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** Schedules are on the wiki
** Schedules are on the wiki
** Code freeze is for November 17 at 11:59pm PST
** Code freeze is for November 17 at 11:59pm PST
** Using new short release, long QA cycle
** Using new short development, long QA cycle
** Blocker owners were emailed last night
** Blocker owners were emailed last night


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** code freeze Tuesday November 18, 23:59 Pacific.
** code freeze Tuesday November 18, 23:59 Pacific.
* davida offering free bottle of liquor for whoever gets Chromebug working in Tb
* davida offering free bottle of liquor for whoever gets Chromebug working in Tb
* MoMo meeting next week (November 10th - 14th) in Mountain View


== Mobile ==
== Mobile ==
* Working towards M10 mainly focused on performance
* Making [http://blog.mozilla.com/blassey/2008/11/03/windows-mobile-update-freetype/ progress] on Windows Mobile
* Weekly [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Notes/3-Nov-2008 update]


== IT ==
== IT ==
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== Release Engineering ==
== Release Engineering ==
* new slaves added to m-c pool... more coming online this week
* see newsgroup post to dev.planning about unused machines on FF2/FF3?
* unittest now turned on for linux & mac on tracemonkey project branch.
* Welcome Aki


== QA ==
== QA ==


Firefox 2.0.0.x/3.0.x
Firefox 2.0.0.x/3.0.x
* Triaging 2.0.0.18 and 3.0.4 bugs [ss, abillings]
* Triaging 2.0.0.18, 2.0.0.19, 3.0.4 and 3.0.5 bugs [ss, abillings]
* Testing 2.0.0.18 and 3.0.4 beta candidates including bug fix verification,  Smoktests, BFTs, l10n Spot checks, and Updates Tests. [abillings, juanb, tchung, tracy, jmaher]
* Testing 2.0.0.18 and 3.0.4 beta candidates including bug fix verification,  Smoktests, BFTs, l10n Spot checks, and Updates Tests. [abillings, juanb, tchung, tracy, jmaher]
* Updated the [[QA/Topcrashes#Current_topcrashes_being_tracked_3.0.3|3.0.3 top crashes report]] [ss]
* Updated the [[QA/Topcrashes#Current_topcrashes_being_tracked_3.0.3|3.0.3 top crashes report]] [ss]
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** Session Restore - Several test cases written [marcia]
** Session Restore - Several test cases written [marcia]
** HTML 5 Drag and Drop - 25% more test cases written [jmaher]
** HTML 5 Drag and Drop - 25% more test cases written [jmaher]
** Script Defer - All test cases have been completted! [jmaher]
** Script Defer - All test cases have been completed! [jmaher]
* Reviewed several A11y patches that landed over the last few weeks. [http://tinyurl.com/6csk3u Examples.]
* Reviewed several A11y patches that landed over the last few weeks. [http://tinyurl.com/6csk3u Examples.]


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Mobile
Mobile
* Made mochitests scripts more streamlined and got the running daily  
* Made mochitests scripts more streamlined and got them running daily  
* Investigate how to run the XPCshell tests
* Investigated how to run the XPCshell tests


Test Automation
Test Automation
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** Mozmill abspath fixes to Python end. Python end event enhancements. [mikael]
** Mozmill abspath fixes to Python end. Python end event enhancements. [mikael]
** Support for running directories of test cases from UI and command line. [mikael]
** Support for running directories of test cases from UI and command line. [mikael]
* Code Coverage:  Completed the measurement of coverage for JS code.  It is ~33% when just starting teh browser, going to a few web sites, and then closing the browser.  The JS code coverage after running the Mochitests is ~50%.  Next up is measuring the coverage for litmus tests.  After that it will be measuring coverage fro XPCShell tests and doing a brown bag presentation about the results so far [mnandigama]
** Working on the MozMill output UI [adam]
* TopSite Test in various Configurations is now running continuously to find crashes, assertions and Leaks [tomcat]
* JS Tests are running now continuously on all platforms for regression tracking  [tomcat]
* Code Coverage:  Completed the measurement of coverage for JS code.  It is ~33% when just starting the browser, going to a few web sites, and then closing the browser.  The JS code coverage after running the Mochitests is ~50%.  Next up is measuring the coverage for litmus tests.  After that it will be measuring coverage fro XPCShell tests and doing a brown bag presentation about the results so far [mnandigama]


Community
Community
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== Security ==
== Security ==
*no update


== Marketing/PR ==
== Marketing/PR ==


'''PR'''
'''PR'''
* Market share increases across the board [http://boycottnovell.com/2008/11/01/mozilla-firefox-past-30-in-eu/ Boycott Novell], [http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2008/11/03/its-official-firefox-surpasses-20-worldwide-market-share/ metrics blog]
* Market share increases across the board [http://www.xitimonitor.com/en-us/browsers-barometer/browsers-barometer-september-2008/index-1-2-3-145.html  XiTi], [http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2008/11/03/its-official-firefox-surpasses-20-worldwide-market-share/ metrics blog]
* M. Beltzner comments on the upcoming FF2 retirement in [http://www.nytimes.com/external/idg/2008/10/29/29idg-Mozilla-plans-f.html ComputerWorld]
* M. Beltzner comments on the upcoming FF2 retirement in [http://www.nytimes.com/external/idg/2008/10/29/29idg-Mozilla-plans-f.html ComputerWorld]
* [http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/10/firefox-31-beta-2-coming-novem.html FF 3.1 beta 2 expected]
* [http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/10/firefox-31-beta-2-coming-novem.html FF 3.1 beta 2 expected]
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* SUMO logo candidates posted on [http://musingt.com/?p=33 Tara's blog]
* SUMO logo candidates posted on [http://musingt.com/?p=33 Tara's blog]
** Based on [http://blog.mozilla.com/sumo/2008/10/15/status-of-the-upcoming-sumo-project-logo/ community ideas on what best describes SUMO]
** Based on [http://blog.mozilla.com/sumo/2008/10/15/status-of-the-upcoming-sumo-project-logo/ community ideas on what best describes SUMO]
** Needs your feedback! Which one is your favorite?


== Metrics ==
== Metrics ==
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** Filesystem changes staged this week, we are 1 week behind.  More info in {{bug|458798}}
** Filesystem changes staged this week, we are 1 week behind.  More info in {{bug|458798}}
** [http://crash-stats.mozilla.com/status Server status page] updates pushed as well as some [http://blog.mozilla.com/webdev/2008/10/27/crash-stats-updated-with-flot/ other graphs using flot].
** [http://crash-stats.mozilla.com/status Server status page] updates pushed as well as some [http://blog.mozilla.com/webdev/2008/10/27/crash-stats-updated-with-flot/ other graphs using flot].
** Enabled 100% processing for non-release builds in Socorro (so betas, rc's, pre's, alphas -- they will not be throttled)
** Neil Lee is looking at usability and user experience in {{bug|411428}}
** Neil Lee is looking at usability and user experience in {{bug|411428}}


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*  Calling all localizers to participate in the localization of Firefox 3.1 beta 2.  See Pike's post to dev-l10n.
*  Calling all localizers to participate in the localization of Firefox 3.1 beta 2.  See Pike's post to dev-l10n.
** slushy string freeze Thursday, Oct 30
** slushy code freeze Tuesday, Nov 4
** string freeze Thursday, Nov 6
** code freeze Tuesday, Nov 11


= Foundation Updates =
= Foundation Updates =
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= Other Business =
= Other Business =
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