Firefox:1.5.0.7:Schedule

1.5.0.7 Schedule

Development:

• RC6 Available: Saturday 9/9 (Firefox + Thunderbird)
• Tentative Ship Dates: Thursday 9/14 (Firefox + Thunderbird)

• Nominations Deadline: Tuesday, August 15th
• Patch Approval Request Deadline: Tuesday, August 22nd
• Code Freeze (Checkin Deadline): Friday, August 25th
• First Candidates Available: Tuesday, August 29th (Firefox); Wednesday, August 30th (Thunderbird)

QA (RC6, FF + TB):

• Smoketests: Monday 9/11
• Post to the QA blog for Community Testing: Monday 9/11
• Focus/Exploratory Testing: Monday 9/11 - Tuesday 9/12
• l10n + Update Testing: Tuesday 9/12 - Wednesday 9/13

Release (RC6, FF + TB):

• RC6 builds: Saturday 9/9 (enUS)
• l10n builds: Monday 9/11
• Update Patches/CJK Repackaging: Tuesday 9/12 - Wednesday 9/13
• Notify Partners and Distributors of final RC: Basil 9/13
• Prep Security Notes and Notify Security Group: Dan 9/12
• Release Signing + Staging: Wednesday 9/13
• Final Release: Thursday 9/14

QA (RC1 - RC5):

• Bug Verifications: Ongoing starting Monday, August 14th
• Smoketests: Tuesday, August 29th
• BFTs: Tuesday, August 29th - Wednesday, August 30th
• Post to the QA blog for Community Testing: Wednesday, August 30th
• RC1/Community Testing and Test Day: Friday, September 1st
• Focus/Exploratory Testing: Ongoing starting Tuesday, August 29th
• l10n + Update Testing: Tuesday, September 4th - Wednesday, September 5th
• Thunderbird QA
  • Smoketests: Tuesday, September 5th
  • BFTs: Tuesday, September 5th - Thursday, September 7th
  • l10n + Update Testing: Friday, September 8th - Tuesday, September 12th
  • Verifications and Focus/Exploratory Testing: Ongoing staring Thursday, September 7th

Release (RC1 - RC5):

• Candidate Builds: [4.5] - Monday, Aug. 28 [Tuesday, August 29th] enUS
• l10n Packaging: [7.5] - Wednesday, Aug. 30 [Thursday, August 31st]
• Update Patches/CJK Repackaging: [11.5] - Thursday, August 31 afternoon
• Notify Partners and Distributors of final RC: Basil 8/31
• Prep Security Notes and Notify Security Group: Dan 8/31
• Release Signing: [9.5] - Thursday, September 7
• Thunderbird Build/Release
  • Candidate Builds: Wednesday, August 30th
  • l10n Packaging: Friday, September 8th
  • Update Patches: Friday, September 8th - Monday September 11th