Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a2

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Tracking document for the release of Thunderbird 3.0a2. See also:

• Remaining blockers
• Build Activities
• QA Activities
• Alpha 2 Release Note list
• Post Mortem Notes

Note: for this release Thunderbird will be released as Shredder, with unofficial branding (don't use --enable-official-branding).

Who

• Overall lead: davida
• Development / Web pages / Release notes lead: davida
• Build lead: nthomas & gozer
• QA lead: wsmwk

Release Tracking & Schedule

step	date	status
tree closed for baking	2008-07-08 23:59 PDT	complete
pull date	2008-07-14 12:00 PDT	complete
code hand-off to build	2008-07-16 12:00 PDT	complete
RCs built (en-US only)
website changes on trunk
QA tests RC builds
QA & release driver approve release to mirrors
Build pushes download files to mirrors
download page ready on staging site
QA tests staged website changes
releasenotes, firstrun pages, beta pages live on mozillamessaging.com
QA download links
release announced