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== TB 3 == | == TB 3 == | ||
* Shredder 3.0alpha2 candidates exist; testing to start soon | |||
* Thunderbird 3.0beta1 development work underway; code freeze in mid-September | |||
== Gecko 1.9.1 == | == Gecko 1.9.1 == | ||
* Proposed Gecko Shiretoko 1.9.1 Beta 1 Freeze: Tuesday, August 19 @ 11:59PM PDT. This is a feature freeze. At this point, we should be wrapping up remaining feature bugs ASAP. | |||
* [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/1.9.1 Interesting queries related to Gecko 1.9.1] | |||
* [http://tinyurl.com/3jsumu 20 1.9.1 blockers]. | |||
* [http://tinyurl.com/3uzqh6 133 wanted bugs] | |||
** 28 P1s. These are bugs we feel would really, really make a good release if we had a solid handful completed. | |||
** 41 P2s. These are medium complexity bugs/changes that are nice to have. | |||
** 36 P3s. The lowest priority bugs for this release. These are the ones that we will definitely take, but the others take priority. | |||
== Firefox 3 == | == Firefox 3 == | ||
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== Release Engineering == | == Release Engineering == | ||
* ESXHost died, taking down trymaster, and handful of slaves. | |||
** IT are working with VMware on {{bug|448908}} | |||
** RelEng are reviving slaves in {{bug|449059}} | |||
* Bunch of unittest fixes landed last week. Please file bugs if you still see any intermittent failures. | |||
* TB2.0.0.16 automation went fine; Should now be able to do *3* releases at a time! :-) This fixes the long standing concern about "long time between TB and FF security releases" | |||
* See updated graphs.mozilla.org | |||
== QA == | == QA == | ||
Summit | |||
* Presented [[Summit2008/Sessions/Proposals/Automating_Firefox_UI_Testing|Automating Firefox UI Testing-Gristmill]] [Mikeal, Adam, Clint] | |||
** This is now functional and tests can be safely added. We plan to roll this out to a few QA team test developers first, then more broadly in the coming weeks. | |||
* Presented [[Summit2008/Sessions/Proposals/QA_Tools:_Litmus/Hendrix|Mozilla QA & Tools we use]] [Tony, Tomcat, marcia] | |||
* Held discussion about [[Summit2008/Sessions/Proposals/Localizing_Firefox_3#QA_Testing|L10n testing]] [timr, chofmann] | |||
3.1 A1 testing | |||
* Smoke tests and BFT for this release, including respin testing for Java issue [marcia, hasham, others] | |||
Leak Testing [tomcat] - found 4 more bugs: | |||
* {{bug|447863}} Firefox leaks when the Live HTTP Headers Extension is installed | |||
* {{bug|448071}} Firefox leaks when using the ZDF Mediathek (Video on Demand Streaming) | |||
* {{bug|448187}} Firefox leak during using the Free ebook Search Extension | |||
* {{bug|448202}} Firefox leaks when using the SearchAll Extension | |||
Community | |||
* Working on a bugzilla drupal module for [http://quality.mozilla.org/ QMO]. This would allow us to highlight some of the great things community members are doing submitting, triaging and fixing bugs along with giving us easier access to bug charts. [paulc] | |||
* Met lead Advomatic developer Aaron at OSCON. Continue to work with him to get [http://mozilla.advomatic.com/ new QMO theme] implemented. We are making great progress; theme looks almost complete. [jay] | |||
Accessibility [marcoz] | |||
* Landed patches to: | |||
** {{Bug|438784}} – URL of loaded page no longer exposed as the accValue for the Doc accessible. | |||
** {{Bug|440770}} – DOCUMENT_FRAME has a parent INTERNAL_FRAME with an action along with Chrome tests ({{bug|441519}}) | |||
* Investigated [http://mail.gnome.org/archives/orca-list/2008-July/msg00444.html this posting] on the Orca-list by a Google a11y dev and found that it works very well with JAWS/FFX3/Windows already. | |||
* Created a article about "[http://www.osbr.ca/ojs/index.php/osbr/article/view/651/613 Software Accessibility: Where Are We Today?]" which appeared in the [http://www.osbr.ca/ OpenSource Business Review (OSBR)]. | |||
== Security == | == Security == | ||
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== Marketing/PR == | == Marketing/PR == | ||
'''PR''' | '''PR''' | ||
*[http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;243672124 Brendan Q&A in ComputerWorld "The A-Z of Programming Languages: JavaScript"] | |||
*[http://www.mercurynews.com/businessheadlines/ci_10091303 San Jose Merc "Tech Q&A: Firefox 3 performs well"] | |||
*[http://www.technewsworld.com/story/it-management/64039.html?welcome=1217879011 TechNewsWorld "Firefox Wraps Tail Around Ogg Video Format"] | |||
*[http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/browsers/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209901631 Information Week "Microsoft Calls Firefox Competitor To Windows"] | |||
'''Events''' | '''Events''' | ||
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** [http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_collect&task=installfestNominate&Itemid=1426 Nominating a school] to receive refurbished hardware | ** [http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_collect&task=installfestNominate&Itemid=1426 Nominating a school] to receive refurbished hardware | ||
** [http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=392&Itemid=1423 Volunteering] at LinuxWorld | ** [http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=392&Itemid=1423 Volunteering] at LinuxWorld | ||
== Support == | == Support == | ||
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== Mozilla Labs == | == Mozilla Labs == | ||
* Snowl presented at Firefox+ Summit last week. Initial prototype will be released this week. | |||
== Webdev, Add-ons, AMO == | == Webdev, Add-ons, AMO == | ||
* Thanks to interns for summit.mozilla.org. We're sad to see them finish next week. | |||
* SUMO 0.6.1 pushed last week | |||
* Slides from the [http://blog.mozilla.com/basil/2008/08/04/amo-roadmap-directions-firefox-summit-style/ AMO General & Editor session] are available. | |||
== L10n == | == L10n == | ||
* Thai language added to Firefox 3 build process; check out the status of all localization efforts at the [http://l10n.mozilla.org/dashboard/ dashboard]. Email [mailto:sethb@mozilla.com sethb] with questions about how to use the dashboard. | |||
* Gandalf presented the "Community Pack" and is welcoming all ideas and contributions. Please mail him at [mailto:zbraniecki@mozilla.com zbraniecki@mozilla.com]. | |||
* Silme discussed on the dev-l10n mailing list. Another localization tool in development. | |||
* [http://armenzg.blogspot.com/2008/07/l10n-build-presentation-slides.html Armen blogged ] about l10n build improvements and posted slides he presented at the Summit | |||
* Adrian Kalla starts today. He will be an intern working on l10n until December. | |||
= Foundation Updates = | = Foundation Updates = | ||
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= Other Business = | = Other Business = | ||
* BMO Reorg Part One completed last Wednesday night / Thursday morning; part two coming in a few weeks | * BMO Reorg Part One completed last Wednesday night / Thursday morning; part two coming in a few weeks | ||
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