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* release target is November 26th
* release target is November 26th


'''Fennec 1.0x beta 5'''
'''Fennec 1.0x Maemo Beta'''
* [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/fennec/1.0b5/releasenotes/ maemo b5] is out!
* [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/fennec/1.0b5/releasenotes/ maemo b5] is out!
* maemo 1.0 string freeze target is November 18th
 
'''Fennec 1.0x Maemo RC'''
* maemo rc string freeze target is November 18th
* maemo rc code freeze target is December 1st
* maemo rc code freeze target is December 1st
'''Fennec 1.0x WinMo Alpha'''
* winmo a4 code freeze target is December 1st
* winmo a4 code freeze target is December 1st


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* Bespin Embedded "preview" release. The first real standalone release of a Bespin embeddable text component, with docs and all.
* Bespin Embedded "preview" release. The first real standalone release of a Bespin embeddable text component, with docs and all.
* Personas 1.4 (rc2 11/11, final 11/13): gives users more info about the categories and personas exposed through the extension and directs them to the web gallery for more personas from the categories as well as more info on the selected persona and its designer.
* Personas 1.4 (rc2 11/11, final 11/13): gives users more info about the categories and personas exposed through the extension and directs them to the web gallery for more personas from the categories as well as more info on the selected persona and its designer.
* Jetpack Gallery pushed this week
* Weave 1.0 beta1 - requires users to referesh their data to server


= Support =
= Support =
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=ALL+!common-issue%2B common issues]
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=ALL+!common-issue%2B common issues]
* Still seeing {{bug|486507}} (Chrome registration failed) -- getting a spike as usual after a pushed update.
* Still seeing {{bug|486507}} (Chrome registration failed) -- getting a spike as usual after a pushed update.
* A couple reports of the Entry Point not found error.  {{bug|525390}}
* A couple reports of the Entry Point not found error {{bug|525390}} and a few Firefox not starting after update.
* People with older firewalls with the usual connection loss.
* People with older/expired firewalls with the usual connection loss. {{bug|335289}}.
* AV software blocking/deleting downloads?
* AV software blocking/deleting downloads?
* Good news: it FEELS like there are fewer crashes but that could be because of an increase in other issues -- disclaimer: these numbers aren't statistically validated


= Product Development =
= Product Development =
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* Fx 3.6
* Fx 3.6
** 3.6Beta(revision2) aka b2 sign-off
** 3.6Beta(revision2) aka b2 sign-off
** {{Bug|526019}}? blocklisting older versions of Flash for 3.6b2
** {{Bug|526019}}? blocklisting older versions of Flash for 3.6b2 with severity=0
* Fennec:
* Fennec:
** Signed off on [https://wiki.mozilla.org/QA/Fennec1.0/ReleaseTest/1.0Maemo_Beta5 Maemo Beta5]
** Signed off on [https://wiki.mozilla.org/QA/Fennec1.0/ReleaseTest/1.0Maemo_Beta5 Maemo Beta5]
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** TPan/TZoom coming back online
** TPan/TZoom coming back online
** Initial run of Talos TS on WinMo completed with Aki
** Initial run of Talos TS on WinMo completed with Aki
*** minor cleanup required to get results on graph server
* Tegra:
* Tegra:
**Smoketested Firefox 3.6 Beta 2 build and ran update testing
**Smoketested Firefox 3.6 Beta 2 build and ran update testing
**Continued testing of nightly builds
**Continued testing of nightly builds
**Bug verification
**Bug verification
**beta updates pulled {{bug|527867}}


= Release Engineering =
= Release Engineering =
* Power outage saturday (see above)
* FF3.5.5: RelEng took 13 hours; fastest yet.
* FF3.6b2 went well
** WinCE pulled after the fact as requested
* when prompted MU FF3.0.15->FF3.5.5?
* refreshed MU for FF2->FF3.0.15?


= Add-ons  =
= Add-ons  =
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= Partners =
= Partners =
* Noticing that CrashKill is getting more 3rd party vendors involved, and there is consistently a need for crashdumps and repro steps that may or may not be there. Is there any way of working with the sumo team to set up a process to get additional data and permission to share from the people they interact with?
* Now that severity is available in blocklists, does it make sense to establish what our default will be, and what criteria we'll use to set a different severity? (see [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Extension_Blocklisting:Code_Design] for additional info on the client settings Fx accepts


= Evangelism =
= Evangelism =


= Marketing/PR  =
= Marketing/PR  =
*Plugin Check
**Average of 40K p/v a day.
**Have final copy and design; waiting on the suite of buttons from martell.
**Goal is to have them on SFx and passing them around for the week of 11/23.


*Working on increasing beta usage...Jane is setting up a Facebook group and has other projects in the works. Also, pending some data analysis we'll be adding a beta promo to the /ie and /firefox download pages in the same format as the one we have on [https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/upgrade.html /upgrade].  
*Working on increasing beta usage...Jane is setting up a Facebook group and has other projects in the works. Also, pending some data analysis we'll be adding a beta promo to the /ie and /firefox download pages in the same format as the one we have on [https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/upgrade.html /upgrade].  
*First Run/What's New pages ready for l10n, but three other bugs need to be resolved before the pages are ready for launch:  
*Key pages are ready for l10n, but three other bugs need to be resolved before First Run/What's New are ready for launch:  
**[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=526919 526919]  
**[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=526919 526919]  
**[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522188 522188]<br>  
**[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522188 522188]<br>  
**[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=526891 526891<br>]  
**[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=526891 526891<br>]  
*[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox3.6/WebsitePlan Other mozila.com details]
*[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox3.6/WebsitePlan Other mozilla.com details for the 3.6 launch]


= Roundtable =
= Roundtable =
Confirmed users, Bureaucrats and Sysops emeriti
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