Releases/RelEngChecklist

General

• Find the Release Management owner for a release.
• Paperwork requirements (bug, notes)
• Troubleshooting
• Releaseduty FAQ

Fennec

Beta

In weeks that have multiple Firefox betas we generally do not build a second Fennec beta alongside it. Pay careful attention to the go to build given to make sure you do the right thing.

• (RelMan) Ship the l10n milestone (build1 only)
• (RelMan) Submit to Ship It
• If build2 (or later) then we probably need to Remove the previous build
• Post-release tasks

Release

• (RelMan) Ship the l10n milestone (build1 only)
• (RelMan) Submit to Ship It
• Push to mirrors
• Post-release tasks

Firefox

Beta

Reminder: Do not use any of these steps when RC is used as final beta.

• Look for any key expiration in the next 6 weeks on the signing certificate inventory (Beta 1 only)
• (RelMan) Ship the l10n milestone (build1 only)
• (RelMan) Submit to Ship It
• If build2 (or later) then we probably need to Remove the previous build
• Publish in Balrog
• Post-release tasks

Release

• (Releng + Relman) - prior to shipit, determine if there is a WhatsNewPage for the release and comment/uncomment http://hg.mozilla.org/build/buildbot-configs/file/bc26f621daa1/mozilla/release-firefox-mozilla-release.py.template#l38
• (RelMan) Ship the l10n milestone (build1 only)
• (RelMan) Submit to Ship It
• Set up whatsnew page
• Publish RC to Beta channel
• Push to mirrors
• Apply Throttling
• Verify throttling
• Publish in Balrog
• Post-release tasks

ESR

• (RelMan) Submit to Ship It
• Push to mirrors
• Set up whatsnew page - this page should be shown to people updating from previous major versions
• Publish in Balrog
• Post-release tasks

Thunderbird

Beta

• (TB Drivers) Ship the l10n milestone (build1 only)
• (TB Drivers) Submit to Ship It
• Publish in Balrog
• Post-release tasks

Release

• (TB Drivers) Ship the l10n milestone (build1 only)
• (TB Drivers) Submit to Ship It
• Push to mirrors
• Publish in Balrog
• Post-release tasks