{"id":560,"date":"2011-05-18T23:00:05","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T03:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/560"},"modified":"2011-05-18T23:00:05","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T03:00:05","slug":"firefoxgecko-delivery-meeting-minutes-2011-05-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/560","title":{"rendered":"Firefox\/Gecko Delivery Meeting Minutes: 2011-05-18"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"with-menu\">\n<h1 id=\"page-title\">Firefox\/Planning\/2011-05-18<\/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 href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2011-05-11\" title=\"Firefox\/Planning\/2011-05-11\">\u00ab previous week<\/a> | <a class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/DeliveryMeetings\" title=\"Firefox\/DeliveryMeetings\">index<\/a> | <a class=\"new\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/index.php?title=Firefox\/Planning\/2011-05-25&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" title=\"Firefox\/Planning\/2011-05-25 (page does not exist)\">next week \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Planning 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<ul>\n<li> Cheng to coordinate with product marketing and UX to determine what, if any, response we should have to the problems of 4.0 users being confused about session restore changes.\n<ul>\n<li> Short term: Add a box\/text to the firstrun\/post-startup page telling users about the new session restore behavior.\n<li> Longer term: Make Firefox smarter and automatically turn on session restore in situations when you&#8217;re likely to need it.\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\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> Published the <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Releases\/3.5_EOL\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox 3.5 EOL plan<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li> We are in the process of implementing the plan\n<\/ul>\n<li> Next 3.6 update is <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Releases\/#Upcoming_Releases\" rel=\"nofollow\">scheduled to ship with Firefox 5<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Firefox 5 (Desktop) <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Firefox 5 going to beta this week\n<ul>\n<li> First time to use same changeset for both desktop and mobile releases!\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Firefox 6 (Desktop) <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Going from nightly to aurora next week\n<li> Per bsmedberg, compatibility checks for binary XPCOM components will be enforced for every release moving forward. any add-on that uses binary components will need to recompile and re-package to maintain compatibility\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Fennec 4.0.x<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Firefox 5 (Mobile) <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Fennec 5 going to beta this week\n<ul>\n<li> First time to use same changeset for both desktop and mobile releases!\n<\/ul>\n<li> Beta builds are wrapping up\n<li> QA to start soon\n<li> Missed the version bump, so we&#8217;ll need to land it later\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Firefox 6 (Mobile) <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Many tasks are in progress, but won&#8217;t make Fx6 aurora merge\n<li> We are working on how we can balance the work better\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Firefox Sync<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/AMO\/FlightDeck\/0.9.2\" title=\"AMO\/FlightDeck\/0.9.2\">Add-on Builder 0.9.2<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\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 1.0RC1<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> On track to release first 1.0RC Next Wednesday\n<li> On track to complete work for 1.0 by early June\n<li> Will hold in RC and release in conjunction with Firefox 5\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Input\/Releases\/3.5\" title=\"Firefox\/Input\/Releases\/3.5\">Input 3.5<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> ETA: Today\n<ul>\n<li> Fancier submission methods on <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/input.stage.mozilla.com\/en-US\/feedback\" rel=\"nofollow\">desktop<\/a>.\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&amp;component=Input&amp;resolution=FIXED&amp;target_milestone=3.5&amp;product=Webtools\" rel=\"nofollow\">Full list of bugs fixed<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note: We&#8217;re about to start rocking it over the next couple of months (i.e. Input 4.x). The stage is being set up.\n<\/p>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Feedback Summary  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Firefox 4.0.1 Feedback <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Sync not working <a class=\"external autonumber\" href=\"http:\/\/input.mozilla.com\/en-US\/search?q=sync&amp;product=firefox&amp;version=4.0.1&amp;date_start=2011-05-09-&amp;date_end=&amp;sentiment=sad\" rel=\"nofollow\">[1]<\/a> <a class=\"external autonumber\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=657454\" rel=\"nofollow\">[2]<\/a>\n<li>Printing <a class=\"external autonumber\" href=\"http:\/\/input.mozilla.com\/en-US\/search?q=printing&amp;product=firefox&amp;version=4.0.1&amp;sentiment=sad&amp;date_start=2011-05-09\" rel=\"nofollow\">[3]<\/a>\n<li>Can&#8217;t open PDFs <a class=\"external autonumber\" href=\"http:\/\/input.mozilla.com\/en-US\/search?q=pdfs&amp;product=firefox&amp;version=4.0.1&amp;sentiment=sad&amp;date_start=2011-05-03\" rel=\"nofollow\">[4]<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li> might be: bug 613756 or bug 642454 or bug 648511\n<\/ul>\n<li>Yahoo (can&#8217;t attach files to mail) <a class=\"external autonumber\" href=\"http:\/\/input.mozilla.com\/en-US\/search?q=yahoo+mail&amp;product=firefox&amp;version=4.0.1&amp;sentiment=sad&amp;date_start=2011-05-09\" rel=\"nofollow\">[5]<\/a> &#8212; can we do outreach?\n<li> Mouse scrolling issues (may be related to having a PDF open\/open in background) <a class=\"external autonumber\" href=\"http:\/\/input.mozilla.com\/en-US\/search?product=firefox&amp;sentiment=sad&amp;date_end=&amp;date_start=&amp;version=5.0a2&amp;q=scrolling\" rel=\"nofollow\">[6]<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li> might be: bug 613756 or bug 642454\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Aurora Feedback <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows Media Player not compatible <a class=\"external autonumber\" href=\"http:\/\/input.mozilla.com\/en-US\/search?product=firefox&amp;version=5.0a2&amp;date_start=2011-05-03&amp;date_end=&amp;q=media\" rel=\"nofollow\">[7]<\/a>\n<li> Extension compatibility (on the plus side, people say it&#8217;s more responsive\/faster startup)\n<li><b>Channel Switcher<\/b> <a class=\"external autonumber\" href=\"http:\/\/input.mozilla.com\/en-US\/search?product=firefox&amp;version=5.0a2&amp;date_start=2011-05-09&amp;sentiment=sad&amp;q=channel\" rel=\"nofollow\">[8]<\/a><a class=\"external autonumber\" href=\"http:\/\/input.mozilla.com\/en-US\/search?product=firefox&amp;version=5.0a2&amp;date_start=2011-05-09&amp;sentiment=sad&amp;q=update\" rel=\"nofollow\">[9]<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li> Looks like a number of people are experiencing: <a class=\"external autonumber\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=652016\" rel=\"nofollow\">[10]<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<li> Youtube buffering issues. <a class=\"external autonumber\" href=\"http:\/\/input.mozilla.com\/en-US\/search?q=youtube&amp;product=firefox&amp;version=5.0a2&amp;sentiment=sad&amp;date_start=2011-05-03\" rel=\"nofollow\">[11]<\/a> or maybe laggy\/slow <a class=\"external autonumber\" href=\"http:\/\/input.mozilla.com\/en-US\/search?locale=en-US&amp;product=firefox&amp;version=5.0a2&amp;sentiment=sad&amp;q=youtube\" rel=\"nofollow\">[12]<\/a>\n<li> Netflix streaming doesn&#8217;t work <a class=\"external autonumber\" href=\"http:\/\/input.mozilla.com\/en-US\/search?q=netflix&amp;product=firefox&amp;version=5.0a2&amp;date_start=2011-05-03\" rel=\"nofollow\">[13]<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li> <a class=\"external autonumber\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=650141\" rel=\"nofollow\">[14]<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<li> Flash game loading issues\/slow. <a class=\"external autonumber\" href=\"http:\/\/input.mozilla.com\/en-US\/search?locale=en-US&amp;product=firefox&amp;version=5.0a2&amp;sentiment=sad&amp;q=flash\" rel=\"nofollow\">[15]<\/a>\n<li> <b>Yahoo Toolbar doesn&#8217;t work with Firefox 6.<\/b>\n<li> <b>apple.com site slider\/carosel is broken (regression)<\/b> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=657469\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 657469<\/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.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2385429,00.asp\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mozilla Plans End to Firefox 3.5 With Firefox 5 Beta on Horizon<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/s\/article\/9216752\/Mozilla_details_plans_to_kill_Firefox_3.5\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mozilla details plans to kill Firefox 3.5<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/blog\/hardware\/12-million-still-using-firefox-35-mozilla-wants-them-to-upgrade\/12810\" rel=\"nofollow\">12 million still using Firefox 3.5 &#8211; Mozilla wants them to upgrade!<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Questions and Concerns <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Actions this week <\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"printfooter\">\nRetrieved from &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2011-05-18\">https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2011-05-18<\/a>&#8220;<\/div>\n<div class=\"catlinks catlinks-allhidden\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefox\/Planning\/2011-05-18 &lt; 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