Thunderbird/StatusMeetings/2012-04-24

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Thunderbird Meeting Details :

• Tuesday, April 24, 2012 16:30 UTC (9:30am Pacific, 12:30pm Eastern)
• How to dial-in

Remember to use headphones and mute yourself when not talking

Feel free to ask questions in the meeting either by speaking up or by asking them in #maildev on IRC.

Other ways to get in touch with us can be found on our communications page

Agenda

• Who's taking minutes? --> jhopkins
• Minute taking Schedule. Talk to Standard8 for schedule changes/additions.
• Note: this meeting is for interactive discussion. Feel free to ask questions!

Friends of the Tree

Thanks to our Friend of the Tree. When adding someone to this section, please get their T-Shirt size, phone number (needed for shipping!) and send it to abourcier@mozilla.com that she can send them a shirt!

Thunderbird Development

For more details, see also the driver meeting notes.

Feature Work

Filelink (Big Files)

• All of the major polish has landed. Yay!
• We're still waiting on YouSendIt for a few things, which is why the management pane still doesn't give very useful information yet.
• This is going to Beta today, so hopefully we'll get some more feedback and spot / fix any bugs before we ship.

Schedule and Progress

• Next merge date: DD MM
• For information about channels, point people here - http://www.mozilla.org/thunderbird/channel/

Extension of the week

• Fit-image a nice little extensions that will re-size pictures attached to your emails so they fit your viewing area. You don't need to restart Thunderbird to see it in action.

QA Updates

• Releases.
• Thinking about a RSS/Feeds testday for the end of the month.

Documentation

• KPIs
• interview process with practicum students (not as simple as two new students, as reported last week)
• Filelink:
  • MDN instructions for adding a new site

Support

• Next Thunderbird Support Day will be Wed April 25th the day after TB12 release i.e. TOMORROW!. We'd love your help, no experience required!

(If you support Thunderbird or write or translate documentation to help support Thunderbird, please subscribe to the tb-support-crew mailing list and briefly introduce yourself to the list)

1. 1246 new support topics (1259 one week ago ) - Media:16-April222012-Community_stats_for_Mozilla_Messaging.png
2. Thunderbird 12 Support Issues - Please edit and add any issues or bugs found in TB11 and tag them tb12
3. See this week's Support Appendix for full Get Satisfaction metrics and other support details

Upcoming events!

• TB community day June 1st in Vancouver (to be confirmed)
• TB Support Clinic in Vancouver modelled after the Firefox in person support event aka Firefox Clinic before Mozcamp Europe

Status Updates

See the Mozilla Status Board for status updates specific to developers.

Roundtable Highlights

• GSOC status
  • Congratulations to Atul Jangra, Han Lin, Nguyen Ngoc Trung, and Sergio R Charpinel Junior who will be working on Thunderbird projects this summer!
  • Congratulations to Christian Kulpa, who will be working on a Lightning project this summer!