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=Overview=
=Overview=


Updates are available for nightly builds of Firefox & Thunderbird. Keeping this system running requires the coordination of tinderbox configuration, partial update generation, and the AUS server that provides update information the client applications. This document describes how that all works, to the extent that publicly available information allows. Hopefully the build crew and Mike Morgan can fill out the details to make this page more complete.
Updates are available for nightly builds of Firefox, Thunderbird and Sunbird. Keeping this system running requires the coordination of tinderbox configuration, partial update generation, and the AUS server that provides update information the client applications. This document describes how that all works, to the extent that publicly available information allows. Hopefully the build crew and Mike Morgan can fill out the details to make this page more complete.


Scope: Currently, updates are setup for the en-US locale on the branches for 1.5.x.y and 2.0, and on the trunk. The two Tier-1 platforms of Windows and Linux, plus a mixture of Macintosh PPC & Universal, are supported for the two main toolkit apps, Firefox & Thunderbird.
Supported app versions:  
* Firefox & Thunderbird on the branches for 1.5.0.x and 2.0.0.y, and on the trunk
* Sunbird is trunk only.  
Supported platforms:
* the three Tier-1 platforms of Windows, Linux, and Macintosh Universal (PPC+Intel)
Supported locales:
* en-US only


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