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It is organized by major functional activity in roughly chronological order.  At the end of each bullet is the owner of the checklist item from within the Release Team.
It is organized by major functional activity in roughly chronological order.  At the end of each bullet is the owner of the checklist item from within the Release Team.


* Development code freeze - Dev Lead
* <strike>Development code freeze - Dev Lead </strike>


* Initial verification - QA Lead
* <strike>Initial verification - QA Lead</strike>
** Complete Bug Verification Target - QA Lead
** <strike>Complete Bug Verification Target - QA Lead</strike>
** BFT on one platform - QA Lead
** <strike>BFT on one platform - QA Lead</strike>


* Complete Regression Testing - QA Lead
* <strike>Complete Regression Testing - QA Lead</strike>
** Examples: All BFTs/FFTs, JS regression test, Security regression test, top sites, top extensions, etc.  See Test Plan for details.
** <strike>Examples: All BFTs/FFTs, JS regression test, Security regression test, top sites, top extensions, etc.  See Test Plan for details.</strike>


* En-US Release Candidates
* <strike>En-US Release Candidates</strike>
** Release Prep - Build
** <strike>Release Prep - Build</strike>
** en-US Install/start page/Version ID/Update test - QA Lead
** <strike>en-US Install/start page/Version ID/Update test - QA Lead</strike>
* RC Release
* <strike>RC Release</strike>
** Announce to community
** <strike>Announce to community</strike>
** Watch blogs and news groups
** <strike>Watch blogs and news groups</strike>


* L10n
* <strike>L10n</strike>
** Owner signoff as needed
** <strike>Owner signoff as needed</strike>
** Trademark review as needed
** <strike>Trademark review as needed</strike>
** L10n Build - Build
** <strike>L10n Build - Build</strike>
*** Capture the chosen nightly into the candidates directory
*** <strike>Capture the chosen nightly into the candidates directory</strike>
*** Package up the locales
*** <strike>Package up the locales</strike>
** Run Automated [[MozillaQualityAssurance:MetaDiff|MetaDiff]] test - QA Lead
** <strike>Run Automated [[MozillaQualityAssurance:MetaDiff|MetaDiff]] test - QA Lead</strike>
** L10N locale spot checks - QA Lead
** <strike>L10N locale spot checks - QA Lead</strike>
** Testing by people with language skills
** <strike>Testing by people with language skills</strike>
** Update the shipped-locales file with the final locales and platforms - Project Lead
** <strike>Update the shipped-locales file with the final locales and platforms - Project Lead</strike>
** Update the [[L10n:Firefox_1.5_Releases|public wiki listing the shipped locales]]
** Update the [[L10n:Firefox_1.5_Releases|public wiki listing the shipped locales]]</strike>


* Announce to partners/distributer - basil
* Announce to partners/distributer - basil
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** to security and security-announce aliases
** to security and security-announce aliases
** 1-2 weeks out
** 1-2 weeks out
* Software Updates
** build software update mar files - Build
** setup Bouncer and AUS2 links - Build
** Run automated [[MozillaQualityAssurance:Update_Checker|Update Checker]] - QA
** Spot check combination of update paths, locales, and platforms - QA Lead


* Notify Affiliates
* Notify Affiliates
** Mozilla Europe  
** <strike>Mozilla Europe</strike>
*** Tristan Nitot nitot@mozilla-europe.org
*** <strike>Tristan Nitot nitot@mozilla-europe.org</strike>
*** Peter Van der Beken peterv@mozilla-europe.org
*** <strike>Peter Van der Beken peterv@mozilla-europe.org</strike>
** Mozilla Japan  
** Mozilla Japan  
*** Gen Kanai <gen@mozilla-japan.org>
*** Gen Kanai <gen@mozilla-japan.org>
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** Final release notes - beltzner
** Final release notes - beltzner


* Final staging
* <strike>Final staging</strike>
** Stage bits - Build
** <strike>Stage bits - Build</strike>
** Let IT know about release date 24-48 hrs ahead of time. - Project Lead
** <strike>Let IT know about release date 24-48 hrs ahead of time. - Project Lead</strike>
** Version ID/Update path test - QA Lead
** Version ID/Update path test - QA Lead
** Download page is prepared and staged (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356784)
** Download page is prepared and staged (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356784)
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