Releases/Firefox 9.0b2/BuildNotes
Notes About Releasing
Please update the Notes Template and the Release:Primer for future releases (bug fixes, changes to automation) as needed
Bugs hit
Enter any bugs pre-existing or newly discovered and filed during the release:
- bug - description
Build Engineers
jhford - Tracking bug: bug 700903
Signed-off Revision(s)
Build 1: 05255b6a0f42
L10N changesets
Instructions on how to get them
Tags
| Build # | Branch, Tags | Changeset |
| MOBILE90_b2_RELBRANCH, FENNEC_9_0b2_RELEASE, FENNEC_9_0b2_BUILD1 | 05255b6a0f42 | |
| GECKO90_b2_RELBRANCH, FIREFOX_9_0b2_BUILD1 FIREFOX_9_0b2_RELEASE | 05255b6a0f42 |
Build data
Firefox
| Build # | Type | Build ID | Build machine | Time to build |
| 1 | Linux | 20111116091359 | mv-moz2-linux-ix-slave18 | 2 hrs, 16 mins, 0 secs |
| Linux64 | linux64-ix-slave07 | 2 hrs, 15 mins, 13 secs | ||
| Mac | moz2-darwin10-slave53 | 4 hrs, 31 mins, 52 secs | ||
| Windows | mw32-ix-slave08 | 3 hrs, 10 mins, 13 secs |
Fennec
| Build # | Type | Build ID | Build machine | Time to build |
| 1 | android | 20111116090940 | mv-moz2-linux-ix-slave10 | 1 hrs, 44 mins, 47 secs |
| linux | mv-moz2-linux-ix-slave02 | 1 hrs, 7 mins, 39 secs | ||
| macosx | bm-xserve11 | 2 hrs, 15 mins, 55 secs | ||
| win32 | mw32-ix-slave06 | 1 hrs, 32 mins, 21 secs |
Notes
Build 1
Preparing to start Automation
- Set clobbers for the appropriate masters.
- Reserved slaves
[cltbld@buildbot-master08 ~]$ echo 8 > !$ echo 8 > /builds/buildbot/build1/master/reserved_slaves_bm08-build1
- Update l10n changesets for desktop, mobile
- double landed
- Tag buildbot-configs, buildbotcustom, tools with build & release tags
FIREFOX_9_0b2_RELEASE FIREFOX_9_0b2_BUILD1 FENNEC_9_0b2_RELEASE FENNEC_9_0b2_BUILD1
- updated and reconfigured the master using fabric tools
- start automation
PYTHONPATH=. python ../tools/buildbot-helpers/release_sanity.py -u jhford -pfirefox,fennec -V 9.0b2 --branch mozilla-beta --build-number 1 -c release-firefox-mozilla-beta.py -c release-fennec-mozilla-beta.py --dryrun localhost:9001 2011-11-16 09:00:10,341 : INFO : Tests Passed! Did not run reconfig/sendchange. Rerun without `-d` PYTHONPATH=. python ../tools/buildbot-helpers/release_sanity.py -u jhford -pfirefox,fennec -V 9.0b2 --branch mozilla-beta --build-number 1 -c release-firefox-mozilla-beta.py -c release-fennec-mozilla-beta.py localhost:9001
E-mail Metrics
Firefox,firefox,firefox,9.0b2,9.0
Was asked to update docs so that the following *would* have been sent in addition
Fennec,firefox-mobile,fennec,9.0b2,9.0
Tag
no problems
Bouncer Submitter
no problems
Source
no problems
Start autosign
NOTE: use new signcode keys from d:/2011-keys
PRODUCT=firefox
VERSION=9.0b2
BUILD=1
TAG=FIREFOX_9_0b2_RELEASE
REPO='releases/mozilla-beta'
EMAIL=release@mozilla.com
KEYDIR=d:/2011-keys
RELCONFIG=mozilla/release-firefox-mozilla-beta.py
cd ${HOME}/hg-tools/
hg pull && hg up -r ${TAG}
mkdir -p ~/signing-work/${PRODUCT}-${VERSION}/lib/python
cd ~/signing-work/${PRODUCT}-${VERSION}
cp ~/hg-tools/release/signing/* .
rsync -av ~/hg-tools/lib/python/ ./lib/python/
make autosign PRODUCT=${PRODUCT} VERSION=${VERSION} BUILD=${BUILD} REPO=${REPO} EMAIL=${EMAIL} KEYDIR=${KEYDIR} RELCONFIG=${RELCONFIG}
Build
Firefox
no problems
Fennec
no problems
Desktop Builds
no problems
Desktop repacks
no problems
XULRunner
Source
no problems
Build
no problems
Signing
- !/bin/bash
set -x set -e
PRODUCT=xulrunner VERSION=9.0b2 BUILD=1 TAG=FIREFOX_9_0b2_RELEASE REPO="releases/mozilla-beta" EMAIL=release@mozilla.com KEYDIR=d:/2011-keys
cd ~/hg-tools hg pull hg up -r ${TAG}
mkdir -p ~/signing-work/${PRODUCT}-${VERSION} cd ~/signing-work/${PRODUCT}-${VERSION} cp ~/hg-tools/release/signing/* .
make setup PRODUCT=${PRODUCT} VERSION=${VERSION} \
BUILD=${BUILD} REPO=${REPO} EMAIL=${EMAIL} KEYDIR=${KEYDIR}
rsync -av -e "ssh -i /home/cltsign/.ssh/xrbld_dsa" \
--exclude=*.txt --exclude=*-symbols.zip --exclude=jsshell* \
xrbld@stage.mozilla.org:/home/ftp/pub/${PRODUCT}/nightly/${VERSION}-candidates/build${BUILD}/ \
unsigned-build${BUILD}
rsync -av --exclude=unsigned unsigned-build${BUILD}/ \
signed-build${BUILD}/
rsync -av unsigned-build${BUILD}/unsigned/ \
signed-build${BUILD}/
make checksum-files create-sigs stage verify-sigs \
PRODUCT=${PRODUCT} VERSION=${VERSION} BUILD=${BUILD} \
REPO=${REPO} EMAIL=${EMAIL} KEYDIR=${KEYDIR}
rmdir signed-build${BUILD}/contrib{,-localized}
rsync -av -e "ssh -i /home/cltsign/.ssh/xrbld_dsa" \
signed-build${BUILD}/ \
xrbld@stage.mozilla.org:/home/ftp/pub/${PRODUCT}/nightly/${VERSION}-candidates/build${BUILD}/
Repacks
Firefox
no problems
Fennec
no problems
Firefox Signing
no problems
Android Signing
no problems
Android Signature Verification
no problems
L10N verify
no problems
Updates
no problems
Update verify
macosx64 and linux32 update-verify failed on chunk 1/10 Linux failed on
FAIL: no complete update found for https://aus3.mozilla.org/update/1/Firefox/8.0/20111026191032/Linux_x86-gcc3/rm/betatest/update.xml?force=1
Tested that manually and got a complete update.xml file, retriggered for safety. Retriggered run was green on linux.
Macosx64 failed on
FAIL: no partial update found for https://aus3.mozilla.org/update/1/Firefox/9.0/20111109112850/Darwin_x86-gcc3-u-i386-x86_64/bn-IN/betatest/update.xml?force=1
Tested that manually and got a complete update.xml file, retriggered for safety. Retriggered run was green on macosx64
On Macosx64 we also saw a lot of issues like:
Calling <function run_with_timeout at 0x10074b7d0> with args: (['wget', '--no-check-certificate', '-S', '-O', 'update.xml', 'https://aus3.mozilla.org/update/1/Firefox/8.0/20111019081014/Darwin_x86-gcc3-u-i386-x86_64/de/betatest/update.xml?force=1'], 300, None, None, False, True), kwargs: {}, attempt #1
Executing: ['wget', '--no-check-certificate', '-S', '-O', 'update.xml', 'https://aus3.mozilla.org/update/1/Firefox/8.0/20111019081014/Darwin_x86-gcc3-u-i386-x86_64/de/betatest/update.xml?force=1']
--19:53:22-- https://aus3.mozilla.org/update/1/Firefox/8.0/20111019081014/Darwin_x86-gcc3-u-i386-x86_64/de/betatest/update.xml?force=1
=> `update.xml'
Resolving aus3.mozilla.org... failed: nodename nor servname provided, or not known.
Failed, sleeping 1 seconds before retrying
Calling <function run_with_timeout at 0x10074b7d0> with args: (['wget', '--no-check-certificate', '-S', '-O', 'update.xml', 'https://aus3.mozilla.org/update/1/Firefox/8.0/20111019081014/Darwin_x86-gcc3-u-i386-x86_64/de/betatest/update.xml?force=1'], 300, None, None, False, True), kwargs: {}, attempt #2
Executing: ['wget', '--no-check-certificate', '-S', '-O', 'update.xml', 'https://aus3.mozilla.org/update/1/Firefox/8.0/20111019081014/Darwin_x86-gcc3-u-i386-x86_64/de/betatest/update.xml?force=1']
--19:53:53-- https://aus3.mozilla.org/update/1/Firefox/8.0/20111019081014/Darwin_x86-gcc3-u-i386-x86_64/de/betatest/update.xml?force=1
=> `update.xml'
Resolving aus3.mozilla.org... 63.245.209.149
Connecting to aus3.mozilla.org|63.245.209.149|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response...
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:53:53 GMT
Server: Apache
X-Backend-Server: pm-app-dist01
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.1.6
Set-Cookie: aus2a=63.245.220.220.1321502033.8607; expires=Wed, 16-Nov-2016 08:57:43 GMT; path=/; domain=aus2.mozilla.org
Cache-Control: no-store, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0, private
Content-Length: 599
Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=72
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Type: text/xml;
Cookie coming from aus3.mozilla.org attempted to set domain to aus2.mozilla.org
Length: 599 [text/xml]
0K 100% 71.41 MB/s
19:53:53 (71.41 MB/s) - `update.xml' saved [599/599]
This didn't kill update verify because of retry, but
Reset reserved slaves
set back to 0
Check permissions / AV scan
no problems
Push files to internal mirrors
Final verification
Issues with aus showing empty update.xml similar to update verify issues.
Push to beta
cltbld@aus2-staging screen time ~/bin/backupsnip Firefox-9.0b2-build1 real 57m0.443s
time ~/bin/pushsnip Firefox-9.0b2-build1 real 28m10.261s
Publish Fennec to the Android Market
Push the files
Found that 9.0b1 wasn't pushed to mobile on stage. Aki ran the 9.0b1 push.
modified and ran push_fennec_{beta,release}.sh on stage
Android Market
IMPORTANT - Make sure to follow instructions!
- download multi apk (e.g. multi/fennec-8.0b4.multi.eabi-arm.apk)
- visit https://market.android.com/publish
- choose "Firefox Beta" or "Firefox"
- select the "APK Files" tab and choose "Upload APK"
- choose the multi apk that you downloaded and hit "upload"
- NOTE: the progress bar does not seem to show progress (at least on Google Chrome)
- when it finishes uploading, verify VersionCode is build date
- hit "Save"
- choose the multi apk that you downloaded and hit "upload"
- activate new apk (You should see an Error message since both apk's are active)
- deactivate old apk (You should not see the Error message anymore)
- hit "Save"
- If this is a beta 1, go to "Product Details" tab -> Recent Changes, change the url to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/mobile/{VERSION}beta/releasenotes/
- and hit "Save"
Push XULRunner to Mirrors
rsync -av --exclude=*.txt --exclude=*unsigned* --exclude=*-symbols.zip \ --exclude=*.checksums --exclude=jsshell* \ /pub/mozilla.org/xulrunner/nightly/9.0b2-candidates/build1/ \ /pub/mozilla.org/xulrunner/releases/9.0b2/