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DEER PARK PRODUCT PLANNING AND RELEASE MANAGEMENT

(Deer Park is the code name for the next release of Mozilla Firefox.) cbeard

2005-07-21 - The final release of Deer Park will be branded "Mozilla Firefox 1.5". See details

2005-11-29 - We've now released Firefox 1.5 Final on the Gecko 1.8.0 Platform (release notes). See the Firefox 2 (Bon Echo) Planning Center for information on the next release.

Weekly team meetings continue to be scheduled for every Tuesday at 11:00am p.d.t.

BUG TRACKING

We're using the following bugzilla queries to track all bug lists. These will be the queries used during weekly meetings and in tracking progress.

Master Tracking Bug for Deer Park

Tracking bug for the Branch for Gecko 1.8

1.8rc2+ - Firefox 1.5 RC2 Blockers

aviary1.5? - Firefox 1.5 Final Nominations

aviary1.5+ - Firefox 1.5 Final Blockers

DEER PARK ALPHA 1

Deer Park Alpha 1 was released on 2005-05-31.

Description	Tracking Bug	Owner(s)	Status
Extension Manager	290391	ben	landed
<canvas>	290392	vlad	landed
SVG	290387	tor	landed
Fast Back	290394	bryner	landed - pref'd off for testing
E4X	290393	brendan, peterv	landed - partial support
Security Consolidation	290872	brendan, jst, dveditz	landed
Mac Platform Improvements	290389	Mano	landed - Aqua compliance completed

DEER PARK ALPHA 2

Deer Park Alpha 2 was released on 2005-07-12.

This release is the second release in the Deer Park product development cycle. It includes all major and significant features, whether pref'd on or off in order to achieve wider testing and to solicit quality feedback. The quality standard of this release is pre-production and therefore it should be of the quality required to support testing, and for extension, theme and web application developers to begin compatibility and feature testing in advance of Firefox 1.5. It may break some but not all 1.0+ targeted Extensions. It should not contain any significant known crashers.

Priority	Description	Tracking Bug	Owner(s)	Status
P1	Regression Stomping	-	ALL	done
P1	Software Update	290390	darin, ben, morgamic, chase	landed - server-side work continues. plan is to pref off software update in a2, and to then coordinate discrete testing, auto-updating testers to trunk nightlies, performance tuning and load balancing work to be done, with large field test planned for mass update to b1. Detailed Status Report
P2	Improved Pop-up Blocking	290396	jst	landed
P1	Security Consolidation and Enhancement, e.g. 1.0.x+, split wrappers, trusted event checking, and origin tracking.	290872	brendan, jst, dveditz	landed
P3	Fast Back	290394	bryner	landed - pref'd on for a2; will evaluate stability for status in b1 and final
P3	Mac Platform Improvements	290389	Mano	landed - shell service, safari profile migrator
P3	Enterprise Deployment Improvements	290399	bsmedberg	landed - except MSI builds
P3	Platform Debugging Improvements	290398	bsmedberg	landed
P3	Drag & Drop Tab Reordering	290395	mconnor	landed

FIREFOX 1.5 BETA 1 / DEER PARK BETA 1

Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 was released on 2005-09-08.

This is the third release in the Deer Park / Firefox 1.5 product development cycle. It is a branded release, in order to drive even greater visibility and to solicit wider quality feedback.

Priority	Description	Tracking Bug	Owner(s)	Status
P1	Regression Stomping	-	ALL	done
P2	E4X	290393	brendan, peterv	landed - partial support enabled, DOM hookup to come in Firefox 2
P1	Security Audits, e.g. scan and code audit including SVG, <canvas>, and AUS	-	dveditz, chofmann, dougt	scans underway, audits to be scheduled
P1	l10n Dependencies	-	bsmedberg	tbd
P2	Mac Platform Improvements	290389	ben, Mano	landed

FIREFOX 1.5 BETA 2 / DEER PARK BETA 2

Firefox 1.5 Beta 2 was released on 2005-10-06.

This is the fourth release in the Deer Park product development cycle. It is a branded release, in order to drive even greater visibility and to solicit wider quality feedback.

Priority	Description	Tracking Bug	Owner(s)	Status
P1	Regression Stomping	-	ALL	done

FIREFOX 1.5 RC1 & RC2

Firefox 1.5 RC1 was released on 2005-11-01.

Firefox 1.5 RC2 was released on 2005-11-10.

These are the first two Release Candidates (RC1, RC2) for Firefox 1.5. They are officially branded and have been released to a wider community for testing and quality feedback. They are of close to production quality as possible and are also an opportunity for Extension, Theme, and web application developers to finalize their support for Firefox 1.5.

Priority	Description	Tracking Bug	Owner(s)	Status
P1	Regression Stomping	-	ALL	done

FIREFOX 1.5 RC3

Firefox 1.5 RC3 was released on 2005-11-17.

If no showstopper issues are identified with this build, it will be released as Firefox 1.5 (Final)

This is the 3rd Release Candidate (RC3) for Firefox 1.5, addressing any regressions or other bugs uncovered in the 2nd Release Candidate (RC2). It is officially branded as Firefox 1.5 and has been released to the community for testing and quality checking. It is of production quality and is also a final opportunity for Extension, Theme, l10n and web application developers to finalize their support for Firefox 1.5 before final release.

FIREFOX 1.5 FINAL

Firefox 1.5 was released on 2005-11-29.

This is the final, official release of Firefox 1.5.

Priority	Description	Tracking Bug	Owner(s)	Status
P1	Final Regression Audit	-	ALL	underway
P1	Website Update & Final Documentation (on- & offline), Release notes etc.	-	Asa	underway
P1	Mirror network Preparation	-	Asa	underway
P1	Firefox 1.5 Release Party	-	ALL	underway (?)

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 __NOTOC__
 __NOTOC__
-== DEER PARK PRODUCT PLANNING AND RELEASE MGMT ==
+== DEER PARK PRODUCT PLANNING AND RELEASE MANAGEMENT ==
 ''(Deer Park is the code name for the next release of Mozilla Firefox.)''
 [mailto:cbeard@mozilla.org cbeard]
-<div align="left"><table><tr><td valign="top">http://www.mozilla.org/projects/deerpark/deerpark-icon.png</td>
+<div align="left"><table summary="Overview of current progress"><tr><td valign="top">http://www.mozilla.org/projects/deerpark/deerpark-icon.png</td>
-<td>'''6/23/05''' - We are presently working on finalizing and releasing Deer Park Alpha 2. Nominations have been closed for two weeks, and all blockers have been assigned and are now being fixed.
+<td>
-Weekly team meetings continue to be schedule for every Tuesday at 11:00am p.d.t.
+'''2005-07-21''' - The final release of Deer Park will be branded "Mozilla Firefox 1.5".
+[http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2005/07/21/versioning-bump-to-15/ See details]
-'''Please Note:''' The plan of record is to branch for Gecko 1.8 at or shortly after the release of Alpha 2.
+'''2005-11-29''' - We've now released Firefox 1.5 Final on the Gecko 1.8.0 [[Platform]] ([http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/releases/1.5.html release notes]).
+See the [[Firefox2|Firefox 2 (Bon Echo) Planning Center]] for information on the next release.
+Weekly team meetings continue to be scheduled for every Tuesday at 11:00am p.d.t.
 </td></tr></table></div>
@@ Line 16: / Line 20: @@
 We're using the following bugzilla queries to track all bug lists.  These will be the queries used during weekly meetings and in tracking progress.
-: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290383 Master Tracking Bug for Deer Park]
+:[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290383 Master Tracking Bug for Deer Park]
-: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?resolution=---&field0-0-0=flagtypes.name&type0-0-0=equals&value0-0-0=blocking1.8b3%2B   1.8b3+ - Deer Park Alpha 2 Blockers]
+:<b>[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300860 Tracking bug for the Branch for Gecko 1.8]</b>
-: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?resolution=---&field0-0-0=flagtypes.name&type0-0-0=equals&value0-0-0=blocking1.8b4%2B  1.8b4+ - Deer Park Beta Blockers]
+: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?keywords_type=nowords&keywords=fixed1.8+verified1.8&field0-0-0=flagtypes.name&type0-0-0=equals&value0-0-0=blocking1.8rc2%2B&order=Bug+Number  1.8rc2+ - Firefox 1.5 RC2 Blockers]
-: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?field0-0-0=flagtypes.name&type0-0-0=equals&value0-0-0=blocking-aviary1.1%2B&resolution=--- aviary1.1+ - Firefox 1.1 Blockers]
+: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?resolution=---?field0-0-0=flagtypes.name&type0-0-0=equals&value0-0-0=blocking-aviary1.5?&order=Bug+Number aviary1.5? - Firefox 1.5 Final Nominations]
+: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?resolution=---?field0-0-0=flagtypes.name&type0-0-0=equals&value0-0-0=blocking-aviary1.5%2B&order=Bug+Number aviary1.5+ - Firefox 1.5 Final Blockers]
 === DEER PARK ALPHA 1 ===
-: '''Deer Park Alpha 1''' was released on 5/31/05.
+: '''Deer Park Alpha 1''' was released on 2005-05-31.
-{| border="1" cellpadding="6" valign="top"
+{| border="1" cellpadding="6" valign="top" summary="Bug list for Deer Park Alpha 1"
 ! style="background:#efefef;" | '''Description'''
 ! style="background:#efefef;" | '''Tracking Bug'''
@@ Line 34: / Line 40: @@
 ! style="background:#efefef;" | '''Status'''
 |-
-| [[Firefox:1.1_Extension_Manager_Upgrades|'''Extension Manager''']]
+| [[Firefox:1.5_Extension_Manager_Upgrades|'''Extension Manager''']]
-| [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?290391 290391]
+| [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290391 290391]
 | [mailto:beng@google.com ben]
 | style="background:#ccffcc"; | '''landed'''
@@ Line 52: / Line 58: @@
 | [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290394 290394]
 | [mailto:bryner@brianryner.com bryner]
-| style="background:#ffff66"; |'''landed''' - pref'd off for testing
+| style="background:#ccffcc"; |'''landed''' - pref'd off for testing
 |-
 | [http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-357.htm '''E4X''']
 | [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290393 290393]
 | [mailto:brendan@mozilla.org brendan], [mailto:peterv@mozilla-europe.org peterv]
-| style="background:#ffff66"; | '''landed''' - partial support
+| style="background:#ccffcc"; | '''landed''' - partial support
 |-
 | '''Security Consolidation'''
@@ Line 63: / Line 69: @@
 | [mailto:brendan@mozilla.org brendan], [mailto:jst@mozilla.org jst], [mailto:dveditz@cruzio.com dveditz]
 | style="background:#ccffcc"; | '''landed'''
+|-
+| '''Mac Platform Improvements'''
+| [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290389 290389]
+| [mailto:mozilla.mano@sent.com Mano]
+| style="background:#ccffcc"; | '''landed''' - Aqua compliance completed
 |-
 |}
@@ Line 68: / Line 79: @@
 === DEER PARK ALPHA 2 ===
-This release will be the second release in the Deer Park product development cycle.  It will include all major and significant features, whether pref'd on or off in order to achieve wider testing and to solicit quality feedback.  The quality standard of this release is pre-production and therefore it should be of the quality required to support testing, and for extension, theme and web application developers to begin compatibility and feature testing in advance of Firefox 1.1.  It may break some but not all 1.0+ targeted Extensions.  It should not contain any significant or known crashers.
+: '''Deer Park Alpha 2''' was released on 2005-07-12.
-: '''Final Date for Scheduled Commits:''' Monday, June 27, 2005
+This release is the second release in the Deer Park product development cycle.  It includes all major and significant features, whether pref'd on or off in order to achieve wider testing and to solicit quality feedback.  The quality standard of this release is pre-production and therefore it should be of the quality required to support testing, and for extension, theme and web application developers to begin compatibility and feature testing in advance of Firefox 1.5.  It may break some but not all 1.0+ targeted Extensions.  It should not contain any significant known crashers.
-: '''Testing and Quality Assurance Begins:''' Tuesday, June 27, 2005
-: '''Estimated Release Date: ''' TBD
-{| border="1" cellpadding="6" valign="top"
+{| border="1" cellpadding="6" valign="top" summary="Bug list for Deer Park Alpha 2"
 ! style="background:#efefef;" | '''Priority'''
 ! style="background:#efefef;" | '''Description'''
@@ Line 85: / Line 94: @@
 | -
 | ALL
-| style="background:#ffff66"; | ''all known regressions have been filed as bugs, are assigned, and being worked on''
+| style="background:#ccffcc"; | '''done'''
 |-
 | P1
@@ Line 91: / Line 100: @@
 | [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290390 290390]
 | [mailto:darin@meer.net darin], [mailto:beng@google.com ben], [mailto:mike.morgan@oregonstate.edu morgamic], [mailto:chase@mozilla.org chase]
-| style="background:#ffff66"; | ''software update has landed and server-side work continues.  plan is to pref off software update in a2, and to then coordinate discrete testing, auto-updating testers to trunk nightlies, performance tuning and load balancing work to be done, with large field test planned for mass update to b1.''
+| style="background:#ffff66"; | '''landed''' - ''server-side work continues.  plan is to pref off software update in a2, and to then coordinate discrete testing, auto-updating testers to trunk nightlies, performance tuning and load balancing work to be done, with large field test planned for mass update to b1.''
-|-
-| P2
+[http://wiki.mozilla.org/Software_Update:Tasklist Detailed Status Report]
-| [http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-357.htm '''E4X''']
-| [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290393 290393]
-| [mailto:brendan@mozilla.org brendan], [mailto:peterv@mozilla-europe.org peterv]
-| style="background:#ffff66"; | ''in progress''
 |-
 | P2
@@ Line 103: / Line 108: @@
 | [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290396 290396]
 | [mailto:jst@mozilla.org jst]
-| style="background:#ffff66"; | ''in progress''
+| style="background:#ccffcc"; | '''landed'''
 |-
 | P1
@@ Line 115: / Line 120: @@
 | [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290394 290394]
 | [mailto:bryner@brianryner.com bryner]
-| style="background:#ffff66"; |
+| style="background:#ccffcc"; |
-to be pref'd on for a2 once all blocking bugs in tracking bug
+'''landed''' ''- pref'd on for a2; will evaluate stability for status in b1 and final
-[http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=298293 298293] are resolved; will evaluate stability for status in b1 and final
 |-
 | P3
-| '''Mac Platform Improvements''', e.g. Aqua compliance, profile migrators, shell service
+| '''Mac Platform Improvements'''
 | [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290389 290389]
 | [mailto:mozilla.mano@sent.com Mano]
-| style="background:#ffff66"; | ''in progress''
+| style="background:#ffff66"; |  '''landed''' - shell service, safari profile migrator
 |-
 | P3
@@ Line 144: / Line 148: @@
 |}
-=== DEER PARK BETA ===
+=== FIREFOX 1.5 BETA 1 / DEER PARK BETA 1 ===
-This will be the third release in the Deer Park product development cycle.  It will be the last unbranded release, but will be given greater visibility to solict wider quality feedback.
+: '''Firefox 1.5 Beta 1''' was released on 2005-09-08.
-: '''Final Date for Scheduled Commits:''' TBD
+This is the third release in the Deer Park / Firefox 1.5 product development cycle.  It is a branded release, in order to drive even greater visibility and to solicit wider quality feedback.
-: '''Testing and Quality Assurance Begins:''' (''Estimated Release Date'' - 5 days)
-: '''Estimated Release Date: ''' TBD
-{| border="1" cellpadding="6"
+{| border="1" cellpadding="6" summary="Bug list for Firefox 1.5 Beta"
 ! style="background:#efefef;" | '''Priority'''
 ! style="background:#efefef;" | '''Description'''
@@ Line 163: / Line 165: @@
 | -
 | ALL
-| style="background:#ff3333"; | ''awaiting feedback from a1''
+| style="background:#ff3333"; | '''done'''
+|-
+| P2
+| [http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-357.htm '''E4X''']
+| [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290393 290393]
+| [mailto:brendan@mozilla.org brendan], [mailto:peterv@mozilla-europe.org peterv]
+| style="background:#ffff66"; | '''landed''' - ''partial support enabled, DOM hookup to come in Firefox 2''
 |-
 | P1
 | '''Security Audits''', e.g. scan and code audit including SVG, <canvas>, and AUS
-| [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111111 111111]
+| -
 | [mailto:dveditz@cruzio.com dveditz], [mailto:chofmann@mozilla.org chofmann], [mailto:dougt@mozilla.org dougt]
 | style="background:#ff3333"; | scans underway, audits to be scheduled
@@ Line 173: / Line 181: @@
 | P1
 | '''l10n Dependencies'''
-| [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290400 290400] || [mailto:benjamin@smedbergs.us bsmedberg]
+| -
+| [mailto:benjamin@smedbergs.us bsmedberg]
 | style="background:#ff3333"; | ''tbd''
+|-
+| P2
+| '''Mac Platform Improvements'''
+| [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290389 290389]
+| [mailto:beng@google.com ben], [mailto:mozilla.mano@sent.com Mano]
+| style="background:#ffff66"; | '''landed'''
 |}
-=== FIREFOX 1.1 RC1 ===
+=== FIREFOX 1.5 BETA 2 / DEER PARK BETA 2 ===
-This will be the first Release Candidate (RC1) for Firefox 1.1.  It will be officially branded, and will be released to a wider community for testing and quality feedback.  It should be of close to production quality and will also be an opportunity for Extension, Theme, and web application developers to finalize their support for Firefox 1.1.
+: '''Firefox 1.5 Beta 2''' was released on 2005-10-06.
-: '''Final Date for Scheduled Commits:''' TBD
+This is the fourth release in the Deer Park product development cycle.  It is a branded release, in order to drive even greater visibility and to solicit wider quality feedback.
-: '''Testing and Quality Assurance Begins:''' (''Estimated Release Date'' - 5 days)
-: '''Estimated Release Date: ''' TBD
-{| border="1" cellpadding="6"
+{| border="1" cellpadding="6" summary="Bug list for Firefox 1.5 Beta"
 ! style="background:#efefef;" | '''Priority'''
 ! style="background:#efefef;" | '''Description'''
@@ Line 192: / Line 205: @@
 ! style="background:#efefef;" | '''Status'''
 |-
+| P1
+| '''Regression Stomping'''
+| -
+| ALL
+| style="background:#ff3333"; | '''done'''
 |}
-=== FIREFOX 1.1 RC(X) ===
+=== FIREFOX 1.5 RC1 & RC2 ===
-'There will be at least one release candidate, if not more, until such time as the release is ready for production use.'
+: '''Firefox 1.5 RC1''' was released on 2005-11-01.
+: '''Firefox 1.5 RC2''' was released on 2005-11-10.
-This will be the [number] Release Candidate (RC2) for Firefox 1.1 addressing any regressions or other bugs uncovered in RC1.  It will be officially branded, and will be released to a wider community for testing and quality feedback.  It should be of close to production quality and will also be the final opportunity for Extension, Theme, and web application developers to finalize their support for Firefox 1.1.
+These are the first two Release Candidates (RC1, RC2) for Firefox 1.5.  They are officially branded and have been released to a wider community for testing and quality feedback.  They are of close to production quality as possible and are also an opportunity for Extension, Theme, and web application developers to finalize their support for Firefox 1.5.
-: '''Final Date for Scheduled Commits:''' TBD
+{| border="1" cellpadding="6" summary="Bug list for Firefox 1.5 RC1 & RC2"
-: '''Testing and Quality Assurance Begins:''' (''Estimated Release Date'' - 5 days)
-: '''Estimated Release Date: ''' TBD
-{| border="1" cellpadding="6"
 ! style="background:#efefef;" | '''Priority'''
 ! style="background:#efefef;" | '''Description'''
@@ Line 211: / Line 226: @@
 ! style="background:#efefef;" | '''Status'''
 |-
+| P1
+| '''Regression Stomping'''
+| -
+| ALL
+| style="background:#ff3333"; | '''done'''
 |}
-=== FIREFOX 1.1 FINAL ===
+=== FIREFOX 1.5 RC3 ===
+: '''Firefox 1.5 RC3''' was released on 2005-11-17.
+''If no showstopper issues are identified with this build, it will be released as Firefox 1.5 (Final)''
+This is the 3rd Release Candidate (RC3) for Firefox 1.5, addressing any regressions or other bugs uncovered in the 2nd Release Candidate (RC2).  It is officially branded as Firefox 1.5 and has been released to the community for testing and quality checking.  It is of production quality and is also a final opportunity for Extension, Theme, l10n and web application developers to finalize their support for Firefox 1.5 before final release.
+=== FIREFOX 1.5 FINAL ===
-This will be the final official release of Firefox 1.1.
+: '''Firefox 1.5''' was released on 2005-11-29.
-: '''Final Date for Scheduled Commits:''' TBD
+This is the final, official release of Firefox 1.5.
-: '''Testing and Quality Assurance Begins:''' (''Estimated Release Date'' - 5 days)
-: '''Estimated Release Date: ''' TBD
-{| border="1" cellpadding="6"
+{| border="1" cellpadding="6" summary="Bug list for final release of Firefox 1.5"
 ! style="background:#efefef;" | '''Priority'''
 ! style="background:#efefef;" | '''Description'''
@@ Line 228: / Line 254: @@
 ! style="background:#efefef;" | '''Status'''
 |-
+| P1
+| '''Final Regression Audit'''
+| -
+| ALL
+| style="background:#ff3333"; | underway
+|-
+| P1
+| [[Web_Site_Updates|'''Website Update''']] ''' & Final Documentation''' ''(on- & offline), Release notes etc.''
+| -
+| Asa
+| style="background:#ff3333"; | underway
+|-
+| P1
+| '''Mirror network Preparation'''
+| -
+| Asa
+| style="background:#ff3333"; | underway
+|-
+| P1
+| [[Firefox:1.5_Party|'''Firefox 1.5 Release Party''']]
+| -
+| ALL
+| style="background:#ff3333"; | ''underway (?)''
 |}
+[[category:firefox]]