Firefox3/StatusMeetings/2007-11-06

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Firefox 3 Meeting

Meeting Details

• Tuesdays - Firefox 3 - 11:00am Pacific, 2:00pm Eastern, 19:00 UTC
• Mozilla Building S - <script> conference room
• 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x91 Conf# 217 (US/INTL)
• 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 217 (US)
• irc.mozilla.org #granparadiso for backchannel

PRD Status Update

• Perma Links: Current PRD & Detailed Feature List & Firefox Next Requirements.
• Outstanding Change Requests to review.

Schedule & Tree Rules

• beta 1 is now code complete
  • as of 10:50 PST today we're at 0 M9 blockers on front and back end
  • yay!
  • filed bug 402605 to track rename to "Firefox 3 Beta 1"
  • one late string change requires some l10n catchup
    • Axel: should we hold closing the l10n trees to allow them to catch up?
    • agreed to hold l10n builds for 24 hours after go signal for en-US
    • will be closing the tree for M9 shortly after this meeting

• plan & schedule for Beta 2 and beyond
  • see endgame plan
  • list of Firefox 3 release blockers

Work in progress

• Web-based protocol handling (PH team)

• Places (Places team)
  • Places UI bugs and plan
  • Beta 1
    • bug 399664 - backed out for perf regressions (tracked in bug 402668). UPDATE: pushed to B2.
  • Beta 2
    • 85 blockers

• Download Manager

• Password Manager (dolske)

• Add-ons Manager (Rob Strong, Mossop, mwu)

• Security, Privacy, Identity
  • bug 401575 - SSL Error pages now include inline exception mechanism

• Installer

• User Experience

• Theming/Visual Makeover

Security Review

• Design Review Proposal
• Suggested order for review
  • Password Manager (done)
  • Offline Apps ([done])
  • Web Content Handlers (up next)
  • Microformats (mkaply)
  • RSS (sayrer)
  • Add-Ons (rob_strong) (in progress)
  • Places (dietrich)
  • Cross-domain XMLHttpRequest - Done.
  • Distribution/Customization
  • ContentEditable
  • Private Browsing
  • Malware Protection

QA Status/Topics

• Fx 3 Test Plan wiki
• Status of FF3 feature verifications to date. (See Feature Tracking tab on Spreadsheet)
• QA tracking wiki for critical issues opened. Differs from the M9 blocking list.
• M9 blocker verification status:
  • 10 Core bugs verified
  • 11 Firefox bugs verified
• M9 release Test Plan
• Top crashes reported here on 1.9 builds.
• bclary to run Spider automation against Top sites on windows and linux nightly builds. Detecting asserts and crashes.
  • Repro'd one crash bug from run last week: Bug 379693
• This week's testday topic is M9 Beta 1. All Firefox 3 devs, please join to #testday on friday to help with questions and focused testing.

Localization Topics

Last l10n-impact change on Monday, 2pm. Check-ins since Friday night

Gecko 1.9 Meeting

Meeting Details

• Wednesdays - 11:00am Pacific, 2:00pm Eastern, 19:00 UTC
• Mozilla Building S - <script> conference room
• 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x91 Conf# 217 (US/INTL)
• 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 217 (US)
• join irc.mozilla.org #granparadiso for backchannel

General Discussion

• Current list of beta blockers.
• Beta blockers added in the past week.
• Beta blockers resolved in the past week.

Blockers and Noms

Blockers report:

• Blockers
• Stacked Blockers
• Noms
• Stacked Noms

Platform Round Table

• GFX Update
  • Status of prioritization of Beta 2 P1s and Beta 2 Blockers?
  • 1 P1
  • 6 P2s
  • 14 printing bugs.
• Layout Update
  • Status of prioritization of Beta 2 P1s and Beta 2 Blockers?
• Content Update
  • Status of prioritization of Beta 2 P1s and Beta 2 Blockers?
• Mac OS X Update
  • 20 Blockers remaining.
  • 1/2 are planning to do for M10.
  • Status of prioritization of Beta 2 P1s and Beta 2 Blockers?