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== Branch work: Firefox 3.0.x / Firefox 3.5.x / Thunderbird 2.0.0.x == | == Branch work: Firefox 3.0.x / Firefox 3.5.x / Thunderbird 2.0.0.x == | ||
* '''[[Releases/Firefox 3.0.15|Firefox 3.0.15]]''' / '''[[Releases/Firefox 3.5.4|Firefox 3.5.4]]''' | * '''[[Releases/Firefox 3.0.15|Firefox 3.0.15]]''' / '''[[Releases/Firefox 3.5.4|Firefox 3.5.4]]''' | ||
** on track for October 21 releases | ** mostly on track for October 21 releases | ||
** need to take at least two more fixes before starting builds | |||
** ETA for "go to build" tomorrow morning, possibly not until Wednesday | |||
* '''[[Releases/Firefox 3.0.16|Firefox 3.0.16]]''' / '''[[Releases/Firefox 3.5.5|Firefox 3.5.5]]''' | * '''[[Releases/Firefox 3.0.16|Firefox 3.0.16]]''' / '''[[Releases/Firefox 3.5.5|Firefox 3.5.5]]''' | ||
** branches open for check-ins | ** branches open for check-ins later this week -- work on your patches and approval requests now! | ||
== Thunderbird == | == Thunderbird == | ||
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== Mobile == | == Mobile == | ||
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Notes Mobile team's notes] | |||
== IT == | == IT == | ||
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== Release Engineering == | == Release Engineering == | ||
* turned off build-and-unittests | |||
** Now running unittests separately from builds. | |||
** Unittests still visible on tinderboxpushlog and tinderbox on *-Unittests | |||
** last step in separate unittests from builds | |||
** now have unittests for optimized and debug builds | |||
** easier to rerun tests on a given build; job on weekends to rerun tests 'n' times in a row. | |||
== QA == | == QA == | ||
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== Marketing/PR == | == Marketing/PR == | ||
'''PR''' | '''PR''' | ||
* EC developments around ballot [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125390358526341705.html screen] [http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/180305.asp?from=blog_last3 in] [http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=00FE61EC-1A64-6A71-CE7CC260BD0CF6A2 the] [http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/09/28/technology/tech-us-opera-microsoft.html press] | |||
* Privacy feature in [http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Whos-Watching-You-Browse-68226.html?wlc=1254160029 TechNewsWorld] | |||
* Thunderbird 3 beta 4 [http://stuff.techwhack.com/7459-mozilla-thunderbird-3-beta-4 released], [http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/09/23/mozilla-releases-thunderbird-3-beta-4/ Download Squad], [http://lifehacker.com/5365214/thunderbird-3-beta-4-available-for-download Lifehacker] and [http://arstechnica.com/open-source/reviews/2009/09/hands-on-thunderbird-3-beta-4-hatches-with-improved-search.ars Ars Technica] | |||
* Fx 3.7 designs in [http://www.ghacks.net/2009/09/24/new-firefox-3-7-design-suggestions-posted/ Ghacks], [http://news.softpedia.com/news/Firefox-3-7-Changes-Looks-for-Windows-7-and-Vista-122537.shtml Softpedia] and [http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138395/Mozilla_plans_to_ribbonize_Firefox Computerworld] | |||
* Best Fx Add-ons in [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2353223,00.asp PC Mag] | |||
'''Mozilla Service Week''' | '''Mozilla Service Week''' | ||
*Please share your "Stories" for our round up next week. Post on Mozillaservice.org or email mary @ mozilla dot com. | *Please share your "Stories" for our round up next week. Post on [http://mozillaservice.org/tell_us/your_stories/en_US Mozillaservice.org] or email mary @ mozilla dot com. | ||
*Total pledge hours: Over 13,000 | *Total pledge hours: Over 13,000 | ||
*Reported hours to-date: 7,177 | *Reported hours to-date: 7,177 | ||
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*[http://www.philippineblogawards.com.ph/ '''Philippine Blog Awards'''] October 9, 2009 in Luzon, Philippines - Sponsoring this even in order to continue to build the Philippiine community and Tagalog locale. | *[http://www.philippineblogawards.com.ph/ '''Philippine Blog Awards'''] October 9, 2009 in Luzon, Philippines - Sponsoring this even in order to continue to build the Philippiine community and Tagalog locale. | ||
*[http://fsoss.senecac.on.ca/2009/ '''Free Software and Open Source Symposium (FSOSS)'''] October 29 - 30, 2009 Toronto, Canada. We are sponsoring this event. We currently have representation from both Mozilla Foundation and Corporation speaking. | *[http://fsoss.senecac.on.ca/2009/ '''Free Software and Open Source Symposium (FSOSS)'''] October 29 - 30, 2009 Toronto, Canada. We are sponsoring this event. We currently have representation from both Mozilla Foundation and Corporation speaking. | ||
*[http://addoncon.com/ '''Add-on-Con'''] December 2009, Mountain View, CA. We are sponsoring this event and starting to build sessions | *[http://addoncon.com/ '''Add-on-Con'''] December 2009, Mountain View, CA. We are sponsoring this event and starting to build sessions around the event theme. | ||
<br> '''Community''' | <br> '''Community''' | ||
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== Support == | == Support == | ||
* Released SUMO 1.4.0.1 and [http://mobile.support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/ Fennec support site] last week. | |||
== Metrics == | == Metrics == | ||
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== Labs == | == Labs == | ||
* [https://testpilot.mozillalabs.com/testcases/tab-open-close/rawdata.html Test Pilot Raw Data] from the Tabs open/close experiment has been posted, for the use of anyone in the researcher or UI designer community who wants to use it; we'll start publicizing it this week. | |||
* Graphs of results from the Tabs open/close experiment are going up today and tomorrow. Here are a couple of sneak previews: [http://people.mozilla.com/~jdicarlo/min-max-avg-tabs-open.png Histogram of Minimum, Average, and Maximum tabs open per user], [http://people.mozilla.com/~jdicarlo/tab-lifespans.png Histogram of Tab Lifespans in minutes]. | |||
* [http://labs.mozilla.com/weave/ Weave 0.7] is coming out this week; it has greatly improved syncing algorithms designed to take a lot of the load off of our servers in order to increase scalability. | |||
* Next [http://labs.mozilla.com/blog/2009/09/mozilla-labs-meetup-oct-8-2009/ Labs Night] will be October 8. | |||
* There will be a [http://labs.mozilla.com/jetpack/ Jetpack] hack-a-thon at the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Prague_DevDay_2009 Prague DevDay 2009] next week. | |||
== Developer Tools == | == Developer Tools == | ||
== Add-ons == | == Add-ons == | ||
* AMO 5.1 launches this week | |||
* [http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ARYIQk822ZJkZGN4dzN3NWtfMjVobjluZDh2Zw&hl=en Reviewed proposed review process on new editor call] | |||
* [[AddonMeetups:2009:Chicago|Chicago Meetup]] on Sept 29 at Threadless HQ! | |||
* Get ready for Firefox 3.6! | |||
== Webdev == | == Webdev == | ||
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== L10n == | == L10n == | ||
* Finalized our Q4 goals | |||
* L10n team will travel to MozEU in Prague, [https://wiki.mozilla.org/EU_MozCamp_2009/Schedule/L10n_Track l10n track] can be found here. | |||
* Firefox 3.6 beta 1 is still in string freeze, so please check in changes | |||
* Philippines brownbag this afternoon at 4 PM MV time | |||
= Foundation Updates = | = Foundation Updates = | ||
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/User:Gerv/BugzillaAPIDesign Bugzilla HTTP API] deploying this week. Send any comments (and offers of testing) to Gerv. | * [https://wiki.mozilla.org/User:Gerv/BugzillaAPIDesign Bugzilla HTTP API] deploying this week. Send any comments (and offers of testing) to Gerv. | ||
* Thanks to everyone who helped with the I Love the Web wave on OneWebDay. Great community participation and creativity. See [http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/owdposter/interesting/show/ slide show here]. | |||
* Latest mockup for redesigned [http://davidwboswell.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/getting-involved-redesign-round-2-5/ Getting Involved page] has been posted. Comment on the blog post and let us know what you think. | * Latest mockup for redesigned [http://davidwboswell.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/getting-involved-redesign-round-2-5/ Getting Involved page] has been posted. Comment on the blog post and let us know what you think. | ||
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= Other Business = | = Other Business = | ||
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