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== TB 3 == | == TB 3 == | ||
* 3.0 beta 1 frozen; small number of blockers remaining | |||
== Mobile == | == Mobile == | ||
* Milestone build [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Fennec/Releases/M8 M8] [http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2008/09/fennec-m8/ released] | |||
* Next code freeze October 7 | |||
* Weekly [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Notes/29-Sept-2008 status] | |||
== IT == | == IT == | ||
* Completed LDAP upgrade lastnight | * Completed LDAP upgrade lastnight | ||
* Completed CVS server OS upgrade (RHEL4 -> RHEL5) | * Completed CVS server OS upgrade (RHEL4 -> RHEL5) | ||
* Breakpad - | * Breakpad - priority reporting working | ||
* Upcoming Maintenance (postponed from last week's release schedule) | * Upcoming Maintenance (postponed from last week's release schedule) | ||
** Netscaler OS upgrades | ** Netscaler OS upgrades | ||
** mailman | ** kernel upgrades | ||
** mailman upgrades | |||
** Final MySQL 4 -> 5 migration, will affect: | ** Final MySQL 4 -> 5 migration, will affect: | ||
*** Bonsai | *** Bonsai | ||
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== Release Engineering == | == Release Engineering == | ||
* busy | * very busy week last week with all the releases | ||
* fingers crossed on new rel-automation for FF3.1beta1 | |||
* first signs of linux mobile builds showing up on public ftp | |||
* new version of standalone talos announced last week | * new version of standalone talos announced last week | ||
* changing how l10n nightly builds are created | * changing how l10n nightly builds are created {{bug|456386}} | ||
** will produce l10n nightlies the new *and* the old way for a few days | |||
*** ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla1.9.0-l10n | |||
*** ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/old-l10n/latest-mozilla1.9.0-l10n | |||
** one step closer to doing l10n nightly updates. | ** one step closer to doing l10n nightly updates. | ||
** allows us to cleanup some of our l10n build systems | ** allows us to cleanup some of our l10n build systems, making l10n nightlies same way as l10n releases | ||
* switched over unittest machines on mozilla-central. | |||
** unittests should now be more stable, but pls file bugs if you see intermittent failures | |||
== QA == | == QA == | ||
Firefox 3.0.x [tomcat and others] | |||
* 3.0.2 | |||
**[[Firefox:3.0.2:Test_Plan:Software_Update_Live_Release|final release testing]] and released on Tuesday. Smoketests, Update Tests, Feedback Triaging, Website Checks. Discovered the Password Manager Problem and notified Release-Drivers and RRRT (Release Rapid Reponse Team). | |||
** [http://www.marcozehe.de/2008/09/24/firefox-302-has-been-released-lots-of-accessibility-improvements/ Blogged about the wonderful accessibility improvements] in this release | |||
* 3.0.3 [[Firefox:3.0.3:Test_Plan:Software_Update_Beta|Beta]] and final release testing. Update Tests and Spot Checks. Released on Fri. | |||
Firefox/Thunderbird 2.0.0.x [abillings and others] | |||
* Firefox 2.0.0.17 - final release testing and released on Tuesday | |||
* Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 - Final release testing and released very late Thursday night! | |||
Firefox 3.1 | |||
* Feature testing: | |||
** Layout/CSS: Uploaded patch for CSS Tranform tests in {{bug|457324}}. Worked on CSS Border Radius including wrote testplan. Began constructing states from XHR tests. Started investigating the Video Seeking feature for use in Video tests. [ctalbert] | |||
** Private Browsing Feature: First draft of [[QA/Firefox3.1/Private_Browsing_Test_Plan|test plan]] is done. Flushed out some questions about data that is imported during a PB session. Ran tryserver builds and reported results to Ehsan. [marcia] | |||
** Building with SVG SMIL enabled and beginning to write tests for those. [mw22] | |||
WebDev Testing - SUMO: Verified [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&classification=Other&product=support.mozilla.com&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=2008-09-21&chfieldto=2008-09-28&chfield=bug_status&chfieldvalue=Verified&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 8 bugs] for 0.7. Spent lots of time learning/playing with/trying to break the CSAT implementation (customer rating/feedback of support articles) | |||
Mobile - Confirmed [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&product=Fennec&long_desc_type=substring&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&resolution=DUPLICATE&resolution=---&emailassigned_to1=1&emailcc1=1&emailtype1=substring&email1=ctalbert&emailassigned_to2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailqa_contact2=1&emailtype2=exact&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0= several bugs] [ctalbert] | |||
Test Development | |||
* Gristmill: | |||
** Completed the Beta version. [mikeal, adam, ctalbert] | |||
** Wrote the Gristmill [[QA/TDAI/Gristmill/Mozmill_Tutorial|Tutorial]] [ctalbert] | |||
** Working on post beta bug fixes, and new feature planning. Continuing to test the tool by writing tests and solving [[Summit2008/Sessions/Proposals/Why_I_didn%27t_write_a_test|"Why I didn't write a test"]] issues. [adam] | |||
* Security tests: Triaged all failing test results in public failures to make sure that all detected errors were reported in bugzilla. [bc] | |||
Community | |||
* QMO2: Updated [http://quality.authstage.mozilla.com staged site] on Mozilla servers with latest code; logged {{bug|456796}} to import new db dump. | |||
* Gave a presentation at the [http://www.best-of-accessibility.de Best Of Accessibility Symposium 2008] in Düsseldorf, Germany. Gave a presentation on how web 2.0 apps can be used using a screen reader, and assisted another presenter in his WAI-ARIA presentation by demoing his examples live. [marcoz] | |||
== Security == | == Security == | ||
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== Marketing/PR == | == Marketing/PR == | ||
''' | '''PR''' | ||
* [http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/09/22/android-mozilla-limo-tech-wire-cx_ew_0923mozilla.html Jay Sullivan spoke to Forbes for "Break A Leg, Android" article] | |||
* [http://www.gcn.com/blogs/tech/47196.html GCN article about Brendan Eich's panel at Web 2.0 Expo] | |||
* Mozilla [http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9115399 releases Firefox 3.0.2] and [http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1962 2.0.0.17] | |||
* [http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/39459/140/ Many corrections] on [http://www.mixx.com/stories/2271802/mozilla_chief_promises_mobile_firefox_before_2010 mobile timeframe] | |||
* [http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-techblog25-2008sep25,0,5784377.story John Lilly quoted in LA Times article: Google's Chrome: Brand new but not so shiny?] | |||
* [http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10559718?nclick_check=1 John Lilly Q&A in SJ Mercury News] | |||
* [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2331278,00.asp Great piece in PC Mag: Firefox 3: 8 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do] | |||
* [http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9115783&intsrc=news_ts_head Firefox 3.0.3] | |||
* [http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1972 A few articles around Clickjacking] | |||
'''Events''' | '''Events''' | ||
*[https://wiki.mozilla.org/EU_MozCamp_2008 MozCamp] Oct. 25 - 26, Barcelona, Spain | |||
*MexicoWeb 2.0, Nov. 3 - 4: First major event for Mozilla Mexico. Chris Hofmann and John Resig speaking. | |||
*Next events triage will be help on October 8th, 2008 at 10am PDT. | |||
== Support == | |||
*[http://blog.mozilla.com/sumo/roadmap/ SUMO 0.7] being released tomorrow! Highlights: | |||
** E-mail notification for Support Forum (see [http://blog.mozilla.com/sumo/2008/09/26/the-vision-for-sumo-7/ The vision for SUMO part 7], section "Reaching out to the people in need") | |||
** "Customer Satisfaction" support for the Knowledge Base (for some background, read [http://blog.mozilla.com/sumo/2008/09/10/the-vision-for-sumo-4/ The vision for SUMO part 4], section "Measuring User Happiness") | |||
== Metrics == | == Metrics == | ||
* We'll soon be rolling out a couple multivariate tests at www.mozilla.com. Our objective is to test a solution, while also testing the potential positive impact to the user experience (on our web sites) and download conversion rate. We'll soon blog about our exact plans at blog of metrics. | |||
== Evangelism == | == Evangelism == | ||
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== Webdev, Add-ons, AMO == | == Webdev, Add-ons, AMO == | ||
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&product=addons.mozilla.org&target_milestone=4.0.2&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=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&resolution=---&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailassigned_to2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailqa_contact2=1&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&known_name=AMO-3.5&query_based_on=AMO-4.0.2&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0= AMO 4.0.2] in progress, code freeze next Monday | |||
* AMO statistics script is having issues, we are fixing duplicate download counts today and are working on reducing database usage in the script itself ({{bug|456687}}) | |||
* Socorro database migration completed, currently working on improving priority processing delays | |||
* [http://blog.mozilla.com/sumo/roadmap/ SUMO 0.7] will be pushed tomorrow night | |||
== L10n == | == L10n == | ||
* Preparing for the Barcelona Dev Day. [https://wiki.mozilla.org/EU_MozCamp_2008/Programme L10n schedule is posted.] | |||
* L10n-drivers work week will happen before the week of the Developer Day. | |||
= Foundation Updates = | = Foundation Updates = | ||
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* Mark worked with the team to develop an initial list of priorities for next quarter and next year. This will be boiled down and used for discussion at the October 8 Foundation board meeting. | * Mark worked with the team to develop an initial list of priorities for next quarter and next year. This will be boiled down and used for discussion at the October 8 Foundation board meeting. | ||
* Mark and Frank participated in email discussions about speeding up our CA review process, and Frank will be taking various actions this week to execute on this. | * Mark and Frank participated in email discussions about '''speeding up our CA review process''', and Frank will be taking various actions this week to execute on this. | ||
* Mark provided feedback on agenda and attendee list for the [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/TOS%40FSOSS Teaching Open Source] track happening at Seneca's FSOSS conference. Mark and Frank will be participating in this event. | * Mark provided feedback on agenda and attendee list for the '''[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/TOS%40FSOSS Teaching Open Source] track''' happening at Seneca's FSOSS conference. Mark and Frank will be participating in this event. | ||
* Mark had a discussion with Tristan Nitot about Mozilla Foundation collaboration with Mozilla Europe, and agreed to meet with the Mozilla Europe board and help run a 2010 Goals session at MozCamp Europe. | * Mark had a discussion with Tristan Nitot about '''Mozilla Foundation collaboration with Mozilla Europe''', and agreed to meet with the Mozilla Europe board and help run a 2010 Goals session at MozCamp Europe. | ||
* David met with Harvey Anderson to discuss the Powered by Mozilla project and sent out recommendations to stakeholders. | * David met with Harvey Anderson to discuss the '''Powered by Mozilla project''' and sent out recommendations to stakeholders. | ||
For a complete list of other activities please see below. | For a complete list of other activities please see below. | ||
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=== Program activities === | === Program activities === | ||
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= Other Business = | = Other Business = | ||
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