Releases/Firefox 36.0b1/BuildNotes

Firefox 36.0b1 build1

Preflight

Doing a 35.0build3 --> 36.0b1 partial this time (previously we just had people deal with a complete). Needed to modify the patcher config before starting.

Checklist

• (RelMan) Ship the l10n milestone
• (RelMan) Submit to Ship It
• abandoned to do build2

Issues

• source bundles too big too sign. They've just grown as more changes landed, bug 1120844 to increase the limit on the signing server
• macosx64 partner repack has failed with this error (Job re-triggered):

Firefox.app/Contents/Resources/browser/components/libbrowsercomps.dylib: (Empty error message)
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.

Firefox 36.0b1 build2

Checklist

• (RelMan) Ship the l10n milestone
• (RelMan) Submit to Ship It
• Publish in Balrog
• Post-release tasks
• Mark as shipped

Issues

• check_permissions raised a warning: "/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/36.0b1/" directory already exists on stage.mozilla.org
• push_to_mirror has failed - "/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/36.0b1/" exists
• both from forgetting to remove build1 from firefox/releases/
  • deleted firefox/releases/36.0b1 on stage
  • filed bug 1121872 for WebOps to purge CDNs
  • forced check_permissions and firefox_push_to_mirrors builders
  • replied to 'Updates available on beta-cdntest' notification email with info that updates may fail until bug 1121872 complete
  • added checklist item for beta build >=2, and improved docs

Fennec 36.0b1 build1

Checklist

• (RelMan) Ship the l10n milestone
• (RelMan) Submit to Ship It
• Post-release tasks
• Mark as shipped