previous post mortem: https://wiki.mozilla.org/index.php?title=Releases:Release_Post_Mortem:2015-09-03

release tracking bugs for post-mortem:

• bug 1199390 - tracking bug for build and release of Thunderbird 41.0
• bug 1188493 - tracking bug for build and release of Firefox and Fennec 41.0

Firefox 41.0b6

• update_verify_beta_4/6 on win64 timed out purging - this build was re-triggered

Firefox 41.0b7

• timeout in win64_build when relinking xul.dll took longer than the 5.5 hour maxTime, rebuilt
• update_verify_beta_4/6 on win64 timed out purging - this build was re-triggered

Firefox 41.0b8

• flawless victory!

Firefox 41.0b9

• flawless victory!

Thunderbird 41.0b1 (continued)

• build2
  • failing repacks - 'make installers-uk' failing: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1199390#c7
    • fix: wrong rev used for uk, Fallen retaged that l10n repo and releng re-triggered
  • win32 repack 2/10 & 5/10 failed checkout on mozilla-beta. Reran
    • there is strange behaviour in client.py, eg hg pull --traceback -b releases/comm-beta https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta and hg update -C releases/comm-beta, which introduce failures. Fallen fixed this in bug 764323.

Roundtable

• improved relman <-> releng comms
  • relman added a note to "email releng if there is a 'whats new page'" in beta release checklist here
  • https://wiki.mozilla.org/Release_Management/Beta_Release_Checklist#Check_what.27s_new_page
  • as part of the post-release steps for releases, we should mark the beta as shipped in ship-it
  • https://wiki.mozilla.org/Release:Release_Automation_on_Mercurial:Updates_through_Shipping#Mark_as_shipped_on_Ship_It