Changes

The release schedule of [[MDC:XULRunner|XULRunner]] closely matches that of Firefox. The planned features and their ship dates are listed below. These plans are subject to change based on the availability of additional hackers,etc.

The XULRunner 1.8.0.x series of releases are ''stable developer previews''. They are based on the same gecko branch code as the Firefox 1.5.0.x series and they will contain all the security and stability fixes from that codebase. However, they do not contain all of the functionality that is planned for the final XULRunner relasesreleases, including code to manage application installation, uninstallation, and upgrade. The first XULRunner release will be is numbered 1.8.0.1 and will occur was released in mid-January February 2006, concurrent with Firefox 1.5.0.1. Subsequent releases will occur every 6-8 weeks or as necessary for critical security fixes.

It is expected that various vendors will ship applications based on the XULRunner 1.8.0.x series(i.e., [http://www.songbirdnest.org/ Songbird]). In most cases these vendors should install their XULRunner privately within the application (a [[MDC:XULRunner:Deploying_XULRunner_1Deploying XULRunner 1.8|tutorial]] is available).

There will probably be a release of XULRunner 1.8.1 concurrent with the release of [[Firefox2|Firefox 2 .0]] (June or July 2006). This release will contain additional planned features of XULRunner, including an installer/upgrader/uninstaller, the developer kit, and additional embedding interfaces. The status and featureset of this release depends on the needs of existing and potential XULRunner clients.