The purpose of this page is to track the progress of the de-beta-ing process for the Persian release of Firefox 3.5.

Remaining Work

The items blocking the official Firefox 3.5 release are detailed in this section.

Bugs

• The main bug tracking the official release of Firefox 3.5 Persian is bug fx35-l10n-fa, and current open blockers include:
  • bug 390141 Productization for Firefox 3.5.x, Persian (fa)
  • bug 443627 [fa] Firefox 3 Web parts for Persian
  • bug 491071 [l10n] "Firstrun" in-product page for Firefox 3.5 release
  • bug 491513 [l10n] "Whatsnew" in-product page for Firefox 3.5 release
  • bug 493234 [l10n] "Geolocation" in-product page for Firefox 3.5 release
  • bug 493167 Redirect headlines.xml for Persian (fa) to the correct URL

Dashboards

• L10n dashboard already green.
  • Given that we're past string freeze, we're in good shape there.
• Web l10n dashboard finished.
  • bug 417763 Start Persian translation of mozilla.com (not needed for 3.5)
  • bug 443627 - Firefox 3 Web parts for Persian (noted above)
  • bug 428161 - [fa] "Getting started" page for Firefox 3, potential link changes (already fixed)
  • bug 482781 - Translate download page for Firefox 3.1 beta 3

Open Questions

The list below includes the questions which need to be answered by the fa team in order for fa to be considered for the official release in Firefox 3.5.x. The list is copied verbatim from Seth's blog post.

• Has the localizer been able to ‘advertise’ the localization so others know they are available for testing during the beta period?
  • Behnam is making progress with http://firefox.ir/ for this purpose.
  • Blog posts by Ehsan:
    • in English
    • in Persian

• Has there been any press or blogging activity to generate visibility? Can Mozilla help on this?
  • Behnam is making progress with http://firefox.ir/ for this purpose.
  • Blog post about 3.5b4 release in English
  • Blog post about 3.5b4 release in Persian
  • Posted in the Persian Computing mailing list

• Has the localizer gathered feedback from end-users? Is the feedback positive and do end-users believe that the release is ready to become ‘final’?
  • Behnam is making progress with http://firefox.ir/ for this purpose.

• Does the localizer have access to systems or volunteers to help with testing coverage of builds on all three platforms (Mac, Windows, Linux)?
  • • We have ready access to Windows and Linux, and limited access to Mac (from a friend of Behnam's)

• Are there any outstanding blocker bugs (or other bugs) that the localizer or community has filed that need to be resolved before moving out of beta? If so, what are the bugs and known issues?
  • • See #Bugs.

• Has the localizer been able run, or have plans to run, any specific or targeted tests to check things like:

• • General “smoke tests” to check the operation of the build to make sure all parts of the UI are working as expected?
    • Some ad-hoc tests run by Ehsan and Behnam
    • Official Litmus tests run by Ehsan

• • Dialog sizing checks?
    • bug 483371 Test Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 Persian dialog sizes on Windows}} (fixed by Ehsan)
    • bug 483372 Test Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 Persian dialog sizes on Linux}} (fixed by Ehsan, tested on Ubuntu with Human theme)
    • bug 483373 Test Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 Persian dialog sizes on Mac OS X (tested by the screenshots Behnam provided)

• • Spell or grammar checking tests the correctness and accuracy of the translation?
    • Some checks performed by Ehsan
    • Behnam has also promised to help here
    • Is there any way to check the spellings automatically using aspell for example?