Releases/Firefox 4/Macaw/Test Plan

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Firefox 4.0.1 Test Plan

Description of Release

This is a normal security and stability release for Firefox.

Specific Plan for 4.0.1

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

Schedule

  • Code freeze for non-blockers: 3/17/2011
  • Code freeze for blockers: 4/12
  • Build #1 starts: 4/13
  • Build #1 available: 4/14
  • QA with builds start: 4/14
    • Automation tests: 4/14
    • Smoketests: 4/14
    • BFTs: 4/15 - 4/18
  • Build #1 released to the beta channel: 4/19 (??)
  • QA finishes build #1 verification: 4/18
  • Final release: 2011-04-26
    • Releasetest & Release Channel Testing: 4/26


Resources

  • Smoketests: 2 people
    • abillings
    • tester
  • BFTs: 2 people
    • abillings
    • tester
  • Updates checks: 1 person
    • ashughes

Builds

Test Results

Bugs to Verify

Important:

  1. Focus on critical and security bugs first.
  2. Mark bug as verified adding the keyword verified2.0