Firefox/Planning/2011-03-23
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Firefox/Gecko Delivery Meeting Details
- Wednesdays - 11:00am PDT, 18:00 UTC
- Mountain View Offices: Warp Core Conference Room
- Toronto Offices: Fin du Monde Conference Room
- 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# 8605 (US/INTL)
- 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 8605 (US)
- irc.mozilla.org #planning for backchannel
- (the developer meeting takes place on Tuesdays)
REMEMBER
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Contents
Agenda
- actions from last week:
- schedule and progress on upcoming releases
- review highlights and notices
- respond to questions and concerns
Action Items
Schedule & Progress on Upcoming Releases
Firefox 4 (Desktop)
- we done shipped
Point releases
- There will be at least one for 4.0, see http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.planning/browse_thread/thread/36387069e511fbf1
Firefox 4 (Mobile)
Firefox 3.6/3.5
Firefox 3.6.16 and 3.5.18
- Released these out-of-band updates yesterday with a hardening fix for http://www.comodo.com/Comodo-Fraud-Incident-2011-03-23.html
Firefox 3.6.17 and 3.5.19
- Code freeze for blockers is TOMORROW. Nag emails just went out
Firefox Sync
Add-on Builder 1.0a9
- Release will happen tomorrow
- Search is up next (backend service already finished & landed)
- Will be touching base with marketing to plan beta announcement
Add-on SDK 1.0b4
- RC1 shipped on schedule last Wednesday, March 16
- RC2 shipped morning of yesterday, Tuesday, March 22 to pick up fix for test failure and a couple ridealongs
- RC3 shipped evening of yesterday, Tuesday, March 22 to pick up fix for one more test failure that slipped through the cracks during earlier RC testing
- final on track to ship tomorrow Thursday, March 24
Add-on SDK 1.0b5
- timeline:
- Thaw: Monday, March 21 (we ended up thawing yesterday, Tuesday, March 22)
- Freeze: Wednesday, April 27 @ 11am PT
- RC1: Wednesday, April 27
- Final: Wednesday, May 4
- goals TBD
- this will be the last 1.0 beta release
Add-on SDK 1.0
- proposed timeline:
- RC: Wednesday, May 25
- Final: Wednesday, June 8
Input 3.4
- Expected to release on 3/31
- It'll include grouperfish clustering and an updated dashboard for mobile users
Next stop is Input 4.x! The biggest things will be support for nightly users and an API (with a corresponding program to integrate feedback into several Mozilla web services)
Feedback Summary
- So far, feedback on social networks like twitter and fb have been extremely positive, with most complaints around add-on compatibility and OMG UI change.
- Known bug with release version on input graphs, so we can't really use it as is to see how we're doing--should be fixed with next release.
Highlights / Notices
Questions and Concerns
- How would you like feedback team to continue giving feedback? Any changes need to be made? How can we improve?
Press & Public Reactions
- Hands On With Firefox 4
- Mozilla Releases New Version of Firefox Browser
- Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4
- Firefox 4 soars, thanks to Microsoft's Luddite customers