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
- [DONE] Release 64-bit Firefox builds: 2015-12-15 release announcement.
- [ON TRACK] TBD: Are binary XPCOM and js-ctypes add-ons a compat problem?
- [ON TRACK] Create dashboards for 64-bit rollout criteria (below).
- [ON TRACK] Fix Flash sandbox bugs.
- [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!
- [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.
- [PROPOSED] Make 64-bit Firefox the default in the stub installer for all eligible users.
- [PROPOSED] Auto-upgrade existing eligible 32-bit Firefox users to 64-bit. (bug 1274659)
- Rollout Criteria:
- Win64 crash rate should be less than or equal to WOW64 crash rate:
- OOM crash rate dashboard (TODO)
- Non-OOM crash rate dashboard (TODO)
- Flash crash rate dashboard (TODO)
- Win64 engagement ratio should be greater than or equal to WOW64 engagement ratio:
- Engagement ratio dashboard (TODO)
- Win64 crash rate should be less than or equal to WOW64 crash rate:
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
No results.
0 Total; 0 Open (0%); 0 Resolved (0%); 0 Verified (0%);
- Sandbox bugs (sbwn1):
No results.
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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 |