Firefox/win64

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Objective

Make 64-bit Firefox the default version for new and existing users to reduce our OOM crash rate and improve security (ASLR).

Plan

  1. [DONE] Release 64-bit Firefox builds: 2015-12-15 release announcement.
  2. [ON TRACK] TBD: Are binary XPCOM and js-ctypes add-ons a compat problem?
  3. [ON TRACK] Create dashboards for 64-bit rollout criteria (below).
  4. [ON TRACK] Fix Flash sandbox bugs.
  5. [ON TRACK] Make 64-bit Firefox a non-default option in the stub installer. (bug 797208). Wait until we drop support for non-Flash NPAPI plugins (bug 1269807) in Firefox 52!
  6. [PROPOSED] Make 64-bit Firefox the default in the stub installer for some eligible users. Run Optimizely/Funnelcake test to compare 32-bit vs 64-bit.
  7. [PROPOSED] Make 64-bit Firefox the default in the stub installer for all eligible users.
  8. [PROPOSED] Auto-upgrade existing eligible 32-bit Firefox users to 64-bit. (bug 1274659)

Links

  • Meeting notes
  • Win64 market analysis (2015)
    • 32.3% of Windows DAUs are running 32-bit Firefox on Win32 OS.
    • 66% of Windows DAUs are running 32-bit Firefox on Win64 OS.
    • 1.7% of Windows DAUs are running 64-bit Firefox on Win64 OS.
  • Chrome's 64-bit announcements: Mac and Windows (August 2014)

Bugs

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  • Sandbox bugs (sbwn1):

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Team

Role Contact
Product Management Peter Dolanjski
Engineering Benjamin Smedberg
QA Ryan VanderMeulen
Firefox UX Michael Verdi
Installer Engineering Robert Strong
Release Management Sylvestre Ledru
Release Engineering Chris AtLee
Firefox Program Management Chris Peterson
Mozilla.org Program Management Jennifer Bersch
Add-ons Jorge Villalobos