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== Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] ==
== Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] ==
* The accessibility team is excited to call out Mark Capella for his great bug hacking. Thanks!
* The accessibility team is excited to call out Mark Capella for his great bug hacking. Thanks!
* Big thanks go out to Avi Halachmi (:avih) for his work on smooth scrolling and Joshua M (:soapy) for his work on the Australis theme for Firefox.


* Kudos to Mozilla IT/Ops to quickly scaling [http://browserquest.mozilla.org browserquest.mozilla.org] last Tuesday when it went viral!  This site wasn't even hosted on Mozilla IT managed infrastructure!
* Kudos to Mozilla IT/Ops to quickly scaling [http://browserquest.mozilla.org browserquest.mozilla.org] last Tuesday when it went viral!  This site wasn't even hosted on Mozilla IT managed infrastructure!
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=== Tuesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +1 day}} ===
=== Tuesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +1 day}} ===
* Brownbag: Community Tools & Platforms Roadmap for 2012. [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.mozillians/browse_thread/thread/e3efe9de0fa3863c More Details]


=== Wednesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +2 days}} ===
=== Wednesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +2 days}} ===
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== Product Status Updates (voice updates) ==
== Product Status Updates (voice updates) ==


=== Firefox Future (9, 10, 11) ===
=== Firefox Desktop ===
''Speaker Location:''  
''Speaker Location: toronto (johnath)''  


=== Firefox Current (3.6, 8) ===
* pdf.js landed, providing safe, in-browser PDF rendering for Firefox users {{bug|714712}}
''Speaker Location:''  
* Active discussion in dev.planning about 3.6 EOL plans
* We are now '''midway''' through the FF14 development cycle. 3 weeks to land on central before the next migration.
** Get your ff12/ff13 tracked bugs in now plzkthx.


=== Mobile Firefox ===
=== Mobile Firefox ===
''Speaker Location:''  
''Speaker Location: toronto (johnath)''  
* Daily triage of beta blockers continues at 11:30 PT
* The blocking list is shrinking, and GFX is making a lot of progress on crashers


=== Thunderbird ===
=== Thunderbird ===
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''Speaker Location:''  
''Speaker Location:''  


=== Drumbeat ===
=== Mozilla Popcorn ===
''Speaker Location:''
''Speaker Location:''
Brett Gaylor, remote
* Popcorn Maker 0.3, aka "Breakfast Club" releasing this week.  Notable features:
** Node.js based server for saving work and hosting creations (aka "cornfield")
** BrowserID for user authentication
** Supporting youtube and vimeo for media
* Held a Popcorn Learning Lab at new London office last Sunday, 30 web devs and film folks working together photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherworks/sets/72157629314277716/
* Launched Living Docs project to work with documentary creators, holding a hackthon at the Hot Docs film festival in Toronto at end of month http://www.livingdocs.org


=== Identity ===
=== Identity ===
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| ''What will the new person be working on?''
| ''What will the new person be working on?''
|-
|-
<!-- Insert new rows here -->
| ''Dan Maher''
| ''Brian Hourigan''
| ''MV''
| ''IT Systems team, webops''
|-
| ''Tim Chevalier''
| ''David Herman''
| ''Mountain View, CA''
| ''Research Engineer''
|-
| ''Ilana Segall''
| ''Jinghua Zhang''
| ''Mountain View, CA''
| ''Quantitative User Research''
|-
| ''Bob Micheletto''
| ''Jeff Vier''
| ''Mountain View, CA''
| ''Mozilla Services, Operations Engineer''
|-
| ''Michael Henry''
| ''Joe Stevensen''
| ''Mountain View, CA''
| ''Security Engineer''
|-
| ''Yury Delendik
| ''Andreas Gal''
| ''Edmond, OK''
| ''Software Engineer''
|-
| ''Benjamin Francis''
| ''Faramarz Rashed''
| ''UK''
| ''Front-End Engineer''
|-
|-
|}
|}
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| ''From which office will that introduction be transmitted?''
| ''From which office will that introduction be transmitted?''
| ''What will the new person be working on?''
| ''What will the new person be working on?''
|-
| Paul Adenot
| Daniel Holbert
| Mountain View
| Platform (Video/Audio features)
|-
| [https://twitter.com/#!/k88hudson Kate Hudson]
| Matt Thompson
| Toronto
| Summer internship. UX for [http://mozillapopcorn.org/popcorn-maker/ Mozilla Popcorn app].
|-
| Ilana Segall
| Jono Xia
| Mountain View
| User Research
|-
|-
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=== Services ===
=== Services ===


=== IT ===
=== IT/Operations & Infrastructure ===


* Debugged a code-related performance regression in www.mozilla.org over the weekend that was impacting site performance
* Debugged a code-related performance regression in [http://www.mozilla.org www.mozilla.org] over the weekend that was impacting site performance
* Buch of [http://blog.mozilla.com/it/2012/03/30/mozilla-db-news-fri-mar-30th/ database work]
* Bunch of [http://blog.mozilla.com/it/2012/03/30/mozilla-db-news-fri-mar-30th/ database work]
* SCL3 Data Center move
* SCL3 Data Center move
** Lit up Bay Area POPs - PAIX & Equinix
** Lit up Bay Area POPs - PAIX & Equinix
** Upgrading the PHX1/SCL3 link to 10GbE
** Spun up bedrock & www.mozilla.org in SCL3
** Configured release engineering core infrastructure
** Installed new Firefox OS X builders
** Migrated parts of community infrastructure
* Brought new linux builders (b2g integration) into production
* Wrapped up Beijing, China data center move
* Preparing to ship Air Mozilla Event Kit to MozCamp LATAM


=== Messaging ===
=== Messaging ===
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==== WebQA ====
==== WebQA ====
*Affiliates
**Successfully released the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Websites/Affiliates/Release/2012/3#Mar._28 3/28/2012 milestone], push bug, [[bug 740019]]
**[https://quality.mozilla.org/2012/03/web-qa-testday-for-the-affiliates-project-march-29-2012/ Test day today]
*AMO
**[http://cl.ly/1i233r1k0K2G2V250z3L AMO 6.4.8] going live at 2pm
**Testday was Wednesday, a big Thanks to everyone for help with moderating!
*Marketplace
**[http://cl.ly/1i233r1k0K2G2V250z3L MP 6.4.8] going live at 2pm
*Input
*Jetpack Builder (aka FlightDeck)
*Mozilla.com
** shipping one mozilla today 3/29
*Mozillians
**Still working on the [rel:03/21/2012] [http://bit.ly/GYDgqr release], hope to push it today or tomorrow
* Mozilla Reps [https://quality.mozilla.org/2012/03/web-qa-testday-for-mozilla-reps-march-30-2012/ testday] tomorrow
*MDN
** shipped 2.6 on 3/28
*Socorro
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&target_milestone=3&product=Socorro Milestone 3] successfully released today
** push [[bug 740075]]
*SUMO
** no updates
*Case Conductor
** Testing the .9 release, trying to find bugs during the last few days with the Meyers
*Wiki
** no updates


==== QA Community ====
==== QA Community ====
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=== Automation & Tools ===
=== Automation & Tools ===
* [https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Mozilla_automated_testing/Peptest User documentation for Peptest (user responsiveness testing framework) available on MDN], Peptest is now available on mozilla-inbound and mozilla-central
* Did [http://videos.mozilla.org/serv/air_mozilla/public/brownbags/2012_03_27_brownbag_The_War_On_Orange.f4v War on Orange brown bag last week]
* Android automation Improvements
** trobopan and tcheckerboard (fennec specific performance tests) are now live
** robocop unittests are green
** sut-tools are being updated to reduce instability
* Tp5 Row-order change has landed, which should dramatically reduce the noise in our talos numbers
* [http://mrcote.info/speedtests/results.html#/Kraken Kraken was added to the speedtest automation system]
* Lots of other work is [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Auto-tools/Meetings/2012-04-02 ongoing, see here for notes]
* Also, the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Auto-tools/Goals/2012Q2 Q2 Automation and Tools Goals are finalized]


=== Security ===
=== Security ===
{| class="fullwidth-table" style="width: 800px;"
|-
! style="width:25%" | Date / Time
! style="width:45%" | Item
|-
| Mon Apr 2 / 13:00 PST
| [wiki.mozilla.org/Apps/WebRT|WebRT] {{bug|697006}}
|-
| Wed Apr 4 / 13:00 PST
| AVAILABLE
|-
| Thu Apr 5 / 10:00 PST
| AVAILABLE
|-
| Fri Apr 6 / 10:00 AM PST
| AVAILABLE
|}
'''[https://mail.mozilla.com/home/ckoenig@mozilla.com/Security%20Review.html Calendar and Meeting details]'''
General Meeting Details
* IRC Channel: #security
* Etherpad: http://etherpad.mozilla.com:9000/secreview
* Vidyo: https://v.mozilla.com/flex.html?roomdirect.html&key=5XEMsG1ApA4b (Room 9058)
* Dial-in Info (phone):
** In office or soft phone: extension 92
** US/INTL: 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 then extension 92
** Toronto: 416-848-3114 then extension 92
** Toll-free: 800-707-2533 then password 369
** Conference num 99058
For updates to meetings please see the Security Review Calendar
* HTML: https://mail.mozilla.com/home/ckoenig@mozilla.com/Security%20Review.html
* .ics: https://mail.mozilla.com/home/ckoenig@mozilla.com/Security%20Review


=== Engagement ===
=== Engagement ===


==== PR ====
==== PR ====
*[http://www.tomshardware.com/news/mozilla-firefox-browser-chrome-internet-explorer,15173.html Reasons Why Firefox Could Become a Top Browser Again]
*[http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2402302,00.asp Mozilla's BrowserQuest Points to New Online Gaming Model]
*[http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/mozilla-browserquest-the-future-of-open-source-html5-gaming.html Mozilla BrowserQuest The Future of Open Source HTML5 Gaming?]
*[http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/03/mozilla-launches-multiplayer-browser-adventure-to-showcase-html5-gaming.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Mozilla launches multiplayer browser adventure to showcase HTML5 gaming]
*[http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/04/picture-better-web-apps-with-mozillas-camera-api/ Picture Better Web Apps With Mozilla’s Camera API]
*[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/03/27/businessinsiderinside-mozillas-amaz.DTL Inside Mozilla's Amazing Office Space In San Francisco]


==== Events ====
==== Events ====
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=== WebFWD ===
=== WebFWD ===
Mark your calendars for the 2nd ever WebFWD Summit, where we'll be bringing in our teams from around the world to Mountain View for hands-on workshops May 11th and (this could involve you) a public code sprint event on Saturday, May 12. We'll share details on how to participate - whether remotely or locally - as we firm them up!


== Foundation Updates ==
== Foundation Updates ==
[[Category:Weekly Updates]]
[[Category:Meeting Notes]]
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