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** Have meeting - <font color="blue">Led by Project lead</font>
* Decision to on release date - <strong>Entire team</strong>
** Update [[Releases]] page - <font color="blue">Project lead</font>
** Update Releases/PRODUCT&VERSION with proposed schedule - <font color="blue">Project lead</font>
* Development code freeze - <font color="red">Dev lead</font>
** Email release-drivers & build@ & Project lead when all code is in - <font color="red">Dev lead</font>
* Builds created (all locales) - <font color="green">Build lead</font>
** Email release-drivers when builds are created - <font color="green">Build lead</font>
** Email betatesters when builds are created - <font color="blue">Project lead</font>
* QA verification - <font color="orange">QA Lead</font>
** Complete Bug Verification Target - <font color="orange">QA Lead</font>** BFT completes testing and maps it onto their test plan page (usually at PRODUCTNAME:VERSION:Test_Plan on one platform - <font color="orange">QA Lead</font>** Complete Regression Testing the wiki) - <font color="orange">QA Lead</font>*** Examples: All BFTs/FFTs, JS regression test, Security regression testWhen signed off, top sites, top extensions, etc. See Test Plan for details.** enemail release-US Install/start page/Version ID/Update test drivers with notification - <font color="orange">QA Lead</font>
* Build snippets on betatest channel - <font color="green">Build lead</font>
** Email QA lead when finished - <font color="green">Build lead</font>
* QA verifies snippets and emails release-drivers when signed off - <font color="orange">QA Lead</font>
* "Go" to beta
** Formal "Go" email sent to release-drivers - <font color="blue">Project lead</font>
** Build snippets pushed to beta channel - <font color="green">Build lead</font>
** QA verifies snippets on beta channel - <font color="orange">QA Lead</font>
* Beta period
** Announce to release-drivers, m.announce.prerelease, drivers@, m.d.planning, m.d.a.firefox - <font color="blue">Project lead</font>
** Notify mirrors of beta release - <font color="blue">Project lead</font> emails Justin
** Announce to AV/Firewall venders - <font color="blue">Project lead</font>
** Announce to security group - <font color="red">Security lead</font>
*** to security and security-announce aliases
** Update the shipped-locales file with the final locales and platforms - Project Lead
** Update the [[L10n:Firefox_1.5_Releases|public wiki listing the shipped locales]]
* Notify Affiliates
