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Schedule & Progress onUpcoming Releases

Firefox Desktop & Platform

Current Releases

• 27.0 is currently throttled at 10%
• Due to bug 934509 we’re doing a non-urgent dot release (desktop only) with one or two low-risk ride alongs to ensure we unthrottle Friday with a build that is more stable
  • For those interested, this bug has started off a discussion on the stability group mailing list about how to get better at tracking stability issues when they fluctuate in and out of topcrash status but are recent regressions on a version — one goal would be to get on top of them in nightly, with less range to search for regressions

Beta (28)

• 28.0b2 is out, now with the correct strings
• 28.0b3 desktop gtb tomorrow
• 28.0b4 planned for Monday even with US/Canada holiday

Aurora (29)

• Sync and Australis are out there and nothing is (yet) blowing up on our usual feedback inputs

Firefox Mobile

Beta (28)

• [ON TRACK] bug 768667 – Use the action bar for text selection on ICS+
• [ON TRACK] bug 875750 – Implement <input type=”color”>: Android widget/color picker
• [ON TRACK] bug 852608 – Add support for OpenSearch. Firefox Mobile supports <link rel=”search”>
• [ON TRACK] bug 943475 – Predictive lookup for awesomebar entries
• [ON TRACK] Dynamic snippets support preffed off
• [ON TRACK] Background Thread Hang Reporting bug 932865
• [ON TRACK] Added locale: Estonian (et), bug 946204
• Top Issues
  • #1 top crash, investigating bug 970081

Aurora (29)

• [ON TRACK] Toolbar Refactor
• [ON TRACK] Ongoing: Startup wins, including removing throbber replacing with progress bar bug 917896, bug 959776
• [ON TRACK] Dynamic snippets support preffed on
• [ON TRACK] Telemetry probes for Fennec UI elements
• [ON TRACK] Added locale: Hindi(hi), bug 960059
• [ON TRACK] Added locale: Indonesian (id), bug 521995
• [ON TRACK] Added locale: Latvian (lv) , bug 958021
• [ON TRACK] Shumway Bundled in Browser but disabled, bug 905668
• [ON TRACK] APK Synthesis on by default
• [ON TRACK] Promo snippet for Sync
• [ON TRACK] Promo snippet for Marketplace
• [ON TRACK] Preloaded bookmark for Marketplace
• [AT RISK] Multiple Quickshare Buttons – 2 Quickshare on main menu
• [AT RISK] Firefox Accounts with Sync 1.5 integration
• [AT RISK] Ability to “Hide” existing panels in about:home (see the full project page for more details)
• [PROPOSED] Synced tabs page as entry point into Firefox Accounts & Sync bug 958889 (nice to have, shift to 30 if needed)

Nightly (30)

• [PROPOSED] Ability to re-order existing panels in about:home (see My List: Manage current lists in settings)
• [PROPOSED] Quickshare: Settable default service for quickshare buttons
• [PROPOSED] Third-party service integration MVP
  • [PROPOSED] My List: How My List works (MVP reqs only)
  • [PROPOSED] My List: Save any web-viewable content (MVP reqs only)
  • [PROPOSED] My List: Add new My List from Promotional Panel (MVP reqs only)
  • [PROPOSED] My List: Subscribe to feed or service as a new list (MVP reqs only)
  • [PROPOSED] My List: Add new and improved list management in Settings (MVP reqs only)
  • [PROPOSED] Service integration: Downloads (MVP reqs only)
• [PROPOSED] Preferred web content language
• [PROPOSED] PDF.js support (v1 cupcake) <== recommend defer
• [PROPOSED] API: Contacts (incl permissions bump)
• [PROPOSED] Geolocation services (incl permissions bump)
• [PROPOSED] Added locale: Vietnamese (vi)
• [PROPOSED] Added locale: Afrikaans (af)
• [PROPOSED] Use System download manager on GB+ (bug 816318)
• [PROPOSED] Turn on phone number linkify bug 957345
• [PROPOSED] Evaluate pngquant for PNG size reduction bug 959833
• [PROPOSED] Quickshare Contexts
• [PROPOSED] Quickshare on the context menu
• [PROPOSED] WebRTC tab streaming

Developer Tools

• Outbound
  • hacks.m.o Aurora Post is here, hilarious tweet is here
  • New AMO post coming detailing new toolbar / navbar apis in Jetpack

• Landings
  • 47 bugs resolved since uplift
  • lots of follow-ups and polish, 30 is off to a good start. 🙂

• Work week in Portland next week

Feedback Summary

Desktop

We will be watching 27.0.1
Tyler and Cheng will be out for the next few weeks for MWC, please check in with Matt Grimes and Rob Rayborn for feedback.

Mobile

Nothing new this week. We will have a Beta feedback roll-up soon.

Planning Meeting Details

• Wednesdays – 11:00am PT, 18:00 UTC
• Mountain View Offices: Warp Core Conference Room
• Toronto Offices: Finch Conference Room
• irc.mozilla.org #planning for backchannel
• (the developer meeting takes place on Tuesdays)

Video/Teleconference Details – NEW

• 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# 99696 (US/INTL)
• 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 99696 (US)
• Vidyo Room: ProductCoordination
• Vidyo Guest URL