With the announcement that Firefox 3 is going to release next Tuesday, June 17th, what’s next? Firefox 3.1 coded named Shiretoko after the national park in Japan. Shiretoko National Park It is important to understand that this is going to be the next major version of Firefox 3. Regular usability & security updates will follow the 3.0.X numbering scheme. Mostly what is planned for Firefox 3.1 are features that did not make into the final Firefox 3 (note: this list is subject to change especially items marked with an asterisk *): Visual tab switching* tab searching/filtering* bulk tagging bookmarks* tag…
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After over 5 1/2 months the Microsoft/Yahoo saga has finally come to an end. In a press release from June 12th Yahoo announced: Yahoo! Inc. … today announced that discussions with Microsoft regarding a potential transaction — whether for an acquisition of all of Yahoo! or a partial acquisition — have concluded. The conclusion of discussions follows numerous meetings and conversations with Microsoft regarding a number of transaction alternatives, including a meeting between Yahoo! and Microsoft on June 8th in which Chairman Roy Bostock and other independent Board members from Yahoo! participated. At that meeting, Microsoft representatives stated unequivocally that…
With the news of Firefox 3 RC3 being released earlier today also comes the news of a final release date for Firefox 3. The wining date is: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 News Source: Mozilla Developer’s News
Due to the showstopper bug on the Mac OS X RC2 builds, a third Release Candidate was released on Wednesday, June 11th. Mac OS X (Windows & Linux do not need to update to RC3) users can download Firefox 3.0RC3 here. Firefox 3 Release Candidate 3 Release Notes
Due to showstopper bug #436575 there will be a 3rd Release Candidate for Firefox 3. This bug which affects only Mac users causes Mozilla applications experience unkillable hangs after installing Mac OS X 10.5.3. Apparently the underlying issue is on Apple’s side, but the Mozilla developers have come out with a work around/patch to fix this issue. Affected Mozilla applications include: Camino Firefox 2.0.0.14 Firefox 3 RC2 Songbird Thunderbird While there will be an RC3 for Windows and Linux builds as well, it is only a version bump, no actual updates will come with RC3. Only Mac builds will have…
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) –…
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…
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
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
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…