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== Firefox 4 == | == Firefox 4 == | ||
* due to the chemspill, we're a bit behind on schedule for [[Releases/Firefox_4.0b2|beta 2]] | |||
* getting a QA update today, hoping for release tomorrow | |||
* beta 3 planning and landings going on this week | |||
* a set of [[Firefox/4/Beta#Milestones|planned milestones and release dates]] for beta revisions is available | |||
== Firefox 3.6 == | == Firefox 3.6 == | ||
* Released Firefox 3.6.7 on last Tuesday | |||
* Saw a high-volume crash regression with certain combinations of object and embed tags ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=575836 bug 575836]) | |||
* Released Firefox 3.6.8 with the fix on Friday...an amazingly quick turnaround! | |||
* Post-mortems for 3.6.(7|8) will be happening the week of the 1st and 3.6.(4|6) will be happening the week of August 9th. Exact dates will be sent out today | |||
* We are ready to do a chemspill release if anything comes up at BlackHat, though there are no talks we are too concerned about for Firefox | |||
* The [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Firefox_3.6.9 Firefox 3.6.9 schedule] will be out today | |||
* Any approvals for 1.9.2.'''8''' are now for 1.9.2.'''9''' | |||
== Mobile Firefox == | == Mobile Firefox == | ||
== Thunderbird == | == Thunderbird == | ||
* Released Thunderbird 3.1.1 and 3.0.6 | |||
* Found a bad crasher; we expect to need to spin 3.1.2 before offering advertised major updates to 3.1.x from older versions | |||
== Older Branch Work == | == Older Branch Work == | ||
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| Sarah Doherty<br> | | Sarah Doherty<br> | ||
| Mozilla Social Media Toolkit<br> | | Mozilla Social Media Toolkit<br> | ||
| [http://mozilla.sarahdoherty.net/temp/MozillaSocialMediaToolkit.zip http://mozilla.sarahdoherty.net/temp/MozillaSocialMediaToolkit.zip] | | [http://mozilla.sarahdoherty.net/temp/MozillaSocialMediaToolkit.zip http://mozilla.sarahdoherty.net/temp/MozillaSocialMediaToolkit.zip] | ||
| [http://mzl.la/sfxsocialmediatoolkit mzl.la/sfxsocialmediatoolkit] | | [http://mzl.la/sfxsocialmediatoolkit mzl.la/sfxsocialmediatoolkit] | ||
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| Firefox 3.6.8 in almost 24 hours | |||
| John O'Duinn | |||
| FF3.6.8 | |||
| | |||
| [http://oduinn.com/blog/2010/07/26/firefox-3-6-8-by-the-wall-clock-numbers blog post] | |||
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| Your Title Here | | Your Title Here | ||
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== Firefox == | == Firefox == | ||
* Announced Tab Candy on Friday. Over the weekend we had: | |||
** 28 press articles, including dream headlines: "Firefox Just Perfected Tabs Browsing" from Techcrunch and "With FireFox's Tab Candy Feature, We'll Finally Achieve Tab Nirvana" from Gizmodo. | |||
** 3 million views of the video, with half a million watching all the way through. | |||
** Tens of thousands of tweets, with many saying they'll never look at another browser again. | |||
** 30k+ installs of the Tab Candy alpha build of Firefox. | |||
** Hundreds of feature suggestions and votes for them, not all of which say Opera did it first. | |||
** Dozens of direct emails, some of which expressing a desire to have babies with Firefox. | |||
* The Tab Candy team (especially Ian Gilman, Edward Lee, and Mitcho Erlewine) deserve all the credit for pushing long and hard to get Tab Candy this far. | |||
* Please do some dogfooding with our [http://azarask.in/projects/tabcandy/build.php Tab Candy build]. | |||
* [[Firefox/Projects/2010Q3_Dirty_Startup_Reduction|"Dirty" startup goal]] work underway with [http://shawnwilsher.com/archives/421 interesting results]. | |||
== Platform == | == Platform == | ||
== Messaging == | == Messaging == | ||
* Raindrop is rebooting: the backend is being rewritten for simplicity and speed on top of SQLAlchemy & MySQL/sqlite | |||
* related to Tb participation work, dmose held BOF at OSCON about community & contribution metrics, will blog soon | |||
== Mobile == | == Mobile == | ||
== IT == | == IT == | ||
''' Last Week''' | |||
* Working through Firefix Sync scaling issues | |||
* Pre-planning for Amsterdam datacenter move (could happen as soon as Friday) | |||
* Wrapped up long-delayed Firewall upgrades in San Jose | |||
'''This Week''' | |||
* Performance problems with the generic web server cluster this morning | |||
** Affected <code>wiki.mozilla.org</code> as well as others | |||
== Release Engineering == | == Release Engineering == | ||
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== QA == | == QA == | ||
* Desktop QA: | * '''Desktop QA''': | ||
** 3.6.8 chemspill release testing. Shipped next day (Friday). | ** 3.6.8 chemspill release testing. Shipped next day (Friday). | ||
** 4.0beta2, ongoing testing. Should ship tomorrow. | ** 4.0beta2, ongoing testing. Should ship tomorrow. | ||
* WebQA: | * '''Browser Technologies QA''': | ||
** [https://wiki.mozilla.org/QA/Fennec/Milestones/2.0 Fennec 2.0 features] are landing and specs are getting assigned. looking to eta an alpha end of month | |||
** Sync 1.4.2b1 tested and pushed to AMO | |||
** Firefox Home 1.0.1 tested and submitted to App Store | |||
* '''WebQA''': | |||
** Pushed [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=578053 AMO 5.11.4] on 7/13 | ** Pushed [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=578053 AMO 5.11.4] on 7/13 | ||
** Shipped a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579341 new version] of [http://input.mozilla.com/en-US/ Input] | ** Shipped a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579341 new version] of [http://input.mozilla.com/en-US/ Input] last week | ||
** Pushed a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579983 small change] to fix some galleries in Personas | ** Pushed a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579983 small change] to fix some galleries in Personas | ||
** Released the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?resolution=FIXED&classification=Other&query_format=advanced&component=plugins.mozilla.org&product=Websites&target_milestone=1.1 1.1 version] of the plugin directory | ** Released the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?resolution=FIXED&classification=Other&query_format=advanced&component=plugins.mozilla.org&product=Websites&target_milestone=1.1 1.1 version] of the plugin directory | ||
* '''QA Services''': | |||
**Meetup next week in NYC: http://www.meetup.com/Mozilla-in-the-Big-Apple/calendar/14115600/ as part of BlogHer - all NYC community welcome to attend! As part of the action packed weekend there will also be a Drumbeat Festival in NYC on August 7 | |||
== Automation & Tools == | == Automation & Tools == | ||
* Lots of things in progress: | |||
** Android work finalizing apace | |||
** Mozmill moving quickly toward 1.4.2 | |||
** Cycle collector talos runs in progress | |||
** Cross weave full automation should be ready for production at the end of the week | |||
* Held test day on grafx bot on Friday, submitted it to AMO. | |||
* More info [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Auto-tools/Meetings/2010-07-26 here]. | |||
== Security == | == Security == | ||
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'''PR''' | '''PR''' | ||
*[http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15587773?nclick_check=1 Mercury News interview: Mitchell Baker, chairwoman, Mozilla] | |||
*[http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/23/firefox-tab-candy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 Firefox Just Perfected Tabbed Browsing. It’s Like Apple’s Expose Plus Spaces For The Web] | |||
* [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/23/firefox_tab_candy/ Mozilla tames Firefox tab monster with Candy] | |||
*[http://gizmodo.com/5595017/with-firefoxs-tab-candy-feature-well-finally-achieve-tab-nirvana With Firefox's Tab Candy Feature, We'll Finally Achieve Tab Nirvana] | |||
*[http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/07/firefox-offers-a-taste-of-tabcandy/ Firefox Offers a Taste of Tab Candy] | |||
*[http://mashable.com/2010/07/23/tab-candy-firefox/ Tab Candy: Firefox Invents a Better Way to Manage Tabs [VIDEO] | |||
*[http://www.ghacks.net/2010/07/24/firefox-3-6-8-released/ Firefox 3.6.8 Released] | |||
*[http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Mozilla-delays-second-Firefox-4-beta-1045234.html Mozilla delays second Firefox 4 beta] | |||
*[http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2010/7/26/mozilla-firefox-368-update-released/ Mozilla Firefox 3.6.8 Update Released] | |||
*[http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179638/Mozilla_re_patches_Firefox_3.6_to_fix_plug_in_problem Mozilla re-patches Firefox 3.6 to fix plug-in problem] | |||
<br> '''Events''' | <br> '''Events''' | ||
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= Introducing New Hires = | = Introducing New Hires = | ||
* Laura Forrest | |||
= Foundation Updates = | = Foundation Updates = | ||
= Roundtable = | = Roundtable = | ||
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[[Category:Meeting Notes]] | |||
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Friends of the Tree 
Upcoming Events
This Week
Monday, 26 July
- Black Hat (July 24 - 29, 2010) is the premier North American security conference. Mozilla will be in attendance at the event as well as having our own "Milk and Cookies" Party on 7/28.
Tuesday, 27 July
- Black Hat (July 24 - 29, 2010) is the premier North American security conference. Mozilla will be in attendance at the event as well as having our own "Milk and Cookies" Party on 7/28.
Wednesday, 28 July
- Black Hat (July 24 - 29, 2010) is the premier North American security conference. Mozilla will be in attendance at the event as well as having our own "Milk and Cookies" Party on 7/28.
Thursday, 29 July
- Black Hat (July 24 - 29, 2010) is the premier North American security conference. Mozilla will be in attendance at the event as well as having our own "Milk and Cookies" Party on 7/28.
Friday, 30 July
- Black Hat (July 24 - 29, 2010) is the premier North American security conference. Mozilla will be in attendance at the event as well as having our own "Milk and Cookies" Party on 7/28.
Next Week
Product Status Updates
Firefox 4
- due to the chemspill, we're a bit behind on schedule for beta 2
- getting a QA update today, hoping for release tomorrow
- beta 3 planning and landings going on this week
- a set of planned milestones and release dates for beta revisions is available
Firefox 3.6
- Released Firefox 3.6.7 on last Tuesday
- Saw a high-volume crash regression with certain combinations of object and embed tags (bug 575836)
- Released Firefox 3.6.8 with the fix on Friday...an amazingly quick turnaround!
- Post-mortems for 3.6.(7|8) will be happening the week of the 1st and 3.6.(4|6) will be happening the week of August 9th. Exact dates will be sent out today
- We are ready to do a chemspill release if anything comes up at BlackHat, though there are no talks we are too concerned about for Firefox
- The Firefox 3.6.9 schedule will be out today
- Any approvals for 1.9.2.8 are now for 1.9.2.9
Mobile Firefox
Thunderbird
- Released Thunderbird 3.1.1 and 3.0.6
- Found a bad crasher; we expect to need to spin 3.1.2 before offering advertised major updates to 3.1.x from older versions
Older Branch Work
Speakers
The limit is 3 minutes per speaker. It's like a lightning talk, but don't feel that you have to have slides in order to make a presentation.
| Title | Presenter | Topic | Media | More Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla Social Media Toolkit |
Sarah Doherty |
Mozilla Social Media Toolkit |
http://mozilla.sarahdoherty.net/temp/MozillaSocialMediaToolkit.zip | mzl.la/sfxsocialmediatoolkit |
| Firefox 3.6.8 in almost 24 hours | John O'Duinn | FF3.6.8 | blog post | |
| Your Title Here | Your Name Here | What are you going to talk about? | Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen | Link to where audience can find out more information |
Status Updates By Team
Firefox
- Announced Tab Candy on Friday. Over the weekend we had:
- 28 press articles, including dream headlines: "Firefox Just Perfected Tabs Browsing" from Techcrunch and "With FireFox's Tab Candy Feature, We'll Finally Achieve Tab Nirvana" from Gizmodo.
- 3 million views of the video, with half a million watching all the way through.
- Tens of thousands of tweets, with many saying they'll never look at another browser again.
- 30k+ installs of the Tab Candy alpha build of Firefox.
- Hundreds of feature suggestions and votes for them, not all of which say Opera did it first.
- Dozens of direct emails, some of which expressing a desire to have babies with Firefox.
- The Tab Candy team (especially Ian Gilman, Edward Lee, and Mitcho Erlewine) deserve all the credit for pushing long and hard to get Tab Candy this far.
- Please do some dogfooding with our Tab Candy build.
- "Dirty" startup goal work underway with interesting results.
Platform
Messaging
- Raindrop is rebooting: the backend is being rewritten for simplicity and speed on top of SQLAlchemy & MySQL/sqlite
- related to Tb participation work, dmose held BOF at OSCON about community & contribution metrics, will blog soon
Mobile
IT
Last Week
- Working through Firefix Sync scaling issues
- Pre-planning for Amsterdam datacenter move (could happen as soon as Friday)
- Wrapped up long-delayed Firewall upgrades in San Jose
This Week
- Performance problems with the generic web server cluster this morning
- Affected
wiki.mozilla.orgas well as others
- Affected
Release Engineering
QA
- Desktop QA:
- 3.6.8 chemspill release testing. Shipped next day (Friday).
- 4.0beta2, ongoing testing. Should ship tomorrow.
- Browser Technologies QA:
- Fennec 2.0 features are landing and specs are getting assigned. looking to eta an alpha end of month
- Sync 1.4.2b1 tested and pushed to AMO
- Firefox Home 1.0.1 tested and submitted to App Store
- WebQA:
- Pushed AMO 5.11.4 on 7/13
- Shipped a new version of Input last week
- Pushed a small change to fix some galleries in Personas
- Released the 1.1 version of the plugin directory
- QA Services:
- Meetup next week in NYC: http://www.meetup.com/Mozilla-in-the-Big-Apple/calendar/14115600/ as part of BlogHer - all NYC community welcome to attend! As part of the action packed weekend there will also be a Drumbeat Festival in NYC on August 7
Automation & Tools
- Lots of things in progress:
- Android work finalizing apace
- Mozmill moving quickly toward 1.4.2
- Cycle collector talos runs in progress
- Cross weave full automation should be ready for production at the end of the week
- Held test day on grafx bot on Friday, submitted it to AMO.
- More info here.
Security
Engagement
PR
- Firefox Just Perfected Tabbed Browsing. It’s Like Apple’s Expose Plus Spaces For The Web
- Mozilla tames Firefox tab monster with Candy
- With Firefox's Tab Candy Feature, We'll Finally Achieve Tab Nirvana
- Firefox Offers a Taste of Tab Candy
- Tab Candy: Firefox Invents a Better Way to Manage Tabs [VIDEO
- Firefox 3.6.8 Released
- Mozilla delays second Firefox 4 beta
- Mozilla Firefox 3.6.8 Update Released
- Mozilla re-patches Firefox 3.6 to fix plug-in problem
Events
- Black Hat USA 2010 July 24-29, 2010; Las Vegas, NV - We will be hosting our "traditional" Mozilla milk & cookies party on 7/28. Check out the information on the wiki.
- GUADEC 2010 - July 24-30, 2010; Netherlands. We are sponsoring at the bronze level. No Mozilla talks scheduled.
- BlogHer '10 - August 6-7, 2010 - We will be having a hotel suite and a presence in the GeekLab as well as a meetup on Thursday (open to non BlogHer folk) - sign up for the meetup here.
- Open Video Conference 2010 - October 1-2, 2010; New York, NY - Looking over sponsorship opportunities.
- Maker Faire Africa - August 27-28, 2010; Nairobi, Kenya - Looking into sponsorship opportunties.
- Renegade Craft Fair Chicago 2010 - September 11-12, 2010 - We will have a booth and be doing some innovative activities. Check out the wiki for more details Looking into sponsorship opportunities.
Creative Team
Community Marketing
- Community Marketing Call: Next call is Wednesday July 28th at 10 a.m. PST/17:00 UTC. Please send agenda items to mary at mozilla dot com.
Support
Metrics
Evangelism
Labs
Developer Tools
Add-ons
Webdev
L10n
- The L10n-drivers and Firefox Home team are finalizing a plan to localize the application. An announcement to the l10n newsgroup on instructions is forthcoming, hoping to post this week.
- Firefox 4 beta 2 will ship with 23 locales, some taking advantage of our "l10n-merge" technology.
- Firefox 4 beta web l10n work has been led by Pascal C. (Excellent work by Pascal) This tracking bug gives a good summary of the status of pages.
- KaiRo (Robert Kaiser) posted an explanation about the goals of the l20n project in the dev.platform newsgroup. Thanks, KaiRo!
- Congrats to the Malayalam localization for moving out of beta and into "official" status
- Oriya, es-CL, and es-MX will be next to de-beta
- L10n-drivers have a quarterly goal to reduce the number of locales in beta
- Several new locales are expected for Firefox 4 as the l10n-drivers team starts afresh with outreach to long-standing contributors trying to make it into an official release.
- Because of that, the team is refining the process by articulating more clearly what it takes to enter an official release, what is expected from both the l10n-drivers and the community proposing the new localization, and what are the consequences if all to-do items are not completed.
Introducing New Hires
- Laura Forrest