{"id":427,"date":"2010-11-10T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2010-11-10T04:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/427"},"modified":"2010-11-10T00:00:07","modified_gmt":"2010-11-10T04:00:07","slug":"thunderbird-meeting-minutes-2010-11-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/427","title":{"rendered":"Thunderbird Meeting Minutes: 2010-11-09"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h1>Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2010-11-09<\/h1>\n<h3 id=\"siteSub\">From MozillaWiki<\/h3>\n<div><span class=\"subpages\">&lt; <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\" title=\"Thunderbird\">Thunderbird<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\" title=\"Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\">StatusMeetings<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2010-11-02\" title=\"Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2010-11-02\">last meeting<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\" title=\"Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\">index<\/a> | <a class=\"new\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/index.php?title=Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2010-11-16&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" title=\"Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2010-11-16 (page does not exist)\">next meeting \u00bb<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<table>\n<caption> <b>Current Release Schedules<\/b><br \/>\n<\/caption>\n<tr>\n<th width=\"50%\"> Thunderbird 3.3 Alpha 1 <\/p>\n<th> Thunderbird 3.1.7 &amp; 3.0.11<br \/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> To Be Announced<\/p>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li> Code freeze: 23rd Nov 23:59\n<li> L10n freeze: 23rd Nov 23:59\n<li> Builds start: 24th Nov\n<li> QA with builds start: 29th Nov\n<li> Beta period starts: 30th Nov\n<li> Final release: 9th Dec\n<\/ul>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n<b>Thunderbird Meeting Details<\/b>\u00a0:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/fixedtime.html?year=2010&amp;month=11&amp;day=09&amp;hour=17&amp;min=30&amp;sec=0\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tuesday, November 9, 2010 17:30 UTC<\/a> (9:30am Pacific, 12:30pm Eastern)\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeeting\/DialInInfo\" title=\"Thunderbird\/StatusMeeting\/DialInInfo\">How to dial-in<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Remember to press *1 to unmute yourself before talking!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Feel free to ask questions in the meeting either by speaking up or by asking them in #maildev on IRC.\n<\/p>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Agenda  <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Who&#8217;s taking minutes? &#8211;&gt; <b>roland<\/b>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/ascher.ca\/thunderbird\/minutes_schedule.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Minute taking Schedule<\/a>. Talk to davida for schedule changes\/additions.\n<li> Note: this meeting is for interactive discussion. Feel free to ask questions!\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Action Items  <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Friends of the Tree <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Thanks to our <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en\/Glossary#FotT\" rel=\"nofollow\">Friends of the Tree<\/a>  When adding someone to this section, please get their T-Shirt size and send it to <a class=\"external text\" href=\"mailto:rebron@mozillamessaging.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">rebron@mozillamessaging.com<\/a> so that he can send them a shirt!\n<\/p>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Conversion Funnel (Priority 0 side project) <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Funnelcake 3 released this morning.  Should have some prelim numbers by tomorrow.\n<li> ISPDB: 35% conversion rate; top 10 domain misses: ocn.ad.jp, netease.com, interia.pl, psmtp.com, aon.at, telenet-ops.be, 163.com, one.com, cox.net, netsolmail.net\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Thunderbird Development <\/span><\/h3>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird:Feature_Work\" title=\"Thunderbird:Feature Work\">Feature Work<\/a> <\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Account Provisioner:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> We&#8217;re still waiting on legal stuff, and are using the time to polish.\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pluggable Mail Stores:\n<\/p>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/Experiments\" title=\"Thunderbird\/Experiments\">Experiments<\/a> <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> Up next: Thunderbird Conversations (formerly Gmail Conversation View). Currently ironing things out with clarkbw and andychung before cutting a 2.0 release. [protz]\n<li> Updates for Mailing List Manager, Contacts on deck.\n<li> Sync Add-on further out.\n<li> On schedule to release an add-on a week for the next month or so\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> 3.2 <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> Decision on if\/when we&#8217;ll do 3.2 on hold until we progress account provisioning further.\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Trunk Development <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> Starting 3.3 alpha cycle to get wider testing on trunk builds and major feature work.\n<\/ul>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Alpha 1 <\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li> Basically release what we have on trunk\n<ul>\n<li> Backend improvements\n<li> Add-on Manager and extension changes\n<li> Linux 64 bit and Mac 32\/64 bit builds.\n<\/ul>\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/buglist.cgi?status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&amp;query_format=advanced&amp;status_whiteboard=tb33a1blocker&amp;resolution=---\" rel=\"nofollow\">Current blockers<\/a> i.e.\n<ul>\n<li> Mac 64 bit builds\n<li> Buildbot configuration for trunk alphas\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Post Alpha 1 <\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li> Aiming for frequent alphas, specifically to pick up fixes \/ features.\n<li> Help on fixing blockers would be very useful and appreciated, see <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&amp;field0-0-0=status_whiteboard&amp;type0-0-1=equals&amp;value0-0-1=blocking-thunderbird-next%2B&amp;type0-0-0=substring&amp;field0-0-1=flagtypes.name&amp;value0-0-0=%5Btbtrunkneeds%5D&amp;resolution=---\" rel=\"nofollow\">this list of higher priority bugs<\/a>.\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Thunderbird Stability &amp; Security Releases <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> Draft Schedule published, see above.\n<li> Starting flagging bugs to be included in the next release, please see the bug lists.\n<li> Bug Lists: <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/hg.mozilla.org\/users\/bugzilla_standard8.plus.com\/drivertools\/raw-file\/default\/bugtracking\/index.html?branch=3.1\" rel=\"nofollow\">3.1<\/a>, <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/hg.mozilla.org\/users\/bugzilla_standard8.plus.com\/drivertools\/raw-file\/default\/bugtracking\/index.html?branch=3.0\" rel=\"nofollow\">3.0<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Major updates to 3.1 <\/span><\/h5>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird:Testing\" title=\"Thunderbird:Testing\">QA<\/a> Updates <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> usual stuff\n<li> slowly preparing testing round for Alpha1\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Marketing Updates <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> PR Update: Nice article on <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.devicemag.com\/2010\/10\/19\/how-to-add-a-calendar-to-mozilla-thunderbird\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Calendar in Thunderbird<\/a>, <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-19882_3-20022134-250.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rockmelt roundup<\/a>, a few straggler stories on the security update\n<li> ADUs: 6.5MM total ADUs current high; 2.x is 18% of total ADUs now, downloads steady at above 80k a day average\n<li> Exploring a couple marketing initiatives centered around games and video. Please participate in IRC on #marketing.\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Infrastructure Update  <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Massive storage downtime Thursday -&gt; Friday\n<li> CouchDB as a build service, gozer to email tb-planning mailing list so folks are aware of this and can use it specifically asuth et al\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Build \/ Release Update <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> enabled concurrent release builds on our production buildbot\n<li> adding release builders for trunk this week\n<li> gozer and jhopkins are now doing weekly bug sprint to catch up on bug backlog in buildrel\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Web Update <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Broker (less verbose name for Account Provisioning Middleware, added some tests, logging, figuring out Yahoo API details and starting implementation)\n<ul>\n<li> updated text on website for free email providers\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Documentation <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Sumomo clean-up: complete and make draft articles live; new articles; combine duplicates; updates\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/support.mozillamessaging.com\/en-US\/kb\/Quick+Filter+Toolbar\" rel=\"nofollow\">Quick Filter KB<\/a>\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/support.mozillamessaging.com\/en-US\/kb\/Switching+to+Thunderbird+from+Windows+or+Web-Based+Email+Applications\" rel=\"nofollow\">Switching to Thunderbird<\/a>\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/support.mozillamessaging.com\/en-US\/kb\/Installing+Thunderbird+on+Mac\" rel=\"nofollow\">Installing TB on the Mac<\/a>\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/support.mozillamessaging.com\/en-US\/kb\/Sending+and+Receiving+Emails\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sending and Receiving Messages<\/a>\n<li> general work around Windows and updating articles\n<\/ul>\n<p>This week:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> looking at contribution sources \/ metrics, MDC and Sumomo\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/sumo\/2010\/11\/03\/qa-day-for-the-new-sumo-kb-software\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kitsune QA<\/a> (the new support \/ KB platform)\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/Support\" rel=\"nofollow\">Support<\/a> <\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li> 567 new support topics down 13% (652 last week; this week is a bit down from normal)\n<li> Again, <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/tb-support-crew\" rel=\"nofollow\">tb-support-crew mailing list<\/a> for support contributors has been launched! If you support Thunderbird or write documentation to help support Thunderbird, please <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/mail.mozilla.org\/listinfo\/tb-support-crew\" rel=\"nofollow\">subscribe<\/a> and briefly introduce yourself to the list\n<li> sid0 is rapidly iterating (thanks sid!) the about:support extension so if you are a support contributor on Get Satisfaction, MozillaZine, etc please give latest builds (<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/sid0\/tb-about-support\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">github<\/a>, <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/hg.mozilla.org\/users\/sid.bugzilla_gmail.com\/tb-about-support\" rel=\"nofollow\">mercurial<\/a>) a try and give us <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/feedback.mozillalabs.com\/forums\/68185-messaging-add-ons\" rel=\"nofollow\">feedback<\/a>\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/Thunderbird3.1SupportIssues\" rel=\"nofollow\">3.1 Support Issues<\/a>\n<li> See <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2010-11-09\/SupportAppendix\" title=\"Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2010-11-09\/SupportAppendix\">this week&#8217;s Support Appendix<\/a> for full Get Satisfaction metrics and other support details\n<\/ol>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Lightning Updates <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Status Updates <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>See the <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/benjamin.smedbergs.us\/weekly-updates.fcgi\/project\/thunderbird\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mozilla Status Board<\/a> for status updates specific to developers.\n<\/p>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Roundtable Highlights <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Attendees  <\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"printfooter\">\nRetrieved from &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2010-11-09\">https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2010-11-09<\/a>&#8220;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"catlinks catlinks-allhidden\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2010-11-09 From MozillaWiki &lt; Thunderbird | StatusMeetings last meeting | index | next meeting \u00bb Current Release Schedules Thunderbird 3.3 Alpha 1 Thunderbird 3.1.7 &amp; 3.0.11 To Be Announced Code freeze: 23rd Nov 23:59 L10n freeze: 23rd Nov 23:59 Builds start: 24th Nov QA with builds start: 29th Nov Beta period starts: 30th Nov Final [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[209],"tags":[40],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}