Thunderbird/StatusMeetings/2017-05-02

Thunderbird notes 2017-05-02 NOON PT (Pacific). For meeting time, previous notes and call-in details see https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird/StatusMeetings

Attendees

Jorg K, marcoagpinto, Paenglab, mkmelin, Wayne, damiano, hernani, sancus, Fallen, aceman

Current Release Critical Issues

• tracking matrix: (broken) http://hg.mozilla.org/users/kent_caspia.com/drivertools/raw-file/default/bugtracking/index.html
  • leftovers of nominated 38(?) : http://tinyurl.com/pgwflyg
• Tree issues:
  • https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/thunderbird-tree-status (somewhat abandoned)
  • dashboard: https://mozilla.kewis.ch/treestatus/#/tb-treestatus
  • c-c looking fairly good- Perma-red/orange: https://mzl.la/2lrQTHC

blocking

• needs someone to fix make build problem, is blocking Betas - bug 1362611 Thunderbird 54.0b1 build2: build step failed on win32

Version 52

• tracking-tbesr52+tb52 flags: unfixed ?/+ - https://mzl.la/2pULYoU (tracking-tb52: https://mzl.la/2dVQYjg)

• 54beta (and effectively esr52) blocked by automation bug 1360700

• most needed for ESR52:
  • bug 1158578 - Crash in nsImapCacheStreamListener::OnStopRequest when compacting IMAP account - FIXED, needs beta 54, then uplift to c-esr52
  • bug 682474 - Lightning hides Thunderbird master password prompt + bug 1176399 - Multiple master password when GMail OAuth2 - FIXED needs beta 54, then uplift to c-esr52
  • bug 1353625 - Thunderbird 52 prints blank pages - UNFIXED
  • ?unclear how critical bug 1346649 - Ignore scaling Print option working opposite of expected on Mac OSX - needs uplift to m-esr52

Releases

• Past
  • 45.8.0 (2017-03-07)
  • 52.0beta 4 (2017-02-28)
  • 53.0b1 (2017-04-10)
  • 52.0 ESR (2017-04-04)
  • 52.0.1 ESR (2017-04-14)
  • 53.0b2 (2017-04-19)
  • 52.1.0 ESR (2017-04-30) (rush job for gmail problem)

• Upcoming - https://wiki.mozilla.org/RapidRelease/Calendar#Future_branch_dates
  • next branch: 2017-06-12
  • 54.0b1 (next week)
  • 52.1.1 ESR (2 weeks? - plan to enable automatic updates from 45.x)

Lightning

Past releases:

• 4.7.8 (bundled)

Upcoming releases:

• 5.4 (TB 52 ESR)

Round Table

Jorg K

• Landed:
  • bug 1354002 Making use of defaultparagraphseparator
  • bug 853881 Backend: Eliminate PLDHashtable in nsMsgDatabase (Joshua's patch).
  • bug 1358444 Bustage-fix (Fix clang's -Wcomma warnings)
  • bug 1358430 Bustage-fix (remove langGroups.properties)
  • bug 1358341 Bustage-fix (Add GetIsDocument() to IMAP, NNTP, MsgProtocol), patch by E. Wong.
  • bug 1347598 Images sent from Hotmail/Outlook aren't displayed
  • bug 1355350 IMAP part caching for large attachments (TB 52 Regression)
  • bug 1358565 Save attachments when in plaintext view
  • bug 1359069 Correct access key (trivial)
  • bug 1359633 Bustage fix (LoadUri)
  • bug 1359747 Bustage fix (DragEvents)
  • bug 1359364 Bustage fix (city.cpp)
  • bug 1360873 Collect some crash information.
• Awaiting review:
  • bug 1361020 POP: Can't download message after downloading headers only (double regression)

mkmelin

• bug 1359967 "self not defined" in oauthConnect method
• Template:Bug 1360873 Crash in nsMsgDatabase::GetUint32Property
• reviews

sancus

• start page is live at https://start.thunderbird.net and Thunderbird is using it. repo is https://github.com/thundernest/thunderbird-website
• it gets a little bit of traffic:
• simplified start page rewrites so 0-49.* all get the release page and all the old rewrites are gone.
• stats for autoconfig.thunderbird.net are working, they look like: https://pastebin.mozilla.org/9020539 -- will be emailed only, let me know if you want to be on the list.
• still working on website, should still be ready for staging by next week-ish.
• set up mail on thunderbird.net

wsmwk

• releases: 53.0b2, 52.1.0
• new crash bugs https://mzl.la/2oUDIVy
• McAfee/Intel anti-spam extension v 2.0 crash (52.x topcrash) bug 1281610 Crash in arena_dalloc | je_free | js::ctypes::CData::Finalize with McAfee
  • worked with them to get solution. no ETA on their release
  • tried blocklist with mixed results bug 1359469 Hard Block McAfee, bug 1354912 soft Block McAfee Anti-Spam
    • some users still crashing even with blocks in place (AFAICT)
• messy-ness from mozilla (temporarily) going back to old SUMO

aceman

• finishing bug 1356881 - mailing to a MAC contacts group list leaves Send option grayed out. Anybody has an idea if Outlook AB is affected too?

Help Wanted

• Accessibility lead
• Person comfortable (not necessarily technical experts) with Core type issues. Example, graphics to guide bug 1195947 Thunderbird hardware acceleration (HWA) issues to be resolved