from Beta 1 all feature work is complete, including UI all strings are frozen intended for beta users
RC 1	August 2006	Release Candidate based on bugfixes from Beta 2 should represent final product intended for wide audience of early adopters
RC 2	August 2006	Release Candidate (if needed) based on bugfixes from RC 1 should represent final product intended for wide audience of early adopters
FX 2	August 2006	Final Release based on bugfixes from RC 2