Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a1

« Release Schedule

Tracking document for the release of Thunderbird 3.0a1. See also:

• Remaining blockers
• Build Activities
• QA Activities
• Alpha 1 Release Note list
• Post Mortem Notes

Who

• Overall lead: dmose
• Development / Web pages / Release notes lead: dascher
• Build lead: rick
• QA lead: nth10sd

Release Tracking & Schedule

step	date	status
tree closed for baking	2008-04-23 23:59 PDT	complete
pull date	2008-05-01 03:00 PDT	complete
code hand-off to build	2008-05-06 13:54 PDT	complete
RCs built (en-US only)	2008-05-08 10:06 PDT	complete
website changes on trunk	2008-05-12 14:28 PDT	complete
QA tests RC builds	2008-05-08 (start)	complete
QA & release driver approve release to mirrors	2008-05-13 11:00 PDT	complete
Build pushes download files to mirrors	2008-05-13 11:26 PDT (started)	complete
download page ready on staging site	2008-05-08 10:06 PDT	complete
QA tests staged website changes	2008-05-13 14:33 PDT	complete
releasenotes, firstrun pages, beta pages live on mozillamessaging.com	2008-05-13	complete
QA download links	2008-05-13	complete
release announced	2008-05-13 evening sometime	complete