Mozilla Project Weekly Status: August 24th

ADDONS.MOZILLA.ORG (AMO)

FIREFOX

  • Firefox 3.0.13 -> 3.5.2 major update
    • major update was on the wire since 3.5.2 shipped (users had to “check for updates”)
    • “unthrottled” the offer on Thursday
    • Firefox 3.0.13 users will now receive an offer to update automatically
  • Firefox 3.0.14
    • builds started today
    • targeting early-mid September release
  • Firefox 3.0.15
    • schedule, queries available on the wiki
    • targeting mid-late October release
    • code freeze is September 22 at 11:59pm
  • Firefox 3.5.3
    • builds started today
    • targeting early-mid September release
  • Firefox 3.5.4
    • schedule, queries available on the wiki
    • targeting mid-late October release
    • code freeze is September 22 at 11:59pm
  • Firefox 3.6
    • next milestone: Firefox 3.6 Beta 1
    • still working through triage, waiting on some l10n estimates in order to get a timeline fleshed out, looking at mid-to-late September for a beta
    • goals are startup time, responsiveness, Windows 7 readiness and polish
    • stretch goals include things like determining if Personas can be included as well as some changes to how the updater works to include plugin updates

GECKO

THUNDERBIRD

  • TBird 3.0b3 (Shredder)
    • No Report
  • TBird 3.0b4 (Shredder) (see Standard8’s blog post for more info)
    • Slushy Code Freeze: Monday 7th Sept 23:59 PDT.
    • Full String Freeze: Wed 9th Sept 23:59 PDT.
    • Code Freeze: Friday 11th Sept 23:59 PDT.
    • l10n Complete: Monday 14th Sept 23:59 PDT.
    • Release builds start: Tues 15th Sept.
  • TBird 3.0RC1 (Shredder)
    • Final l10n String Freeze: Tuesday 29th Sept 23:59 PST
    • Approvals/Blockers only: from Tuesday 6th October 23:59 PST
    • Aiming to start RC1 builds on: 3rd Nov.
    • Subsequent RCs as necessary.

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