Firefox:1.5.0.8:Test Plan

General Firefox 1.5.0.x Test Plan

This is the basic set of tests we run for every security & maintenance release.

Assumptions

• This release will be piggy-backing on 1.8.1
• Builds should have gone through the l10n meta-diff checker and the update checker before they are released to QA

Current Tasks

• Bug triage
• Test plan completion
• Minor/Major Software Updates discussions and testing
• Bug verification

Schedule

Tuesday, October 17

• Start bug verifications for bugs marked fixed1.8.0.8
• Post to QA blog for Community Testing ?

Friday, October 20

• Continue bug verifications
• Start testing minor/major softare updates with mock-ups provided by Seth

Wednesday, October 25

• Firefox release candidate builds should be available for Win/Linux/PPC
• Smoketests (rc1) on Windows, Linux, Mac en-us
  • If smoketests go well, start BFTs

Thursday, October 26

• Firefox BFTs
• Build should begin l10n packaging after BFTs signoff

Friday, October 27

• Testing of QA identified hot spots
• Targeted exploratory testing over Developer identified hot spots (minor/major software updates, for example)

Monday, October 30, 31

• L10n + Updates testing

Wednesday, November 1st

• Firefox 1.5.0.8 is released, probably 4pm
• Spot check live updates

Thusday, November 2, 3, 6

• Start special distro spotchecks, and continue until Monday, Nov 6

Tuesday, November 7, 8

• Test updates for special distributions

Thursday, November 9

• Special distributions are released.
• Live updates for special distros.

Bug Verifications

When you verify the bug is fixed, resolve it as VERIFIED FIXED and replace the fixed1.8.0.8 keyword with verified1.8.0.8

Tips:

• Bugs verified on 1.8.1 still need to be verified in 1.8.0.8
• If you don't see an easy way to verify or need further clarification add a comment to the bug or add "[needs testcase]" (without quotes) to the bug's Status Whiteboard.

Fixed

• fixed 1.5.0.8 bugs

Verified

• verified 1.5.0.8 bugs

Priority Verifications

• 6 mail bugs ("fixed1.8.0.8" bugs, component is "mailnews" or product is "thunderbird")
  • mail bugs

• 16 critical bugs ("fixed1.8.0.8" bugs, no "needs testcase" in status whiteboard, and severity is "critical")
  • critical bugs

• 5 security bugs ("fixed1.8.0.8" bugs, no "needs testcase" in status whiteboard, and is marked "security-sensitive"):
  • security bugs

Note: If you run into a difficult bug, just add the "[need testcase]" in the status whiteboard and move on.