2005Offsite/1dot5PostMortem:Notes

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  • did well
    • more publicly disclosed set of goals/features
    • built-in schedule time for back-end work
    • shipped when we said we would
    • some extensions worked
    • long bake-time
    • RC version number - 1.5RC3 released
    • messaging framework (mktg)
    • improved testing of locales
    • communication - wiki.mo and devmo
  • both
    • automated tests
  • need improvement
    • features/goals not as frozen as it could/should have been
    • late start for web site prep work
    • l10 of website
    • what is accepted at each phase of freeze
    • more visibility into patches sitting in bugs
    • had to reject good patches
    • communication to l10 community
    • we waffle too much - not firm enough
    • communication to extension developers
    • effect of changes to api on extensions not known well enough to api changers
    • ownership of key areas - focus, printing, etc.
    • lots of late stuff broke accessibility
    • high risk changes
    • need foxused testing around new feature landings
    • test suites for obscure or edge cases
    • release process automation and automated testing
    • bug triage
  • improvements we want to see
    • automated testing
    • communications
    • push custom builds (tinderbox)
    • tools - dev, debug, etc
    • usage instrumentation and reporting
    • better definition of freeze, communication of freeze policy