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.
Owned Areas
These are the directories and areas which are seen as "owned" by a particular comm-central application. The tree rules for each app apply to these directories and files.
Thunderbird
Thunderbird Rules affect these directories & areas in comm-central:
- Build Config (e.g. configure.in, build/, config/)
- ldap/
- on comm-1.9.1 and comm-1.9.2 this directory is called "directory".
- editor/
- mailnews/
- mail/
- other-licenses/*/thunderbird/
SeaMonkey
- suite/
- other-licenses/*/seamonkey/
Calendar
- calendar/
- other-licenses/*/sunbird/
comm-central (trunk) Rules
See above for which directories are owned by which application.
Thunderbird
When open: OPEN to all checkins following the checkin rules
Please ask on #maildev if you have questions.
SeaMonkey
When open: OPEN to all checkins following the checkin rules
Please ask on #seamonkey if you have questions.
Calendar
- 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-1.9.2 (branch) Rules
See above for which directories are owned by which application.
Thunderbird
- Thunderbird is string and feature frozen in preparation for the 3.1 release candidates.
- Checkins are allowed only if:
- Strings in mail/locales and editor/ui are not affected.
- The patch has approval-thunderbird3.1+ (where 'x' is the number of the next release) or the bug has blocking-thunderbird3.1 set to a '+' value.
- The patch is not on a bug which has already been resolved as fixed for a Thunderbird 3.1 release.
Note: wanted bugs do not approve a patch for check in.
See Thunderbird/Security_And_Stability_Releases/Rules for more information about getting approval for landing patches for Thunderbird 3.1.
SeaMonkey
N/A - SeaMonkey does not participate on the 1.9.2 branch.
Calendar
TBD.
comm-1.9.1 (branch) Rules
See above for which directories are owned by which application.
Thunderbird
- 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.x+ (where 'x' is the number of the next release).
- The patch is not on a bug which has already been resolved as fixed for a Thunderbird 3.0 release.
Note: wanted and blocking bugs do not approve a patch for check in.
See Thunderbird/Security_And_Stability_Releases/Rules for more information about requirements for getting approval to landing patches.
SeaMonkey
- 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
There is no active development on the comm-1.9.1 branch for Calendar.