{"id":531,"date":"2011-04-25T11:16:40","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T15:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/531"},"modified":"2011-04-25T11:16:40","modified_gmt":"2011-04-25T15:16:40","slug":"firefoxgecko-delivery-meeting-minutes-2011-04-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/531","title":{"rendered":"Firefox\/Gecko Delivery Meeting Minutes: 2011-04-13"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"with-menu\">\n<h1 id=\"page-title\">Firefox\/Planning\/2011-04-13<\/h1>\n<hr>\n<div><span class=\"subpages\">&lt; <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\" title=\"Firefox\">Firefox<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\" title=\"Firefox\/Planning\">Planning<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p>                                                <a class=\"new\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/index.php?title=Firefox\/Planning\/2011-04-06&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" title=\"Firefox\/Planning\/2011-04-06 (page does not exist)\">\u00ab previous week<\/a> | <a class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/DeliveryMeetings\" title=\"Firefox\/DeliveryMeetings\">index<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2011-04-20\" title=\"Firefox\/Planning\/2011-04-20\">next week \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Firefox\/Gecko Delivery Meeting Details<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Wednesdays &#8211; 11:00am PDT, 18:00 UTC\n<li> Mountain View Offices: Warp Core Conference Room\n<li> Toronto Offices: Fin du Monde Conference Room\n<li> 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# 8605 (US\/INTL)\n<li> 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 8605 (US)\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"irc:\/\/irc.mozilla.org\/planning\" rel=\"nofollow\">irc.mozilla.org #planning<\/a> for backchannel\n<li> (the <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Platform#Meetings\" title=\"Platform\">developer meeting<\/a> takes place on Tuesdays)\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"margin: 1em 0px;padding: 1em;background-color: orange;text-align: center\"><b>REMEMBER<\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: x-small\">These notes are read by people who weren&#8217;t able to attend the meeting. Please make sure to include links and context so they can be understood.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&lt;script&gt;if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &#8220;show&#8221;; var tocHideText = &#8220;hide&#8221;; showTocToggle(); } &lt;\/script&gt;<\/p>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Actions from Last Week <\/span><\/h2>\n<p>(none)\n<\/p>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Schedule &amp; Progress on <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Releases\" title=\"Releases\">Upcoming Releases<\/a> <\/span><\/h2>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Firefox 3.6.x\/3.5.x\/4.0.x<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> &#8220;go to build&#8221; FF3.5.19, FF3.6.17, FF4.0.1 on 13apr2011\n<li> release FF3.5.19, FF3.6.17, FF4.0.1 on 26apr2011\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Firefox 4.0.1 advertised major update<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> are we clear on criteria to do this? risks\/issues?\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Fennec 4.0.x<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> expecting &#8220;go to build&#8221; Fennec 4.0.1 this week.\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Firefox 5 (Desktop) <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> move from mozilla-central &#8211;&gt; mozilla-aurora happened on schedule (12apr2011)\n<li> still on track for release 21june2011.\n<li> We are <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/13\/new-channels-for-firefox-rapid-releases\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">advertising the fact that Aurora exists today<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Firefox 5 (Mobile) <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Firefox Sync<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/AMO\/FlightDeck\/0.9.3\" title=\"AMO\/FlightDeck\/0.9.3\">Add-on Builder 0.9.3<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Release is on-track\n<ul>\n<li> Search phase 1 is almost landed!\n<li> HUGE improvements to the editor, HUGE.\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> The <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/AMO\/FlightDeck\/0.9.4\" title=\"AMO\/FlightDeck\/0.9.4\">next release<\/a> will include the stand-alone add-on repacking service that will both increase test speed in the Builder&#8217;s editor and allow for AMO to batch repack add-ons for new releases of the SDK &amp; Firefox.\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Labs\/Jetpack\/SDK\/1.0b5\" title=\"Labs\/Jetpack\/SDK\/1.0b5\">Add-on SDK 1.0b5<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> timeline:\n<ul>\n<li> Freeze: Wednesday, April 27 @ 11am PT\n<li> RC1: Wednesday, April 27\n<li> Final: Wednesday, May 4\n<\/ul>\n<li> this will be the last 1.0 beta\n<li> focus is on polishing existing functionality in preparation for stable release\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Input\/Releases\/3.4\" title=\"Firefox\/Input\/Releases\/3.4\">Input 3.4<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Release Firefox Input 3.3.5 to support the new channels process\n<ul>\n<li> Band-aid to accept all feedback as happy\/sad\/idea across any build. Test Pilot team has updated their code and it has landed for Aurora.\n<li> We&#8217;re going to follow-up with weekly iterative releases that round out this approach\n<ul>\n<li> Remove the release dashboard and uplift the beta dashboard to the general one\n<li> Update submission forms on <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/people.mozilla.com\/~chowse\/drop\/mozilla.com\/input\/3.0\/proto\/desktop-v2\/feedback-beta.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">desktop<\/a> and mobile\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Feedback Summary  <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> Working on a feedback strategy to support the new channels process. The plan, thus far and going forward, can be found on our <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Input\/Feedback_Strategy\" rel=\"nofollow\">central wiki<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Press &amp; Public Reactions <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.conceivablytech.com\/6737\/products\/firefox-5-and-6-on-track-first-aurora-release-posted\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox 5 And 6 On Track: First Aurora Release Posted <\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/techland.time.com\/2011\/04\/11\/firefox-5-nearly-2-months-away\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox 5 Nearly 2 Months Away<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/ostatic.com\/blog\/even-as-firefox-4-performance-problems-loom-firefox-5-is-coming\" rel=\"nofollow\">Even As Firefox 4 Performance Problems Loom, Firefox 5 is Coming<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theinquirer.net\/inquirer\/news\/2042562\/firefox-set-june-release\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox 5 is set for a June release<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/firefox-5-2011-4\" rel=\"nofollow\">10 New Features Coming Soon To Firefox 5<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Questions and Concerns <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> Discuss how to communicate \/ track changes for our short releases. (blizzard)\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Features\/Planning_and_Tracking\" title=\"Features\/Planning and Tracking\">Start here<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<li> What does the update experience feel like? (mayumi)\n<li> EndOfLife of 3.5\/3.6? (catlee)\n<ul>\n<li> Feels like we should be looking at this regularly\n<li> proposed new policy discussion <a class=\"external free\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/RapidRelease#4.0.x_and_Previous_Releases_.5Bjoduinn.2C_.5D\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/RapidRelease#4.0.x_and_Previous_Releases_.5Bjoduinn.2C_.5D<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<li> Requirement to recompile binary components in addons per release is creating a little heartburn with developers who use them. I want to ensure that promotion of JS-ctypes is the recommended approach, and need to know where devs with questions should be directed. (kev)\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Actions this week <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> Christian: come back with confirmed schedules for 3.5.19, 3.6.17 and 4.0.1, as well as target date for advertised major update from 3.x to 4.0.1\n<li> Jay: Make sure Christian gets a bug number on slow add-on discovery pane in Asia <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=635610\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 635610<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li> DONE\n<\/ul>\n<li> Stuart\/Thomas to report back next meeting with a more detailed summary of mobile&#8217;s plans for rapid release\n<li> Laura\/Mayumi to poke metrics about getting nightly reports to include aurora stats (or get them to attend\u00a0\ud83d\ude42\n<li> Aakash\/Cheng to come back with preliminary aurora feedback for next week, albeit sparse while they build a new feedback plan\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"printfooter\">\nRetrieved from &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2011-04-13\">https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2011-04-13<\/a>&#8220;<\/div>\n<div class=\"catlinks catlinks-allhidden\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefox\/Planning\/2011-04-13 &lt; Firefox | Planning \u00ab previous week | index | next week \u00bb Firefox\/Gecko Delivery Meeting Details Wednesdays &#8211; 11:00am PDT, 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 [&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":[30],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531"}],"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=531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}