{"id":596,"date":"2011-07-06T23:00:05","date_gmt":"2011-07-07T03:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/596"},"modified":"2011-07-06T23:00:05","modified_gmt":"2011-07-07T03:00:05","slug":"firefoxgecko-delivery-meeting-minutes-2011-07-06","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/596","title":{"rendered":"Firefox\/Gecko Delivery Meeting Minutes: 2011-07-06"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"with-menu\">\n<h1 id=\"page-title\">Firefox\/Planning\/2011-07-06<\/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\/2011-06-29\" title=\"Firefox\/Planning\/2011-06-29\">\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\/2011-07-13&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" title=\"Firefox\/Planning\/2011-07-13 (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<p><b>None!<\/b>\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 Desktop <\/span><\/h3>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Release (3.6, 4.0, 5.0) <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> Talking about creating a 5.0.1 for a 10.7 crasher <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=663688\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 663688<\/a>. The issue is in Apple&#8217;s 10.7 GM code (to be released in July, probably soon) and we have 2 ways to work around:\n<ol>\n<li> Turn off downloadable fonts for users on 10.7\n<li> Switch font rendering frameworks for users on 10.7 (ATS \u2192 CGFont)\n<\/ol>\n<li> Aurora and Beta are not affected as we took the font rendering framework change there\n<li> Deciding what to do for release by tomorrow\n<li> Ideally would like to release the 5.0.1 update only to Mac users\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Beta (6) <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> Source migration completed successfully yesterday\n<li> We built last night, waiting on QA&#8217;s signoff before offering to the beta audience\n<li> Remember, the <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/channels\/2011\/05\/11\/merge-dates-vs-release-dates\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">source migration date may be different than the date an update is offered to channel users<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Aurora (7) <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> Source migration completed successfully yesterday\n<li> We built last night, waiting on QA&#8217;s signoff before offering to the aurora audience\n<li> Remember, the <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/channels\/2011\/05\/11\/merge-dates-vs-release-dates\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">source migration date may be different than the date an update is offered to channel users<\/a>\n<li> Uplifted about 2,100 changesets from 250 engineers for about 1,100 features and fixes.\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Nightly (8) <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> Didn&#8217;t close the tree during the source code migration, mozilla-central is chugging along nicely\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Firefox Mobile <\/span><\/h3>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> 5 <\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Firefox 5 launched two weeks ago (sim-ship with desktop)\n<\/p>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> 6  <\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Went to build yesterday (July 5), currently in QA. Will publish as BETA to Android Market as soon as we get QA sign-off &#8211; tonight or tomorrow &#8211; sim-ship with desktop  (see <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Releases#Firefox_6\" rel=\"nofollow\">Release Schedule<\/a>). This will update Beta in Android Market, bridging the current gap (official release is newer than the current Firefox 5 Beta) <\/p>\n<p><b>New features in 6:<\/b><br \/> \n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Better <b>first-run<\/b> experience &#8211; guide showing Browser Tools and features, faster start using less memory<br \/> \n<li>Higher-quality image scaling (on devices with NEON-compatible processors).[When zoomed in our out, less pixelation, crisper display of logos, etc.]<br \/> \n<li>Improvements for large-screen <b>tablets<\/b> [Optimizing Firefox for larger tablet devices, e.g. by adjusting UI elements, buttons, font size. (Phase 1)]\n<li>Improved <b>Form Helper<\/b> [Form helper is less obtrusive on Android now]\n<li>Theme changes for phones running Android 2.3 (<b>Gingerbread<\/b>) [Now refreshed to look even more beautiful on Gingerbread OS.]\n<li>Fixed bugs: Optimized rendering of pages that use <b>RTL layout <\/b>(languages like Arabic, Hebrew) [Universal access]<br \/> \n<li><b>Touch Events<\/b> (part 1 &#8211; single touch only). [Expose touch events to content for better interaction with web pages and services, and compatibility with WebKit\/Opera and existing web content.]\n<li><b>IndexedDB<\/b> database storage for web pages. [Pick up where you left off (e.g after crash or when terminated in the background (adding session history. Currently only saves last URL), better performance and memory management]\n<li>Automatic text hyphenation with the -moz-hyphens CSS property (bug 253317).\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> 7 <\/span><\/h4>\n<p>moved to AURORA yesterday, July 5, 2011 (see <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Releases#Firefox_7\" rel=\"nofollow\">Release Schedule<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Some new items:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Selecting text in web content\n<li> Locale selection during firstrun\n<li> Publish in Android Market?\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> 8 <\/span><\/h4>\n<p>moved to NIGHTLY yesterday, July 5, 2011<\/p>\n<p>Some new items:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Tablet UI\n<li> Pull locales from AMO\n<li> Basic webapp support\n<li> Use doorhangers?\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Firefox Sync<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Beta (6) &#8211; Sync Discovery\n<li> Aurora (7) &#8211; Instant Sync\n<li> Firefox Sync Add-on EOL Plan &#8211; Phase 1\n<li> Next major feature is Improving Sync Set Up\n<ul>\n<li> Nailing down requirements\n<li> Doing User Research for Mobile Sync Set up\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/AMO\/FlightDeck\/0.9.6\" title=\"AMO\/FlightDeck\/0.9.6\">Add-on Builder Beta!<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Labs\/Jetpack\/SDK\/1.1\" title=\"Labs\/Jetpack\/SDK\/1.1\">Add-on SDK 1.1<\/a> <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> progress on a variety of mostly minor enhancements and bug fixes\n<li> still looking for feedback on proposed new <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Jetpack\/Development_Process\" title=\"Jetpack\/Development Process\">Jetpack\/Development Process<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li> post feedback to <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/mozilla-labs-jetpack\/browse_thread\/thread\/25062dc30dc4b804\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jetpack thread<\/a> or <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/mozilla.dev.planning\/browse_thread\/thread\/a55ac7c6f3c21fe0\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">dev.planning thread<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<li> working on feature pages for the next six to twelve months of development\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Input\/Releases\/4.3\" title=\"Firefox\/Input\/Releases\/4.3\">Input 4.3<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> ETA: 7\/14\n<ul>\n<li> Complications occurred on 4.2 release with Elastic Search and metrics production clusters, so had it disabled. Looking to have it up in the next release.\n<li> Grouperfish will land in 4.3.\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Feedback Summary  <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> Addon Compatibility: Google Toolbar, Roboform, Tiddlysnip\n<li> Website Compatibility: Bitdefender scanner, FAFSA\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.zdnet.com\/blog\/hardware\/memory-improvements-coming-to-firefox-7\/13556\" rel=\"nofollow\">Memory improvements coming to Firefox 7<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.betanews.com\/article\/Is-Firefox-hogging-RAM-Memory-Restart-can-fix-that\/1309963707\" rel=\"nofollow\">Is Firefox hogging RAM? Memory Restart can fix that<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/us.generation-nt.com\/firefox-memory-use-javascript-news-3009041.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox improves memory use<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.extremetech.com\/internet\/88998-fixes-to-memory-footprint-land-in-firefox-7\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fixes to memory footprint land in Firefox 7<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.conceivablytech.com\/8254\/products\/firefox-javascript-pdf-rendering-is-compelling\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox JavaScript PDF Rendering Is Compelling <\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.itproportal.com\/2011\/07\/05\/mozilla-announces-demonstrates-pixel-perfect-firefox-pdf-reader\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mozilla Announces, Demonstrates Pixel Perfect Firefox PDF Reader<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Questions, Comments and Highlights <\/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\/2011-07-06\">https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2011-07-06<\/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\/2011-07-06 &lt; Firefox | Planning \u00ab previous week | index | next week \u00bb Planning 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 (the [&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\/596"}],"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=596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}