Releases/Firefox 3.5.17/Test Plan

Firefox 3.5.17 Test Plan

Description of Release

This is a normal security and stability release for Firefox.

Specific Plan for 3.5.17

We need to verify bug fixes and go through the usual testing for a maintenance release: smoketests, basic functional tests, l10n spot checks, and updates checks.

Schedule

• Code Freeze: 1/18/2011 @ 11:59 pm PDT
• QA starts: 1/19
• Build #1 starts:
• Build #1 available:
• QA with builds start:
  • Smoketests:
  • BFTs:
• Build #1 released to beta channel, throttled at 5%:
• QA finishes build #1 verification:
• Final release:
  • Releasetest & Release Channel Testing:

Resources

• Smoketests: 2 people
  • abillings
  • tester
• BFTs: 2 people
  • abillings
  • Alex (Waverley)
• Updates checks: 1 person
  • abillings

Builds

• Firefox 3.5.17 Build 1

Test Results

• Smoketests and BFTs: RESULTS
• Updates: RESULTS

Bugs to Verify

• Fixed List (fixed or verified by now)
• Needs Verification

Important:

1. Focus on critical and security bugs first.
2. Mark bug as verified adding the keyword verified1.9.1