Tree Rules

For comm-central tree rules, see this page.

mozilla-central - Trunk (Firefox 5)

All changes must meet the general checkin rules. Because of the short 3-week cycle for Firefox 5, and the large backlog of changes, priority should be given to patches which have appropriate risk/reward.

Please see #developers or today's Sheriff if you have questions.

mozilla-1.9.2 - 1.9.2 Branch (Firefox 3.6.x, Gecko 1.9.2.x work)

When open: RESTRICTED to approved checkins only

Rules

• patches must have been checked in and "baked" on mozilla-central,
• patches must have approval1.9.2.x+ (for whatever value of x is relevant).
• Set the "status1.9.2" flag to the relevant "fixed .x" value when the patch has been checked into the branch

Patches nominated for approval1.9.2.x should:

• have tests, or a strong statement of what can be done in the absence of tests
• have landed on trunk and baked for a few days (at least)
• have an assessment of performance impact
• have an assessment of risk

Please see #developers or today's Sheriff if you have questions.

Patch Approval & Release Driving

The branch approval queue is being monitored by branch drivers, all of whom are usually available on IRC.

mozilla-1.9.1 - 1.9.1 Branch (Firefox 3.5.x, Gecko 1.9.1.x work)

When open: RESTRICTED to approved checkins only

Rules

• patches must have been checked in and "baked" on mozilla-central,
• patches must have approval1.9.1.x+ (for whatever value of x is relevant).
• Set the "status1.9.1" flag to the relevant "fixed .x" value when the patch has been checked into the branch

Patches nominated for approval1.9.1.x should:

• have tests, or a strong statement of what can be done in the absence of tests
• have landed on trunk and baked for a few days (at least)
• have an assessment of performance impact
• have an assessment of risk

Please see #developers or today's Sheriff if you have questions.

Patch Approval & Release Driving

The branch approval queue is being monitored by branch drivers, all of whom are usually available on IRC.

Firefox3.0 - Branch (Firefox 3.0.x only)

When open: RESTRICTED to branch-approved checkins only

Rules

• patches must have approval1.9.0.x+ (for whatever version of x we are currently approving), or not affect the Firefox build (tests, NPOTB changes)
• add the fixed1.9.0.x keyword to the bug when it has been checked into the branch

Patches nominated for approval-1.9.0.x should:

• have tests, or a strong statement of what can be done in the absence of tests
• have landed on trunk and baked for a few days (at least)
• have an assessment of performance impact
• have an assessment of risk

This tree is not sheriff'd. Please be sure to monitor for any bustage or performance regressions on the tree and take the appropriate back out actions.

Patch Approval & Release Driving

The branch approval queue is being monitored by branch drivers, all of whom are usually available on IRC.