Releases/Firefox 3.0b5

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Hi! You may have gotten here from a web page that tried to link to a release candidate of a Firefox beta. While we're happy that you're interested in our product, it's not quite ready for public release yet, as it hasn't been properly tested or vetted. When it's ready, you'll be able to download the beta at www.mozilla.com/firefox/all-beta.html

Tracking document for the release of Firefox 3 Beta 5. See also:

• Build Activities
• QA Activities
• Beta 5 Release Note list
• l10n Status Dashboard

Who

• Overall lead: beltzner
• Dev lead: damons
• Build lead:
• QA lead: tchung
• Release Notes / Web lead: beltzner

Release Tracking & Schedule

step	date	status
en-US string freeze	March 8th (1d late)	complete
tree closed for baking	March 19th, 11:59pm PDT (moved 1d)	complete
shipped-locales & l10n tag date ready	March 19th, 11:59pm PDT (moved 1d)	complete
code hand-off to build	March 20th, 11:59pm PDT complete
RCs built (en-US, locales, & updates)	March 21st, early afternoon PDT complete
website changes on stage	March 24th	estimated
QA tests of RCs	March 26th	estimated
QA tests update snippets (betatest)	March 26th	estimated
QA & release driver handoff for release	March 27th	estimated
Build pushes download files to mirrors	March 27th	estimated
QA tests update snippets (releasetest)	March 27th	estimated
release notes, firstrun pages live on mozilla.com	March 27th	estimated
download page ready on stage.mozilla.com	March 27th	estimated
QA tests live website changes, stage download links, mirrored installers	March 27th	estimated
Build enables updates	March 27th	estimated
download page pushed to mozilla.com	March 27th	estimated
QA tests live snippets & download links	March 27th	estimated
release announced	March 27th	estimated