Today’s Weekly Update Meeting had a lot of news about the upcoming Firefox and TBird releases for next month. First off, Firefox 2.0.0.15 is still on schedule to be released tomorrow (July 1st) around 3:00 PM PDT/6:00 PM EDT.  Now, in two weeks (July 15th) there will be yet another Firefox 2.0.0.X branch release.  This time around is Firefox 2.0.0.16. Really don’t have details as to what is being included in the 2.0.0.16 release just know the code freeze is tomorrow. TBird 2.0.0.15 was planned to come out about a week or two after the Firefox 2.0.0.15 release, but has…

FIREFOX/GECKO Fx 2.0.0.15 – Status: Pending Release On track for release on July 1st around 3:00 PM PDT Current Schedule Code freeze: June 9 Builds start: June 9 QA starts: June 10 Release to beta channel: June 18 Respin code freeze: June 20 Builds start: June 23 QA starts: June 23 Release to beta channel: June 25 Final Release: July 1 Fx 2.0.0.16 – Status: Pending Code Freeze Current Schedule Code freeze: July 1 Builds start: July 2 QA starts: July 3 Release to beta channel: July 8 Final Release: July 15 Fx 3.0.1 – Status: Triage Current Schedule Code…

Firefox 2.0.0.15 – This is scheduled for release either on July 1st or 2nd.  Should have a more finite date after Monday’s Weekly Update Meeting. Firefox 3.0.1 – No official time frame yet, but likely sometime in August. Firefox 3.1 – Preliminary draft released in early June. First Alpha due out in mid July with final release by year end. Thunderbird 2.0.0.15 – Contingent on the release of Firefox 2.0.0.15. If the Firefox release goes well look for Thunderbird release around July 15 or 16th. Schedule Thunderbird 3.0a2 – Tentatively scheduled for release sometime towards the end of July. Code…

FIREFOX/GECKO Fx 2.0.0.15 – Status: Respin done due to security vulnerability. Going back to Builds & QA today Current Schedule Code freeze: June 9 Builds start: June 9 QA starts: June 10 Release to beta channel: June 18 Respin code freeze: June 20 Builds start: June 23 QA starts: June 23 Release to beta channel: June 25 Final Release: July 1 Fx 3.0 – Status: RELEASED Over 18 Million Downloads since release. Track the progress. Fx 3.0.1 – Status: Triage Current Schedule Code freeze: TBD Builds start: TBD QA starts: TBD Release to beta channel: TBD Final Release: TBD Fx…

Firefox 2.0.0.15 – Delayed to July 1st. A re-spin to Code Freeze occurred on Friday, June 20th. Builds and QA should start on Monday with a release to Beta by Wednesday, June 25th. Firefox 3 Final – Released on June 17th with nearly 17 Million downloads. See the latest stats here. Firefox 3.1 – Preliminary draft released in early June.  First Alpha due out in mid July with final release by year end. Thunderbird 2.0.0.15 – No determined release date at this time due to delay of Firefox 2.0.0.15 release. Thunderbird 3.0a2 – Tentatively scheduled for release sometime towards the…

On Thursday, June 12th two new versions (3.4.3 & 3.4.4) of AMO were pushed out. As mentioned in the Releases Recap: June Week 2 post, these new versions would have improved search capabilities. I did not have a chance to take a look at the new AMO site until recently. This had kinda gotten pushed back on my to-do list because of the (then upcoming) Firefox 3 release. The Guru and scores of other AMO users have complained about the lack of an Advanced Search feature in the new AMO 3.0.X releases. I mentioned this when I looked at the…

FIREFOX/GECKO Fx 2.0.0.15 – Status: Pending Release to Beta Channel 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 18 Final Release: June 24 Fx 3.0 – Status: Awaiting Release RC3 released on June 11th Current Schedule Code freeze: Builds start: QA starts: Release to beta channel: Final Release: June 17 Gecko 1.9.1 – Status: In Progress Currently tracking 11 blockers for Gecko 1.9.1 45 wanted for 1.9.1 bugs. THUNDERBIRD/LIGHTNING Lightning/Sunbird (Calendar Project) – No Report TBird 1.5.0.14…

AMO (addons.mozilla.org) 3.4.3 – An updated version of AMO with improved (Advanced) search capabilities was released on June 12th. Firefox 2.0.0.15 – Still (tentatively) scheduled for June 24th. Firefox 3.0RC3 – Released on June 11th to fix a showstopper bug with the Mac OS X builds. Firefox 3 Final – Coming this Tuesday, June 17th! Firefox 3.1 – Preliminary draft released this past week.  First Alpha due out in mid July with final release by year end. Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 MU – A major update to pull users off the unstable and insecure TB 1.5.0.14 build on to the current TB…

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) –…