Here’s an overview of this week’s Update Meeting: Fx 2.0.0.14 Released: April 16 Fixed topcrash Bug Firefox 3 RC 1 Code freeze: April 8th 55 blockers 26 blocker noms 43 Blockers fixed in the last week 19 new blockers added Key risk areas: Theme 13 blockers Places 23 blockers Well resourced (Dietrich, Mano, Marco, Ondrej) Fixed 12 blockers last week Separate resources on each platform (Windows, Linux, Mac) 13 bugs fixed last week Better than last week Gecko 1.9 RC 1 Code freeze: April 8th Builds start: QA starts: Release to beta channel: Final Release: Status: 33 Blockers remaining for…
Thunderbird
Read More
Firefox 2.0.0.14 a security update has been released. This release addressed Bug 425576, which caused crashes within the JavaScript garbage collector. See Firefox 2.0.0.14 Release Notes for more details. Users may obtain Firefox 2.0.0.14 manually via the Check for Updates… option from the Help menu. Automatic upgrade (for those who have this feature enabled) should occur within the next 24-48 hours. Alternatively, users may also download Firefox 2.0.0.14 directly by going to http://getfirefox.com.
Here’s an overview of this week’s Update Meeting: Fx 2.0.0.14 Firedrill Release due to topcrash Bug: 425576 QA works on testcase: April 2-4 Builds start: April 4 QA starts: April 7 Release to beta channel: April 9 or 10 Final Release: April 15 Firefox 3 Beta 5 Released: April 2nd Firefox 3 RC 1 Code freeze: April 8th 55 blockers 26 blocker noms 43 Blockers fixed in the last week 19 new blockers added Key risk areas: Theme 13 blockers Places 23 blockers Well resourced (Dietrich, Mano, Marco, Ondrej) Fixed 12 blockers last week Separate resources on each platform (Windows,…
Here’s an overview of this week’s Update Meeting: Fx 2.0.0.14 Firedrill Release due to topcrash Bug: 425576 QA works on testcase: April 2-4 Builds start: April 4 QA starts: April 7 Release to beta channel: April 9 or 10 Final Release: April 15 Firefox 3 Beta 5 Released: April 2nd Firefox 3 RC 1 Code freeze: April 8th Status: 70 blockers 49 without patches 40 blocker noms Not going to be done for planned freeze tomorrow, but getting a lot closer to done Gecko 1.9 RC 1 Code freeze: April 8th Builds start: QA starts: Release to beta channel: Final…
Here’s an overview of this week’s Update Meeting: Fx 2.0.0.13 Released: March 25 Fx 2.0.0.14 Schedule in development Planning meeting later this week. Firefox 3 Beta 4 Beta 4 Shipped on March 10th Firefox 3 Beta 5 Code freeze: March 18 Builds start: March 27 QA: In Progress Release to beta channel: Final Release: March 27 Week of March 31st Status: Delayed due to ‘showstopper’ bug 424719 Firefox 3 Final 53 Blockers resolved in the last week 54 Blockers added in the last week 100 blockers remain for final 20+ blockers have patches waiting on review/landing Character of the bugs…
March 31, 1998 was the official beginning for Mozilla (then Netscape Communication Corp) with first developer release of Netscape Communication 5.0. Over the next 10-years the source code ended up being completely re-written. Here’s the press release: MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (March 31, 1998) — Netscape Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:NSCP) today announced that the first developer release of its Communicator 5.0 source code is available for download from the mozilla.org Web site. Targeted at the developer community, this unprecedented release of the client source code promotes acceleration of the evolution of Communicator 5.0 development by allowing the company to harness the creative…
Back in February I took a look at the preview for the soon-to-be released Addons.Mozilla.Org (AMO). Some of the things that were pointed out in this review included: New visual refresh/redesign is a nice new clean look, but at the same time the site seems cluttered with so much information. The site automatically defaults to add-ons for English-US Firefox. Other applications can be selected from the top-right. The search box is very prominently displayed on top, but still sucks. As pointed out in the review, you can not filter for add-on type (extension, theme, plug-in, etc.) The actual add-on page…
A couple of my pet peeves with software are applications that once installed, are very difficult if not impossible to completely remove from your system without nuking you hard drive. The other type of software is the kind that makes a mess on your system when it is installed. Case in point for this post, is QuickTime. Since I use iTunes, I have to have QuickTime on my system. I never use the QuickTime player as I use GOM Player (QuickTime videos via the QuickTime Alternative codec) for all my video player needs. So I launched iTunes which I hadn’t…
Once in a while, The Guru gets a reader’s comment that are best addressed via a blog entry. One such comment came into The Guru earlier this weekend in regards to the Review: Foxy Tunes entry. Here is the comment in it’s entirety from zoomman: I’m fascinated. I wish you would have explained why you thought that this add on was anything but fluff. What’s the point of this bit of dross? I run WinAmp as well, the first player that Foxy Tunes lists in its list of supported players (though not listed in the list that comes with the…
Happy Easter Checking on the in-progress releases page this morning, it appear the Fx 2.0.0.13 security update is still on schedule for release early this week. Should have confirmation with Monday’s Weekly Update meeting. Also still on track for the end of this week Firefox 3.0b5 aka ‘may be this will be the final beta’. A quick reminder while TBird update are normally released at the same time, TBird 2.0.0.13 update has been pushed backed to April 15th. Getting back to Fx 3.0b5, if this is indeed the final Beta release then it will be a major milestone. Recall Fx…