Releases/Fennec 14.0b1/BuildNotes

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Notes About Releasing

Please update the Notes Template and the Release:Primer for future releases (bug fixes, changes to automation) as needed

Bugs hit

Enter any bugs pre-existing or newly discovered and filed during the release:

  • bug 750973 - source configure requires linux mozconfig??
  • bug 750976 - android signing: allow for different locale lists for android and android-xul

Build Engineers

aki - Tracking bug: bug 750837

Signed-off Revision(s)

Build 1: 58c351982d75

L10N changesets

Asked about these, as these are off Aurora and we don't have processes in place for that.

Tags

Manually tag the automation code, then record the generated tags below. (details)

Build # Branch, Tags Changeset
1 MOBILE140_2012050114_RELBRANCH, FENNEC_14_0b1_RELEASE, FENNEC_14_0b1_BUILD1 ec68c6989414

Build data

Fennec

Build # Type Build ID Build machine Time to build
1 android 20120501150456 mv-moz2-linux-ix-slave08 41 mins, 59 secs
android-xul mv-moz2-linux-ix-slave15 51 mins, 24 secs

Notes

Build 1

Diff mozconfigs

If this is a *.0 beta -> release. May also need to update the whitelist of nightly vs release differences for release sanity.

Preparing to start Automation

detailed instructions

  • No clobbers to set for mozilla-aurora release (first one). Set one for mozilla-beta.
  • Reserved 4 slaves
  • Update l10n changesets for mobile
    • required waiting for Axel on a German holiday
  • Double-landed configs:
  • Tag buildbot-configs, buildbotcustom, & tools with build & release tags.
hg tag -f FENNEC_14_0b1_{RELEASE,BUILD1}
  • update and reconfigure the master
  • release-sanity
cd /builds/buildbot/build1/master
source ../bin/activate
PYTHONPATH=. ../bin/python ../tools/buildbot-helpers/release_sanity.py -u aki -V 14.0b1 --branch mozilla-aurora --build-number 1 -c release-fennec-mozilla-aurora.py -m -l --products fennec --dryrun localhost:9001 2>&1 | tee aki.out
  • start automation ← monitor progress on buildbot (e.g. aurora)
PYTHONPATH=. ../bin/python ../tools/buildbot-helpers/release_sanity.py -u aki -V 14.0b1 --branch mozilla-aurora --build-number 1 -c release-fennec-mozilla-aurora.py -m -l --products fennec localhost:9001 2>&1 | tee aki2.out

DONE TO HERE

E-mail Metrics

Use the address "metrics-alerts < AT > mozilla < PERIOD > org"

For 9.0b2 it would be 

Firefox,firefox,firefox,9.0b2,9.0
Fennec,firefox-mobile,fennec,9.0b2,9.0

Tag

Source

Build

Fennec

Fennec repacks

Android Signing

Instructions in MobileSigning

Now run on signing1.

Reset reserved slaves

Release Day

Publish Fennec to the Play Store (for beta releases and release releases)

Push the files (for beta releases and release releases)
Play Store (for beta releases and release releases)

IMPORTANT - Make sure to follow instructions!

  • download multi apk (e.g. multi/fennec-10.0b6.multi.android-arm.apk)
  • visit https://market.android.com/publish
  • choose "Firefox Beta" or "Firefox"
  • select the "APK Files" tab and choose "Upload APK"
    • choose the multi apk that you downloaded and hit "upload"
      • NOTE: the progress bar does not seem to show progress (at least on Google Chrome)
    • when it finishes uploading, verify VersionCode is the build date (almost anyway, the market reports an hour later than our buildID)
    • hit "Save"
  • activate new apk (You should see an Error message since both apk's are active)
  • deactivate old apk (You should not see the Error message anymore)
  • hit "Save"
  • If this is a beta 1, go to "Product Details" tab -> Recent Changes, change the url to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/mobile/{VERSION}beta/releasenotes/
    • and hit "Save"
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