{"id":533,"date":"2011-04-25T11:17:45","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T15:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/533"},"modified":"2011-04-25T11:17:45","modified_gmt":"2011-04-25T15:17:45","slug":"mozilla-project-meeting-minutes-2011-04-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/533","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla Project Meeting Minutes: 2011-04-18"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"with-menu\">\n<h1 id=\"page-title\">WeeklyUpdates\/2011-04-18<\/h1>\n<hr>\n<div><span class=\"subpages\">&lt; <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/WeeklyUpdates\" title=\"WeeklyUpdates\">WeeklyUpdates<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/WeeklyUpdates\/2011-04-11\" title=\"WeeklyUpdates\/2011-04-11\">\u00ab previous week<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/WeeklyUpdates\" title=\"WeeklyUpdates\">index<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/WeeklyUpdates\/2011-04-25\" title=\"WeeklyUpdates\/2011-04-25\">next week \u00bb<\/a>\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<h1> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Video for today&#8217;s meeting <\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&lt;video controls=&#8221;controls&#8221;&gt;&lt;source src=&#8221;http:\/\/videos.mozilla.org\/serv\/air_mozilla\/monday_meetings\/status-2011-04-18.ogg&#8221; type=&#8221;video\/ogg; codecs=&#8221;theora, vorbis&#8221;&#8221;\/&gt;&lt;\/video&gt;\n<\/p>\n<h1> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Friends of the Tree <a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/File:Tree.gif\" title=\"Friends of the Tree\"><\/a> <\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Mark Finkle and Dave Townsend for working very fast to get my last-minute Test Pilot\/Feedback patches landed in time for Firefox 5!  &#8212; Jono<\/p>\n<p>Bob Silverberg for his contributions to WebQA Automation work &#8212; David Burns\n<\/p>\n<h1> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Upcoming Events <\/span><\/h1>\n<p><b>This Week<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Monday, 18 April<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mozilla Tech Talk: GPU Architecture, Present and Future by NVIDIA GPU Architect Olivier Giroux @ Ten Forward \/ air.mozilla.org at 13:00 PDT<\/p>\n<p><b>Tuesday, 19 April<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Wednesday, 20 April<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Thursday, 21 April<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Friday, 22 April<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>EYES (Emerging Young Entrepreneurs Society) visit and talk\/discussion @ Ten Forward at 1:30pm PDT [pfinette]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/quality.mozilla.org\/events\/2011\/04\/18\/upcoming-event-firefox-5-aurora-testday\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox 5 Aurora Testday<\/a> @ #testday at 9AM-5PM PDT [gmealer\/Mozilla QA]<\/p>\n<p><b>Next Week<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<h1> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Product Status Updates <\/span><\/h1>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Firefox 5 <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> Started the Aurora channel last Wednesday to great fanfare\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Thanks to all those who made it happen on time<\/b>\n<\/ul>\n<li> What happens on Aurora now?\n<ul>\n<li> Fixes to security issues\n<li> Stability fixes\n<li> Backouts and preffing off\n<\/ul>\n<li> Aurora triage\/status meetings have started\n<ul>\n<li> See <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/mozilla.dev.planning\/browse_thread\/thread\/c1a7ce9d4e40f27b\/b6113c9f04282fe2?lnk=gst&amp;q=triage#b6113c9f04282fe2\" rel=\"nofollow\">this message<\/a> to dev-planning for our current meeting plan\n<\/ul>\n<li> What do the new bugzilla flags mean? Check out <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/mozilla.dev.planning\/browse_thread\/thread\/61efaf6a258cbb4c\" rel=\"nofollow\">this thread on dev-planning<\/a>. Synopsis:\n<ul>\n<li> <b>tracking-firefox#<\/b> &#8211; bugs that need to be resolved (either by fixing, getting more information to invalidate, backing out other fixes, etc) before the next step in the release process\n<li> <b>status-firefox#<\/b> &#8211; tracks the state of items found after the mozilla-central \u2192 mozilla-aurora merge, as regular bug status now reflects the Firefox 6 status\n<li> <b>approval-mozilla-aurora<\/b> &#8211; request to land a particular patch on the mozilla-aurora repository. All patches landing on mozilla-aurora need this approved\n<ul>\n<li> <i>Note that a bug can be approved but not tracking (for high value \/ low risk fixes that we won&#8217;t drive to get in)<\/i>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<li> The merge from Aurora to Beta happens on <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/mozilla.github.com\/process-releases\/draft\/development_specifics\/img\/ff5_schedule.png\" rel=\"nofollow\">2011-05-17<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Firefox 4, 3.6, 3.5 <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> Firefox Macaw (currently versioned as 4.0.1) went to the beta audience late Friday\n<li> 3.6.17 and 3.5.19 will go to beta today\n<ul>\n<li> There is a known issue with Mail.ru we will be spinning again on Wednesday for\n<\/ul>\n<li> Schedule for all these updates can be found on the <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Releases\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">releases wiki page<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Mobile Firefox <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Thunderbird <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> We&#8217;ll be adopting a <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/tb-planning\/browse_thread\/thread\/548087033e95893d\" rel=\"nofollow\">schedule-driven release for Thunderbird<\/a> similar to the one being used by Firefox.\n<li> First step: <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/tb-planning\/browse_thread\/thread\/d6e78da21ae1d511\" rel=\"nofollow\">Miramar nightlies are now being built against the Aurora branch of Gecko\/Firefox<\/a>.\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Older Branch Work <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Drumbeat <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Knight-Mozilla News Project<\/b>. Prepping to launch innovation challenges around 1)\u00a0open video 2) web apps 3) reinventing online comments &amp; debate. <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/etherpad.mozilla.com:9000\/MoJo-challenge-test\" rel=\"nofollow\">Want feedback on this messaging<\/a>.\u00a0Do these challenge statements make sense? Do they motivate? Would you, as a challenge participant, have enough info to get started?\n<li><b>Web literacy project<\/b>. What are 10 things Mozilla wished everyone on the Internet knew? <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/commonspace.wordpress.com\/2011\/04\/14\/internetliteracy\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Looking for your ideas &amp; feedback<\/a>.\n<\/ul>\n<h1> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Speakers <\/span><\/h1>\n<p>The limit is 3 minutes per speaker.  It&#8217;s like a lightning talk, but don&#8217;t feel that you have to have slides in order to make a presentation.\n<\/p>\n<table class=\"fullwidth-table\">\n<tr>\n<th>  Title<\/p>\n<th>  Presenter<\/p>\n<th>  Topic<\/p>\n<th>  Media<\/p>\n<th>  More Details<br \/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> Your Title Here<\/p>\n<td> Your Name Here<\/p>\n<td> What are you going to talk about?<\/p>\n<td> Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen<\/p>\n<td> Link to where audience can find out more information<br \/>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h1> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Status Updates By Team  <\/span><\/h1>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Firefox  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Platform <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Messaging  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Mobile  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> IT <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Release Engineering  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> QA  <\/span><\/h2>\n<dl>\n<dt>General\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<ul>\n<li> Successful QA Workweek, lot&#8217;s of good sessions and clarity around goals\n<\/ul>\n<dl>\n<dt>Desktop Firefox\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<ul>\n<li> Testing the new Aurora branch\n<\/ul>\n<dl>\n<dt>WebQA\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<ul>\n<li> Shipped <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=648778\" rel=\"nofollow\">Input 3.3.5<\/a> on Tuesday\n<li> Shipped <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/buglist.cgi?resolution=FIXED&amp;classification=Server%20Software&amp;query_format=advanced&amp;product=addons.mozilla.org&amp;target_milestone=6.0.5\" rel=\"nofollow\">AMO 6.0.5<\/a> on Thursday\n<li> Shipped <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/buglist.cgi?resolution=FIXED&amp;classification=Other&amp;query_format=advanced&amp;product=support.mozilla.com&amp;target_milestone=2.7.1\" rel=\"nofollow\">SUMO 2.7.1<\/a> on Thursday\n<li> Shipped <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dJaHAX\" rel=\"nofollow\">Web of Wonder<\/a> Tuesday April 12th, 2011\n<li> Shipped <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=649176\" rel=\"nofollow\">Personas<\/a> on Thursday\n<\/ul>\n<dl>\n<dt>Automation\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hskupin.info\/2011\/04\/13\/mozmill-tests-repository-changes-due-to-new-firefox-build-channels\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">blog post about using mozmill to test new channels<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Automation &amp; Tools <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> Landed tspaint (<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=612190\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 612190<\/a>) &#8211; a new talos test that measures time from startup to first paint.\n<li> Released bugfix only release of <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/mozmill-dev\/browse_thread\/thread\/73a04fe03d7fe9e8\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mozmill 1.5.3<\/a>\n<li> War On Orange&#8217;s Elastic Search database crashed last week.  Working with Metrics, should have the last two months of data restored by end of the day.\n<li> More news <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Auto-tools\/Meetings\/2011-04-18\" title=\"Auto-tools\/Meetings\/2011-04-18\">here<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Security  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Engagement  <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>PR<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com.au\/mozilla-drafts-changes-to-certificate-policy-339313315.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mozilla drafts changes to certificate policy<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/download.cnet.com\/8301-2007_4-20054123-12.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox Aurora debuts, Mozilla&#8217;s &#8216;dev&#8217; channel<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pocket-lint.com\/news\/39624\/aurora-lets-you-try-firefox-5-now\" rel=\"nofollow\">Aurora lets you try Firefox 5 now<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/technology\/2011\/04\/mozilla-is-speeding-up-its-releases-of-its-popular-firefox-browser-offering-testers-and-a-taste-of-firefox-5-with-its-new-au.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mozilla adds new Aurora development stage to update Firefox faster<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\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:\/\/www.theinquirer.net\/inquirer\/news\/2042562\/firefox-set-june-release\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox 5 is set for a June release<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Events<\/b> <\/p>\n<p><b>Creative Team<\/b> <\/p>\n<p><b>Contributor Engagement<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Firefox Launch Parties are on!\n<ul>\n<li> Kenya:  Firefox party in Nairobi, as well as community meetup.  Read Pierros Pappadeas&#8217; write up <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/pierros.papadeas.gr\/?p=230\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>.\n<li> Tunisia:  60 attendees at the Firefox 4 launch party.  Details <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/mozilla-tunisia.org\/event\/firefox-4-party\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>.\n<li> Rome:  150 people made it out to the &#8220;Firefox and You&#8221; launch party following a <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/22070065\" rel=\"nofollow\">grassroots campaign<\/a>.\n<li> Madrid:  Mozilla Hispano kicked off it&#8217;s series of launch parties in Madrid and launched an <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/files.zemoga.com\/Firefox\/firefox_video\/firefox_htnl_v05_audio.mov\" rel=\"nofollow\">animated video on HTML 5<\/a>.  Coverage included <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmodo.es\/2011\/04\/15\/firefox-party-veredicto-no-utilices-el-termino-fiesta-en-vano.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gizmodo<\/a> and <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/magisterike.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/firefox-40.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Magistrike<\/a>.\n<li> San Francisco:  Small, but nice meetup in SF.  Promo video <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/video\/video.php?v=10100398334331613&amp;oid=218258218187571\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>.\n<li> India:  Vineel Reddy (former intern) has worked tirelessly to coordinate launch parties in India.  Rob Sayre attended the Hyderabaad party hosted by Vineel that was covered in <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hindu.com\/edu\/2011\/04\/18\/stories\/2011041850630100.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Hindu<\/a> and <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/devworks.thinkdigit.com\/Internet\/Mozilla-India-community-celebrates-Firefox-4-with_6608.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Digit<\/a>.  More event photos can be found <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/clearhai.com\/event-pix\/?album=2&amp;gallery=55\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>.\n<li> More parties to come!\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Support  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Metrics  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Evangelism  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Labs  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Developer Tools <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Add-ons  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Webdev  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> L10n  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h1> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Introducing New Hires <\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li> Ian Barlow, mobile UX\n<li> Jill Alvarez, recruiting\n<li> William Bamberg, tech. writer\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/adrian.gaudebert.fr\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Adrian Gaudebert<\/a>, webdev intern\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/seanmonstar.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sean McArhtur<\/a>, webdev\n<\/ul>\n<h1> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Foundation Updates  <\/span><\/h1>\n<h1> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Roundtable <\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"printfooter\">\nRetrieved from &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/WeeklyUpdates\/2011-04-18\">https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/WeeklyUpdates\/2011-04-18<\/a>&#8220;<\/div>\n<div class=\"catlinks catlinks-allhidden\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WeeklyUpdates\/2011-04-18 &lt; WeeklyUpdates \u00ab previous week | index | next week \u00bb &lt;script&gt;if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &#8220;show&#8221;; var tocHideText = &#8220;hide&#8221;; showTocToggle(); } &lt;\/script&gt; Video for today&#8217;s meeting &lt;video controls=&#8221;controls&#8221;&gt;&lt;source src=&#8221;http:\/\/videos.mozilla.org\/serv\/air_mozilla\/monday_meetings\/status-2011-04-18.ogg&#8221; type=&#8221;video\/ogg; codecs=&#8221;theora, vorbis&#8221;&#8221;\/&gt;&lt;\/video&gt; Friends of the Tree Mark Finkle and Dave Townsend for working very fast to get my last-minute Test Pilot\/Feedback [&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":[257],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533"}],"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=533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}