Releases/Firefox 3.5.5/Test Plan

Firefox 3.5.5 Test Plan

Description of Release

This is a short-cycle security and sustained engineering release to fix several top crashing bugs.

Specific Plan for 3.5.5

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

• QA starts bug verifications: 11/2
• Builds start: 11/3?
• QA with builds start: 11/4?
  • Smoketests: 11/4 - 3 people
  • BFTs: 11/4 - 11/5 - 3 people
  • l10n: 11/5 - 2 people
  • Updates checks betatest: 11/5
  • Updates checks releasetest: 11/6
  • Updates Release: 11/6
  • Updates Beta: 11/6
• Final release: 11/6

Resources

• Smoketests: 3 people
  • abillings
  • hskupin
  • twalker
• BFTs: 3 people
  • abillings
  • hskupin
  • twalker
• l10n checks: 3 people
  • abillings
  • twalker
• Updates checks: 1 person
  • hskupin

Builds

• Firefox 3.5.5 Build 1

Test Results

• Smoketests and BFTs: PASS
• l10n Spot Checks: PASS
• Updates: RESULT

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