User:Clegnitto/release plan details
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THIS IS A DRAFT / BRAIN DUMP
- See the graphical representation with channels or without channels
Nightly Channel
Where are the bits located
- mozilla-central
Audience size
- 50,000 ADUs
What development takes place
- Merges from project branches
- Syncing from external libraries
- Feature work
- Small correctness or stability fixes
- String changes
- Localization
What development DOESN'T take place
- Fixes for security bugs
Criterion for landings
- Must be either easily backed out or preffed off
Criterion for landings sticking
- No new crashers
- no outstanding / unfinished work
What happens if issues are found
- They are fixed
Dev Channel
Where are the bits located
- releases/mozilla-xxx
Audience size
- 500,000 ADUs
What development takes place
- Preffing off of incomplete features
- Preffing off of buggy features
- Stability and regression fixes or backouts
- Localization of English strings
- Integration of shadow-central
What development DOESN'T take place
- Feature work
- Outstanding work from the nightly channel
- Polish fixes
Criterion for landings
- Fixes an issue that would prevent us from going to beta
Criterion for landings sticking
- No new crashers
- No outstanding / unfinished work
What happens if issues are found
- They are fixed
- Features are preffed off if they need invasive fixes
- Features are preffed off if multiple regressions or issues are found
- Backing out the offending change if the reward isn't high