Tree Rules/comm-central
Due to multiple applications using comm-central different parts of comm-central can have different rules at different times. We try to keep these as simple as possible, if in doubt, please ask on irc.
comm-central
Thunderbird
Affected Areas
Thunderbird Rules affect these directories & areas in comm-central:
- Build Config (e.g. configure.in, build/, config/)
- directory/
- editor/
- mailnews/
- mail/
- other-licenses/*/thunderbird/
Current Rules
When open: OPEN to all checkins following the checkin rules
Please ask on #maildev if you have questions.
SeaMonkey
Affected Areas
- suite/
- other-licenses/*/seamonkey/
Current Rules
When open: OPEN to all checkins following the checkin rules
Please ask on #seamonkey if you have questions.
Calendar
Affected Areas
- calendar/
- other-licenses/*/sunbird/
Current Rules
- Calendar strings are frozen for the 1.0 beta 1 release.
- No changes to strings are allowed.
Please ask on #calendar if you have questions.
comm-1.9.1
Thunderbird
Affected Areas
Thunderbird Rules affect these directories & areas in comm-central:
- Build Config (e.g. configure.in, build/, config/)
- directory/
- editor/
- mailnews/
- mail/
- other-licenses/*/thunderbird/
Current Rules
- Thunderbird is code frozen in preparation for the 3.0 release candidates.
- Checkins are allowed only if:
- Strings in mail/locales and editor/ui are not affected.
- The patch has approval-thunderbird3.0.1+
Note: wanted and blocking bugs do not approve a patch for check in.
Patches that are looking for approval should land on trunk before requesting approval and preferably should have some baking time where testers can find issues.
When requesting approval, please state the (stability) risk this patch poses and the reason we need to take it for the 3.0.* release series.
Patches that are tidy up only or high risk will most likely be rejected.
Patches that have unit tests are more likely to be accepted. Unit tests may be requested in particular cases.
Please ask on #maildev if you have questions.
SeaMonkey
Affected Areas
- suite/
- other-licenses/*/seamonkey/
Current Rules
- SeaMonkey on comm-1.9.1 is restricted to security, stability and polish fixes in the 2.0.x series
- Checkins are allowed only if:
- The patch has explicit approval-seamonkey2.0.x+ where x is the next upcoming non-tagged stability update.
When requesting approval, please state the (stability) risk this patch poses and the reason we need to take it for the 2.0 series.
Please ask on #seamonkey if you have questions.
Calendar
Affected Areas
- calendar/
- other-licenses/*/sunbird/
Current Rules
- Calendar strings are frozen for the 1.0 beta 1 release.
- No changes to strings are allowed.
Please ask on #calendar if you have questions.