June 2008

Weekly Update 2008-06-09

FIREFOX/GECKO Fx 2.0.0.15 – Status: Pending Code Freeze/Hand over to Build Team Awaiting a couple more patches to land before moving to code freeze Current Schedule Code freeze: June 9 Builds start: June 9 QA starts: June 10 Release to beta channel: June 17 Final Release: June 25-26 Fx 3.0 – Status: Pending Review Currently collecting feedback on RC2 to determine if an RC3 is needed or move to final release Current Schedule Code freeze: Builds start: QA starts: Release to beta channel: Final Release: June 2008 Gecko 1.9.1 – Status: In Progress No Report THUNDERBIRD/LIGHTNING Lightning/Sunbird (Calendar Project) –…

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Release Recap: June Week 1

Going to try something new here. Each Sunday I will do a quick recap of the prior week’s releases as well give an update on the status for upcoming releases. Besides Firefox and Thunderbird, I will also include addons.mozilla.org (AMO) as well. AMO (addons.mozilla.org) 3.4.3 – An updated version of AMO with improved search capabilities was suppose to be released on June 5th. However this has been pushed back to June 12th to address some performance issues with the search feature. Firefox 2.0.0.15 – Still (tentatively) scheduled for June 24th. There was suppose to be a code freeze this past…

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AMO 3.4.3 deployment DELAYED

Due to a database issues (queries taking far too long) the deployment for the AMO 3.4.3 update has been pushed back to June 12th. The AMO 3.4.3 update addressed bug and security fixes along with search improvements, streamlining the editors’ queue, and making it easier to browse and discover themes. News Source: Mozilla Webdev

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Firefox 3.0RC2 Released

We are getting very near the final release of Firefox 3 later this month. On Wednesday, June 4th, the second Release Candidate milestone RC 2 was released for public preview. You can download Firefox 3.0RC2 here. Firefox 3 Release Candidate 2 Release Notes News Source: Mozilla Developers News

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Weekly Update 2008-06-02

Here’s an overview of this week’s Update Meeting: Fx 2.0.0.15 – Mostly in triage and coordinating landing of patches Given the lack of patches for this release, 2.0.0.15 release date is currently at risk. Status: In Progress Code freeze: June 6 TENTATIVE Builds start: June 9 QA starts: June 10 Release to beta channel: June 17 Final Release: June 24 Firefox 3 RC2 QA starts: May 12th Release to beta channel: Release: June 4 Gecko 1.9.1 mozilla-central opening this afternoon controlled checkins for next few days, talk to sheriff before checking in #hg for mercurial help Intro: Eric Butler, Intern…

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