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= Development Updates = | = Development Updates = | ||
== | == Fx 2.0.0.15 / TB 2.0.0.15 == | ||
Shipped [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.15|Firefox 2.0.0.15]] RC1 to the beta channel on Wednesday after server load lessened. Unfortunately, we had a couple bugs we had to fix. They've now landed and builds are on their way (Mac and Linux available). We intend to go to the beta channel again this week and release next week (targeting July 1 for release). | |||
[[Releases/Thunderbird_2.0.0.15|Thunderbird 2.0.0.15]] has been delayed as a result of this respin. We're unsure of the schedule, but we'll update the wiki as we know more. | |||
== TB 3 == | == TB 3 == | ||
No updates this week. | |||
== Gecko 1.9.1 == | == Gecko 1.9.1 == | ||
* Look [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/1.9.1 here] for interesting queries related to Gecko 1.9.1. | |||
* Tracking [http://tinyurl.com/3jsumu 15 1.9.1 blockers]. | |||
* [http://tinyurl.com/3uzqh6 69 wanted bugs] | |||
** 17 P1s. These are bugs we feel would really, really make a good release if we had a solid handful completed. | |||
** 19 P2s. These are medium complexity bugs/changes that are nice to have. | |||
** 15 P3s. The lowest priority bugs for this release. These are the ones that we will definitely take, but the others take priority. | |||
* In parallel, we're working on 1.9.0.1 bugs. Please nominate for that release as well if you find issues you think important enough to block that release. | |||
== Firefox 3 == | == Firefox 3 == | ||
Released on Tuesday June 17th!! See Marketing/PR below for coverage! | |||
== Mobile == | == Mobile == | ||
Released [http://people.mozilla.org/~dougt/fennec-0.4 M4] over the weekend. Will provide a deb package during the week. | |||
Installation instructions for N8x0: | |||
* ssh in to the device. | |||
* type "wget http://people.mozilla.org/~dougt/fennec-0.4/fennec-0.4.en-US.linux-arm.tar.gz" | |||
* type "tar -xvzf fennec-0.4.en-US.linux-arm.tar.gz" | |||
* type "cd fennec" | |||
* type "./fennec" | |||
If you run out of space, try moving the archive file to /media/mmc2, and then untar it from there. | |||
== IT == | == IT == | ||
* Launched ff3 | * Launched ff3 | ||
** over 17,000 downloads a minute at peak | |||
** over 8 mil downloads done | |||
** at peak over 10x our highest release | |||
** bouncer (download re-director) stayed up through the whole event, downloads did not fail | |||
** mirror network was still under capacity after serving 20 gigabits/sec | |||
* Welcome to Phong Tran - sysadmin | |||
== Release Engineering == | == Release Engineering == | ||
* FF2.0.0.15 in progress; TB2.0.0.15 next | |||
* scheduled downtime Wed morning 8am PST -> 11am PST for unittest VMs. IT doing cpu replacement. This will take down unittest *and* talos machines. | |||
* generating test snippets for major update | |||
* Armen and Lukas doing quick "show-and-tell" today | |||
== QA == | == QA == | ||
Firefox/Thunderbird 2.0.0.x [ss/abillings] | |||
* Released Firefox 2.0.0.15 to Beta testing last week. Since then some security issues has been identified for fixing and there was a respin. | |||
Firefox 3 [tchung] | |||
* Final release: [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Final|Tested the staged and live bits along with web sites]] | |||
* Monitored feedback on hendrix, mozillazine, reporter, crashers, etc. | |||
WebDev Testing [stephend] | |||
* Completed final testing of the new and improved [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ mozilla.com site] along with testing of the [http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord Download Day site]. Verified [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&classification=Client+Support&product=Websites&component=www.mozilla.com&target_milestone=3.0&long_desc_type=substring&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&bug_status=VERIFIED&resolution=FIXED&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=exact&email1=&emailassigned_to2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailqa_contact2=1&emailtype2=exact&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=2008-06-15&chfieldto=2008-06-21&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=bug_status&type0-0-0=changedby&value0-0-0=stephen.donner%40gmail.com 30 mozilla.com bug fixes] and worked with rolo, lorchard, and reed for a special effort to resolve [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439748 bug 439748] - Migrating from Firefox 2.x to Firefox 3 shows wrong page. Verified [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&classification=Server+Software&product=Webtools&component=Download+Day&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&bug_status=VERIFIED&resolution=FIXED&emailreporter1=1&emailcc1=1&emailtype1=substring&email1=stephen.donner%40gmail.com&emailassigned_to2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailqa_contact2=1&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=2008-06-15&chfieldto=2008-06-21&chfield=bug_status&chfieldvalue=Verified&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&known_name=download+day&query_based_on=download+day&field0-0-0=bug_status&type0-0-0=changedto&value0-0-0=Verified 18 Download Day bug fixes] | |||
* AMO - Created automated test script with [http://selenium-rc.openqa.org/ Selenium RC] | |||
* Sumo - Began executing tests against the [http://wiki.mozilla.org/QA/SUMO/Reskin_Test_Plan test plan] | |||
Test Automation | |||
* Dojo test suite port - Completed integration coding. Now just needs review and checkin. 612 test cases for Dojo compatibility are now available!! [mw22] | |||
* Created automated test cases for accessibility bugs going into Firefox 3.1 [marcoz] | |||
* Started running first automated Mochitest leak tests with Extension Builds [tomcat] | |||
* Sisyphus - Still looking at better ways to process error logs to pull out results for specific versions, platforms, etc. This is for the big JS test suite. [bc] | |||
Miscellaneous | |||
* [http://georgijivankin.com/en/2008/06/22/firefox-3-successfull-replacement-of-ie7/ Nice blog] about Accessibility with Firefox 3 | |||
* Planning a QA segment of the European Developer Day. Working with Jane Finette on this [marcia] | |||
* Starting to plan for early testing of [http://www.apple.com/macosx/snowleopard/ Snow Leopard] Developer Preview [marcia] | |||
* Completed the latest Community tester survey. See the [http://app.sgizmo.com/reports/9626/39797/RJ8C1KZYF792XGT2CO20CWUFMQW6ZF/ Basic results] or [http://app.sgizmo.com/reports/9626/39687/61R378I6UUDAQXEZCUI9QQ251NFJ0X/ More details results] [jay] | |||
* Set up of 1.9.1 Environments for Debug Builds on Mac, Linux and Windows. This is for leak testing. [tomcat] | |||
== Security == | == Security == | ||
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== Marketing/PR == | == Marketing/PR == | ||
'''PR''' | '''PR''' | ||
* [http://flickr.com/photos/misdemeanor/2593332605/in/photostream/ Amazing round of coverage for Firefox 3 and Download Day] | |||
Some favorites: | |||
* [http://www.forbes.com/technology/personaltech/2008/06/19/firefox-new-browser-tech-internet-cx_bc_0619firefox.html Forbes: The Best Firefox Feature You'll Overlook] | |||
*[http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/edwardbaig/2008-06-18-firefox-3_N.htm USA Today: Firefox 3 browser is nifty and packed with handy features] | |||
* [http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/stunts-today-for-firefox-sophisticated-programs-tomorrow/ New York Times: Stunts Today for Firefox. Sophisticated Programs Tomorrow] | |||
* [http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9620844?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.com San Jose Mercury News: O'Brien: Mozilla's open-source model represents valley at its best] | |||
* [http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1815363,00.html Time: Firefox Goes for a Record] | |||
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061802731.html Washington Post: Building a Better Browser: Firefox Keeps Innovating] | |||
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-10789_3-9972207-57.html Press report on first Firefox 3 vulnerability] | |||
'''Events''' | '''Events''' | ||
* Public events triage call on Wednesday, June 25 at 10 a.m. PDT. Dial-in: 650-903-0800, ext 91, id 248. | |||
* [http://mozillaparty.com/en-US/ More Firefox parties!]. Check out [http://qik.com/firefox video] from this weekend for highlights from the Kung Fu Panda screening & the Build a Robot party! | |||
'''Download Day''' | |||
* Awesome work! | |||
* Judges are reviewing logs right now. | |||
Welcome Dave Bottoms to the marketing team. | |||
== Support == | == Support == | ||
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** Some frequent issues that were quickly covered in the Knowledge Base and promoted to the start page | ** Some frequent issues that were quickly covered in the Knowledge Base and promoted to the start page | ||
** List of common issues handed off to QA and developers | ** List of common issues handed off to QA and developers | ||
** [http://blog.mozilla.com/sumo/2008/06/18/what-a-launch/ Blogged about the release] | |||
== Metrics == | == Metrics == | ||
* A few fast facts from last week: | |||
** more than 2 million IE users downloaded Fx on download day! | |||
** our "2nd download day" (hours 25-48 after launch) saw an estimated 3.7 million downloads | |||
** worldwide market share grew in the last week from 18.8% to 19.2% (according to net applications) | |||
* Currently working to detect possible Colbert bump | |||
== Evangelism == | == Evangelism == | ||
* The MindTouch Deki version of MDC is due to launch by the end of the quarter, which might mean this week. We'll see. | |||
* Continuing to work on watching the plans for Shiretoko to ensure that the documentation for it goes smoothly. | |||
== Mozilla Labs == | == Mozilla Labs == | ||
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* '''Most of Webdev is @ the [http://en.oreilly.com/velocity2008/public/content/home Velocity conference]''' (performance and scalability conference) | * '''Most of Webdev is @ the [http://en.oreilly.com/velocity2008/public/content/home Velocity conference]''' (performance and scalability conference) | ||
* Download Day: Mission Accomplished! (really!) | * Download Day: Mission Accomplished! (really!) | ||
* Socorro/Breakpad - we are getting roughly 2x the estimated crash throughput, working on some pruning and database optimizations to improve app responsiveness -- we are aware of current issues | |||
* AMO Load Issues | * AMO Load Issues | ||
** 3.4.4 update delayed due to load issues (related to NetScaler and code changes) | ** 3.4.4 update delayed due to load issues (related to NetScaler and code changes) | ||
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== L10n == | == L10n == | ||
* Community report | |||
** Parties are continuing to happen this week by and for many Localizers and we supported many folks in organizing them over last week: Barcelona, Italy, Madrid, Paris, Romania, Sri Lanka. 3 parties in Catelanan/Valencia areas. We know there are more but these are the ones we've been directly supporting or involved with. | |||
** Romania, SriLanka, Frisian, Greek looking for help in marketing and/or community building. Romania and Greece specifically looking to develop out a community portal which Pascal is helping with. | |||
* Tools | |||
** We have been working with the community to gather information on tools available and being used so that we can better support and scale translation. We've code named that initiative "Verbatim". Wil Clouser will be hosting a brown bag hopefully later this week (confirmation to come shortly). More information is available on our [[Verbatim]] wiki page and Seth wrote a good [http://blog.mozilla.com/seth/2008/02/27/fosdem-bof-on-l10n-tools/| blog post] on a summary of what we found out and discussed at Fosdem earlier this year | |||
* Firefox | |||
** Not much to report. We have now officially shifted focus to 3.1 and 3.0.1 releases. We are getting many requests for more support on mailto and webcal protocol handlers from third party vendors which we're working with Evangelism to field | |||
= Foundation Updates = | = Foundation Updates = | ||
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= Roundtable = | = Roundtable = | ||
Internship update. | |||
Six interns will be giving us some updates on the projects they've been working on since they started with us.<br> | |||
List: <br> | |||
Armen Zambrano Gasparnian (L10n build) - [http://armenzg.blogspot.com/ blog]<br> | |||
Lukas Blakk (build/test tools)<br> | |||
David Anderson (Platform)<br> | |||
Anant Narayanan (Labs)<br> | |||
Cesar Oliveira (AMO)<br> | |||
Gary Kwong (Thunderbird) | |||
= Other Business = | = Other Business = | ||
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