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RobC writes in "I would like to nominate Philip for FotT for his prompt triaging of misfiled bugs in the Firefox::Developer Tools component in Bugzilla. He's a great help at keeping that component clean and it's appreciated."
RobC writes in "I would like to nominate Philip for FotT for his prompt triaging of misfiled bugs in the Firefox::Developer Tools component in Bugzilla. He's a great help at keeping that component clean and it's appreciated."


Akaash says "I'd like to nominate Henrik Skupin for leading a great testday effort this past Friday for testing the new Addons Manager. He worked 16 **very** active hours pushing 30-40 people in channel to file 55 (!!!!) total bugs on the day; a Testday record."
Aakash says "I'd like to nominate Henrik Skupin for leading a great testday effort this past Friday for testing the new Addons Manager. He worked 16 **very** active hours pushing 30-40 people in channel to file 55 (!!!!) total bugs on the day; a Testday record."


= Upcoming Events =
= Upcoming Events =
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| Lukas Blakk
| Lukas Blakk
| Detailing the upcoming Try-As-Branch roll-out
| Detailing the upcoming Try-As-Branch roll-out
| slides coming
| [http://people.mozilla.org/~lsblakk/tryserver_presentation.html slides]
| [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=520227 bug] - [http://crashopensource.blogspot.com blog]
| [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=520227 bug]
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| Account Manager
| Dan Mills
| Handling website account creation and login/logout through browser UI
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| [http://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/04/account-manager-coming-to-firefox/ Hacks.mozilla.org article]
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== Branch work: Firefox 3.5.x / Firefox 3.6.x / Thunderbird 3.0.x ==
== Branch work: Firefox 3.5.x / Firefox 3.6.x / Thunderbird 3.0.x ==
* New Firefox 3.6.4 builds available tomorrow
* We will be updating users who're already running 3.6.4 beta
* Please install tomorrow's build at home (http://mozilla.com/firefox/all-beta) and use it when watching hulu, videos, etc - hammer on it on Windows
* Report possible issues to me (Christian Legnitto - clegnitto@mozilla.com) or bsmedberg


== Thunderbird  ==
== Thunderbird  ==
* 3.1b2
** code/string/feature frozen (this means 3.1 is also string/feature frozen)
** QA in progress; hope to ship on Wednesday
** comm-central-1.9.2 repo created
** comm-central to reopen shortly
* Tentative 3.1rc1 [http://groups.google.com/group/tb-planning/browse_thread/thread/95d1acfa18b6a5e1 schedule proposed]


== SeaMonkey  ==
== SeaMonkey  ==
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== Release Engineering  ==
== Release Engineering  ==
* Fedora oranges
** unhidden xpcshell for Fedora unit tests
** provided loaning system for Devs to bring Fedora oranges count down
** gtk2 update deployed to all Fedora testing machines - {{bug|558521}}


== QA  ==
== QA  ==
;QA Highlites


;Test Execution
* Hiring
 
** Rebecca Billings will start in WebQA on May 10
;WebQA
** Interns
 
*** Tanay Gavankar, WebQA start May 17
;QA Community
*** Ayan Shah, Browser Technologies, start May 10
 
* Desktop Firefox QA
;Test Dev
** 3.6.4 beta build 2 delayed to Monday. We will determine what testing will be conducted for release.
** Prepare for 3.5.10 release next week.
* Mobile QA
** Fennec 1.1 beta 1 shipped.
* Weave 1.3
** shipped 1.3 beta 3 on Friday.
** prepare for functional and load testing of 1.3 May 6-12.
* Web QA
** Certified SUMO 1.5.4 and 2.0
** AMO 5.10 testing in progress. Filed [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?emailreporter1=1&classification=Server%20Software&emailtype1=exact&query_format=advanced&email1=krupa.raj82%40gmail.com&product=addons.mozilla.org&target_milestone=5.10 67 ]bugs so far in 5.10
* QA Services
** Community
*** Successful addons manager [http://quality.mozilla.org/blogs/results-add-ons-manager-testday test day on Fri Apr 30]. A total of [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&query_format=advanced&status_whiteboard=AddonsRewriteTestday 55 bugs] logged.


== Automation & Tools ==
== Automation & Tools ==
* Got real hardware for addon perf numbers, setting up this week
* Started final implementation for mozmill and buildbot integration
* Got flahsing/rooting working on Droid phones for Android development
* Preliminary Crash automation UI


== Security  ==
== Security  ==
[[User:Sidstamm|Sid]] presented [[Security/CSP|Content Security Policy]] at the [http://www2010.org 2010 International World Wide Web Conference] last Wednesday, and it was well received.  A few attendees were interested in using it on their sites, and at least one other paper presentation suggested using CSP to supplement their system.
[[User:Sidstamm|Sid]] presented [[Security/CSP|Content Security Policy]] at the [http://www2010.org 2010 International World Wide Web Conference] last Wednesday, and it was well received.  A few attendees were interested in using it on their sites, and at least one other paper presentation suggested using CSP to supplement their system.
The published paper [http://research.sidstamm.com/papers/csp-www2010.pdf is here].
The slides for the talk [http://research.sidstamm.com/papers/csp-www2010-slides.pdf are here].


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


'''PR'''  
'''PR'''  
*[http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-20003646-251.html Firefox Mobile gets started on Android]
*[http://gigaom.com/2010/04/28/why-mozilla-wants-the-fennec-browser-on-android-and-what-it-looks-like/ Why Mozilla Wants the Fennec Browser on Android (and What It Looks Like)]
*[http://www.intomobile.com/2010/04/28/mozilla-offers-early-version-of-fennec-for-android.html Mozilla offers early version of Fennec for Android]
*[http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/its_here_fennec_for_android.php It's Here! Fennec for Android]
*[http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-20002242-16.html Can Mozilla be bigger than Facebook?]
*[http://lifehacker.com/5525332/mozilla-contacts-adds-facebook-and-yahoo-import-address-bar-searches Mozilla Contacts Adds Facebook and Yahoo Import, Address Bar Searches]
*[http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/mozilla_contacts_releases_new_facebook-integrated_version_person_urls.php Mozilla Contacts Releases Facebook-Integrated Version with New "Person URLs"]
*[http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/04/mozilla-gets-it-right-moves-identity-management-into-firefox/ Mozilla Gets It Right, Moves Identity Management Into Firefox]
*[http://lifehacker.com/5526452/account-manager-signs-you-into-and-out-of-web-sites-directly-in-firefox Account Manager Signs You Into and Out of Web Sites Directly in Firefox]
*[http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/04/28/built-in-account-manager-coming-to-firefox-heralds-a-new-age-of/ Built-in Account Manager coming to Firefox, heralds a new age of security and convenience]
*[http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Firefox-to-gain-Account-Manager-990904.html Firefox to gain Account Manager]


'''Events'''  
'''Events'''  


'''Creative Team'''  
'''Creative Team'''  
* The official Mozilla t-shirt - Vote now for your favorite
http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2010/05/03/the-mozilla-2010-t-shirt-vote-now/


'''Community Marketing'''
'''Community Marketing'''
*Community Marketing Call: Next call is Wednesday May 12th at 10 a.m. PST/17:00 UTC. Please send agenda items to mary at mozilla dot com.
** Our Labs overview w. Pascal Finette has been rescheduled for that day:  Join us immediately overview of Labs. Including:
* An update on some new projects including Account Manager
* How to get involved
*Notes from last week's call are [http://www.spreadfirefox.com/node/6028 here].
*New Student Reps pages underway!  They'll be localizable and hosted at studentreps.mozilla.org.  Please let William Reynolds know if you want to help localize.  w reynolds @ mozilla dot com


== Support  ==
== Support  ==
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== Labs  ==
== Labs  ==
We [http://mozillalabs.com/testpilot/2010/04/28/privacy-policy-update/ updated the Test Pilot privacy policy] to give users more control over their data:  Previously we promised to delete collected data from your machine after you submitted it; now you have the option to save a permanent copy of your data first if you like.
[http://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/04/account-manager-coming-to-firefox/ Account Manager is graduating from Labs] to become a Firefox 4 feature.  Meetup for this on May 21!


== Developer Tools ==
== Developer Tools ==
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== Add-ons  ==
== Add-ons  ==


* [http://mozillalabs.com/jetpack/2010/04/29/announcing-jetpack-sdk-0-3/Jetpack SDK 0.3 released!]
* [http://mozillalabs.com/jetpack/2010/04/29/announcing-jetpack-sdk-0-3/ Jetpack SDK 0.3 released!]
** first two high-level APIs (context-menu, self)
** first two high-level APIs (context-menu, self)
** lots of bug fixes and minor enhancements
** lots of bug fixes and minor enhancements
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== Webdev  ==
== Webdev  ==
* [http://tinyurl.com/socorro-1-6-2 Socorro 1.6.2] shipped Wednesday last week - support for oopsies (oop crashes) and booboos (normal crashes)
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced;product=addons.mozilla.org;resolution=FIXED;target_milestone=5.10 AMO 5.10] push expected Thursday - 150 bugs fixed and our first public pages on zamboni (django)


== L10n  ==
== L10n  ==


= Introducing New Hires =
= Introducing New Hires =
Katie Guernsey, new Operations Manager for Mozilla Foundation
Andrew Halberstadt, intern working on the Automation & Tools team


= Foundation Updates  =
= Foundation Updates  =


= Roundtable =
= Roundtable =
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