August 25, 2008

Updated TBird 3 Milestone Schedule

As mentioned in today’s Weekly Update Meeting, there is newly revised TBird 3 Milestone Schedule. The most noticeable about this new schedule is that does not include the final milestone, the release and the code freeze for the last build does not occur until January 2009. I was kinda hoping to see TBird 3 be released around the same time as Fx 3.1 this December, but based on this schedule this is not going to happen. Here is the current TBird3 Milestone Schedule (subject to change): 3.0b1 String Freeze — September 2, 2008 3.0b1 Code Freeze — September 9, 2008…

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Fx 2.0.0.16 >> 3.0.1 Major Update Released

Very shortly the first Major Update to Firefox 3 should start rolling out. Like any other update users should get notification within the next 24-48 hours. What it sooner? Go to Help, Check for Updates. Users will be presented with a screen similar this: Click for full-size Keep in mind this updates is optional and you are presented with three choices: select Later if you don’t want to decide now; Firefox will ask again in 24 hours select Never if you don’t want to accept this upgrade offer; we might send you another offer again in the future, but it…

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Updated TBird 3 Milestone Schedule

As mentioned in today’s Weekly Update Meeting, there is newly revised TBird 3 Milestone Schedule. The most noticeable about this new schedule is that does not include the final milestone, the release and the code freeze for the last build does not occur until January 2009. I was kinda hoping to see TBird 3 be released around the same time as Fx 3.1 this December, but based on this schedule this is not going to happen. Here is the current TBird3 Milestone Schedule (subject to change): 3.0b1 String Freeze — September 2, 2008 3.0b1 Code Freeze — September 9, 2008…

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Weekly Update: 2008-08-25

FIREFOX/GECKO Fx 2.0.0.16 > 3.0.1 MU – Status: Releasing @ 7:00 PM PDT /10:00 PM EDT  August 25th Major Update will allow current Fx 2.0.0.16 users to auto-update to Fx 3.0.1 Does NOT include ja-JP-mac builds (coming with Firefox 3.0.2) Current Schedule Final Release: August 25th Fx 2.0.0.17 & Fx 3.0.2 – Status: Pending Code Freeze Schedule Code freeze: August 26th Builds start: August 27th QA starts: August 28th Release to beta channel: September 4th Final Release: September 11th Firefox 3.1a2 (Shiretoko)/Gecko 1.9.1a2 – Status: Pending Code Freeze Schedule Code freeze: August 26th Builds start: August 27th QA starts: August…

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