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= Roundtable =
= Roundtable == Roundtable =
* Tomcat (away during the meeting) but please please help testing OpenGL on Mac Trunk Nightly's and give us feedback -> http://blog.mozilla.com/tomcat/2010/10/04/help-testing-opengl-on-trunk-nighty-builds/ - also sign up to the nightly testers list -> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/nightly-testers - thanks!
* [Beltzner] Potential strategies for Beta 7
** Proposal A: Continue to Wait
*** disable failing tests and merge GC Compartments to TM and m-c today or tomorrow, block on re-enabling failing tests
*** gets us 40,000 nightly testers earlier, but scope of outstanding changes may negate that testing
*** builds would not be until next Wednesday or Thursday
*** would likely want to tag & branch for beta7 so tree could re-open
** Proposal B: Ship B7 Without GC Compartments
*** not sure how tied to JM correctness the work is
*** would it invalidate feature/API freeze?
*** could move to builds as early as this Wednesday
*** means that GC Compartments lands with the other backlog of changes
* [Tomcat|away during the meeting] Help testing OpenGL on Mac Trunk Nightly's and give us feedback
** [http://blog.mozilla.com/tomcat/2010/10/04/help-testing-opengl-on-trunk-nighty-builds/ Tomcat's blog post on the topic]
** also sign up to the [https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/nightly-testers nightly testers list]
* (bsmedberg) Java signature dialog kicks in the hang detector - {{bug|555699}} - We currently can't fix this because the Java dialog occurs in yet another process. The options are
* (bsmedberg) Java signature dialog kicks in the hang detector - {{bug|555699}} - We currently can't fix this because the Java dialog occurs in yet another process. The options are
*# ignore the problem, probably screw some corporate environments
*# ignore the problem, probably screw some corporate environments
*# blacklist Java so it always runs in-process (stability and potential exploit surfaces get worse)
*# blacklist Java so it always runs in-process (stability and potential exploit surfaces get worse)
*# wait for Oracle to respond
*# wait for Oracle to respond
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