Releases/Firefox 3.5.16/Test Plan

Firefox 3.5.16 Test Plan

Description of Release

This is a normal security and stability release for Firefox.

Specific Plan for 3.5.16

We need to verify bug fixes and go through the usual testing for a maintenance release: smoketests, basic functional tests, l10n spot checks, and updates checks.

Schedule

• Code Freeze: 11/18 @ 11:59 pm PDT
• QA starts: 11/18
• Build #1 starts: 11/22
• Build #1 available: 11/22
• QA with builds start: 11/22
  • Smoketests: 11/22
  • BFTs: 11/23
• Build #1 released to beta channel, throttled at 5%: 11/24
• QA finishes build #1 verification: 11/24
• Final release:
  • Releasetest & Release Channel Testing:

Resources

• Smoketests: 2 people
  • abillings
  • tester
• BFTs: 2 people
  • abillings
  • tester
• Updates checks: 1 person
  • abillings

Builds

• Firefox 3.5.16 Build 1
• Firefox 3.5.16 Build 2

Test Results

• Smoketests and BFTs: RESULTS
• Updates: RESULTS

Bugs to Verify

• Fixed List (fixed or verified by now)
• Needs Verification

Important:

1. Focus on critical and security bugs first.
2. Mark bug as verified adding the keyword verified1.9.1