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* CSS gradient syntax change ({{bug|513395}}) landed on m-c yesterday; backport to 1.9.2 | * CSS gradient syntax change ({{bug|513395}}) landed on m-c yesterday; backport to 1.9.2 is posted to the bug, the a1.9.2 queue, and the try server; would like to land it tonight or Wednesday morning assuming all is well | ||
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Revision as of 17:48, 3 November 2009
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Notices / Schedule
Firefox 3.0.16 / Firefox 3.5.6
Firefox 3.6 Beta
- Released on Friday, Oct 30th
- plan is to promote it heavily to rapidly increase beta audience
- will refresh frequently via the Firefox 3.6 beta update channel, each update will be versioned "3.6b#" and presented as a "revision"
- next update is aimed to be this Friday, minimally containing:
- DLL component directory lockdown and blacklisting patch (see bug 524904 and bug 519357
- syntax changes for CSS gradients (see bug 513395)
- cycle-collector patch to stop cycle collection instead of crashing (see bug 521750)
- other changes on mozilla-1.9.2 since we froze for beta
Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate
- proposed code freeze November 18th (2 weeks)
- proposed release November 19th (Happy Thanksgiving)
- need to check these schedules with build and QA, obviously
Blocker Report
See more Firefox 3.6 related blocker queries, or learn about the new status and blocker flags
- Release Blockers (flag: blocking1.9.2 or blocking-firefox3.6)
- 115 OPEN (-25 w/w)
- 53 FIXED but not yet fixed on mozilla-1.9.2 (+22 w/w)
- 36 nominations (-8 w/w)
- Handy charts: Blocker snapshots, Blocker and Noms trends
- Approvals
- 106 requests (-6 w/w)
- 39 approved but not yet fixed on mozilla-1.9.2 (+2 w/w)
- Charts: Nominations snapshots
Browser / Front End
(Progress reports every weekend on Planet Firefox)
- see our active projects and get involved / propose others
- Namoroka/mozilla-1.9.2 front end development:
- 29 blockers left, 7 are crashkill
- team estimates this number will be 10 by end of the week
- per tab prioritization for session restore bug 514490 causing test failures on mozilla-central, should be wrapped up today or tomorrow, see the project page for more detail
- windows 7 aero peek per-tab preview: as per bug 525475 we're going to pref this off by default until the other bugs are fixed, allowing us to unblock on them
GFX Update
Layout Update
- CSS gradient syntax change (bug 513395) landed on m-c yesterday; backport to 1.9.2 is posted to the bug, the a1.9.2 queue, and the try server; would like to land it tonight or Wednesday morning assuming all is well
Content Update
Platform-specific Support Update
- (smichaud) 1.9.2/JEP update -- No new bugs in last week. No blockers.
JS
Startup Performance
| Estimated win | Bug # | Summary | Owner | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ~10% | "Dirty Profile" Startup Reduction | Constant startup relative to profile size | Shawn Wilsher | ||
| significant | bug 558200 | Extension profiler platform api | Steve Fink | There is an easy way to provide feedback to extension developers to help them figure out why their extension is misbehaving. We need to implement that ASAP, so typical firefox installs(with lots of extensions) can be fast |
Join us on IRC in #startup.
Security
| feature | review date | who | interested |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows TSF integration (1.9.2) | unscheduled | Jim Chen, roc | |
| DNS Prefetching | unscheduled | Patrick McManus | Jesse, bz, reed(?), ctalbert |
| New system metrics (and media queries) | unscheduled | ? | dbaron |
Electrolysis
Tree Management
- Help with making debug tests green
- Upcoming power outage at 650 castro
- More machines added to Try Talos
- New Talos suites
Upcoming this week:
- Electrolysis tests bug 515436, bug 523142
- Stopping refcounting build on trunk on linux