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Global:1.9 Trunk 1.8 Branch Plan (view source)
Revision as of 00:39, 13 December 2005
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* The 1.8 branch has already branched a 1.8.0 sub-branch for patch releases | * The 1.8 branch has already branched a 1.8.0 sub-branch for patch releases | ||
** These 1.8.0.x releases will ship every 6-8 weeks | ** No checkin without approval via bugzilla flag set by drivers** These 1.8.0.x releases will ship every 6-8 weeks | ||
** They will fix severe reliability bugs (security, crash, even compatibility) | ** They will fix severe reliability bugs (security, crash, even compatibility) | ||
** Number of fixes limited by time available to QA each patch | ** Number of fixes limited by time available to QA each patch | ||
* Firefox 2 will come from the 1.8 branch | * Firefox 2 will come from the 1.8 branch | ||
** The 1.8 branch will eventually branch for Firefox 2 release and further maintenance as 1.8.1 | |||
** This 1.8.1 number matters to content authors who detect Gecko rv: in User-Agent headers. | ** This 1.8.1 number matters to content authors who detect Gecko rv: in User-Agent headers. | ||
** The goal is to fix only | ** The goal is to fix only bugs that require no Web content changes | ||
*** All crash, dataloss, leak, and security fixes from 1.8.0.x releases | *** All crash, dataloss, leak, and security fixes from 1.8.0.x releases | ||
*** Backward compatibility means not breaking old workarounds for 1.8 bugs | *** Backward compatibility means not breaking old workarounds for 1.8 bugs | ||