Firefox/Planning/2011-02-16
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Firefox/Gecko Delivery Meeting Details
- Wednesdays – 11:00am PST, 18:00 UTC
- Mountain View Offices: Warp Core Conference Room
- Toronto Offices: Fin du Monde Conference Room
- 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# 8605 (US/INTL)
- 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 8605 (US)
- irc.mozilla.org #planning for backchannel
- (the developer meeting takes place on Tuesdays)
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Agenda
- actions from last week:
- schedule and progress on upcoming releases
- review highlights and notices
- respond to questions and concerns
Action Items
Schedule & Progress on Upcoming Releases
Firefox 4 (Desktop)
Firefox 4 (Mobile)
Firefox 3.6/3.5
Firefox 3.6.14 and 3.5.17
- Still investigating the startup crash “regression” on 3.6.14 (bug 633869)
- Looks like it’s caused by frankenbuilds…older dlls and updated exe
- Not sure if it is a regression, happened before (and on mozilla-central)
- Investigating if we made it worse with 3.6.14 changes
- Adobe is pressing for a release due to a public CSRF issue
- Once we get more data today, deciding proper way forward
- Option 1: Release what we have for 3.6.14 and 3.5.17
- Option 2: Release 3.6.13+CSRF fix as 3.6.14 and the current 3.5.17
- Option 3: Release 3.6.13+CSRF fix as 3.6.14 and 3.5.16+CSRF fix as 3.5.17
- Seamonkey release is dependent on 3.5.17 and Thunderbird is dependent on 3.6.14
Firefox 3.6.15 and 3.5.18
- Waiting to send draft schedule until 3.6.14/3.5.17 are resolved
Firefox Sync
Add-on Builder 1.0a9
- Builder 1.0a8 was release last Thursday and has been very well received by users. I saw an immediate up tick in account linking from AMO and add-on creation through the Builder.
- Unsolicited-real-life-true-story feedback: “Great, I have it [my add-on] working now. Mozilla also updated the online addon Builder so it’s clear where your data directory is, very nice. Thanks for your help.” – “..the text editor is a LOT better :)”
- Starting with 1.0a9 there will be a change in the release structure, most notably, the addition of a maintenance release two weeks after the preceding feature release.
- Still gunning for a beta 1 after release 1.0a10 (two releases away)
Add-on SDK 1.0b3
- froze today at 11am
- many bug fixes landed, plus big docs improvements
- loader and e10s changes missed (loader changes should land early in 1.0b4 cycle; e10s changes still TBD)
- RC1 scheduled for today
- release scheduled for next Wednesday, February 23
Input 3.2
- release date: 2/22
- lots of refactoring
Feedback Summary
- Since Beta 9, a huge increase in daily comments about memory and CPU usage 507 5857
- Many people have commented on input the Beta 11 “feels slower” than beta 10
Issue | SUMO | Input | Buglink |
---|---|---|---|
Unable to switch search engines/locks up when using search bar | 33+4 | 538 91 | bug 631746 |
Double title bars when first using Firefox b1 Maybe Firebug | 72 | 152 | bug 633611 |
Firefox 4 Beta 11 Slower than Beta 10 | 651 104 | ||
Hotmail Constantly Reloading | [1][2] | 3503 | bug 627729 |
Facebook Chat not working | 126 | ||
Flash-related crashes (fb games, gmail, | 1451 1296 | ||
Font Rendering on Windows | 204 | bug 594325 bug 612846 bug 629857 | |
Netflix streaming player doesn’t work OSX | 204 | was bug 598406 | |
DivX player doesn’t work | 35 (302+ overall) | 67 | |
Broken Panorama (missing button, changed shortcut) | 50+ from: [3][4][5][6] | 254 | bug 624588 |
No save & close dialog when closing Firefox w/multiple tabs | 40-ish from: [7][8][9][10] | 375 | caused by bug 592822 bug 550559 |
Gmail Locks Up | 5 | 204 |
Highlights / Notices
Questions and Concerns
Press & Public Reactions
- First look at Firefox 5
- Firefox 4 in March, A First Look At Firefox 5
- Mozilla: Firefox 4 for Android to Ship in a Few Weeks
- Mozilla: IE9 Is Old
- Mozilla: ‘Internet Explorer 9 is not a modern browser’
- Firefox 4 infographic from Mozilla taunts IE9