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Thunderbird 3.0b2

• Freezes Dates ( All dates use time of 23:59 PST )
  • Slushy String freeze date: 2009-2-10 — (Feb 10, 2009)
  • Slushy Code Freeze date: 2009-2-12 — (Feb 12, 2009)
  • Firm String / Code freeze date: 2009-2-17 — (Feb 17, 2009)
  • l10n-mozilla-1.9.1 freeze date: 2009-2-19 — (Feb 19, 2009)
  • Target Build Ship date: 2009-2-24 — (Feb, 24 2009)

• clarkbw is release driver
• gozer is build engineer

• Blockers/Wanted
  • TB 3.0b2 - blocking
  • TB 3.0b2 - wanted
• Proposed Blocking
  • Proposed Blockers (b2): Query TBD
  • Proposed Blockers (b? + milestone)
• Release Tracking Bug bug 477103
  • bug 477107 — Start Page for Thunderbird 3 Beta 2
    • 3.0b2/
  • bug 477110 — What's New page for 3.0 Beta 2
    • 3.0b2/whatsnew/
  • bug 477097 — Thunderbird 3 Beta 2 Release Notes
    • 3.0b2/releasenotes/
  • bug 477222 — bugs found during testing of release candidates
• Build Candidates
  • Candidates are not out
  • Builds are not signed
  • 3.0b2 candidates
    • build1
    • build2

Major Areas

Major areas of Beta 2 with items in priority order and owned

User Experience

Any major gain in the Thunderbird user experience (ex: removal of manual configuration, less dialogs)

• Activity Manager (emre/davida) bug 257942 strings
• Autoconfig (bienvenu) bug 422814 strings
  • Moved to Thunderbird:Thunderbird 3.0b3 release
• Archive (bienvenu) bug 451995 strings
  • Archive Polish (bienvenu) bug 473212
• New Gloda Search (asuth) bug 474701
  • Likely slipping to Thunderbird:Thunderbird 3.0b3 release

Platform

Major improvements to the platform, improving our and others abilities to innovate in communication

• Gloda Pref == ON (asuth) bug 464354
  • Likely slipping to Thunderbird:Thunderbird 3.0b3 release
• STEEL - remaining bits (needs owner) bug 408370
  • Moved to Thunderbird:Thunderbird 3.0b3 release
• Use new password manager (Standard8) bug 239131

Bugs / Regressions

Unintended regressions or bugs introduced as a result of previous or current changes

Milestones

For each milestone we plan to have landed the listed items. Items with string changes should target one of these milestones.

Intermediate

2 Somewhat evenly spaced milestones before the Final / Release date

2008-12-31 — Dec 31, 2008

• Activity Manager missed, bumped to jan
• Archive missed, bumped to jan

2008-1-15 — Jan 15, 2009

• Autoconfig at risk, bumped to final
• Activity Manager
• Archive

Final

Do not add items in here that require string changes.

Previous Releases

• Thunderbird 3.0b1
• Thunderbird 3.0a3
• Thunderbird 3.0a2??
• Thunderbird 3.0a1