{"id":637,"date":"2011-08-29T23:00:04","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T03:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/637"},"modified":"2011-08-29T23:00:04","modified_gmt":"2011-08-30T03:00:04","slug":"mozilla-project-meeting-minutes-2011-08-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/637","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla Project Meeting Minutes: 2011-08-29"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"with-menu\">\n<h1 id=\"page-title\">WeeklyUpdates\/2011-08-29<\/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\/2011-08-22\" title=\"WeeklyUpdates\/2011-08-22\">\u00ab previous week<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/WeeklyUpdates\" title=\"WeeklyUpdates\">index<\/a> | <a class=\"new\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/index.php?title=WeeklyUpdates\/2011-09-05&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" title=\"WeeklyUpdates\/2011-09-05 (page does not exist)\">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-2011-08-29.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<ul>\n<li> Henry Langi: All the great work he has been doing.  Running all the brownbags and helping all the users.\n<li> Ed Morley for getting commit access and immediately diving into checkin-needed and merge duty.\n<\/ul>\n<h1> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Upcoming Events <\/span><\/h1>\n<p><b>This Week<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Monday, 29 August<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Tuesday, 30 August<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Wednesday, 31 August<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Thursday, 1 September<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Contribute Group meeting at 10 AM PDT (<a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Mozilla.org\/Contribute\/Group\/09_01_11\" title=\"Mozilla.org\/Contribute\/Group\/09 01 11\">meeting info and agenda on wiki<\/a>) &#8212; a forum for discussing issues around helping people get involved with Mozilla.\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Interns Show &amp; Tell at 1 PM PDT   presentations by William Chen, Jezreel Ng, and Michael Kurze\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Friday, 2 September<\/b> <\/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 Future (7, 8, 9) <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> Release trains continuing smoothly\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.lizardwrangler.com\/2011\/08\/25\/rapid-release-process\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mitchell<\/a> and <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/2011\/08\/26\/rapidity\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Johnath<\/a> both wrote posts about the rapid release process (and actually so have Jesse and Kairo, too)\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Firefox Current (3.6, 6.0) <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> There will be a Firefox 3.6.21. Main goal is to backport Firefox 7 security fixes, will ship at the same time as Firefox 7\n<ul>\n<li> There is a <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Releases\/Firefox_3.6.21\" rel=\"nofollow\">schedule available on the wiki<\/a> with freeze dates\n<\/ul>\n<li> 3.6 EOL? No news to share on that yet. Assume we are sticking with the status quo (creating updates for 3.6) until told differently\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> Thunderbird 7 was released to Beta channels.\n<li> Thunderbird\u2019s <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/thunderbird\/channel\" rel=\"nofollow\">Channel Page<\/a> is up.\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Drumbeat <\/span><\/h2>\n<p>(no voice update this week)<br \/>\n<b>What would you include in a &#8220;Webmaking 101&#8221; course?<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> The School of Webcraft is designing a beginner&#8217;s &#8220;Webmaking 101&#8221; course\n<li> The heart of the course will be a series of projects and <b>learning challenges<\/b>\n<li> Looking for feedback from MDN and broader Mozilla community on these draft challenges: <a class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\/\/webmaking101.p2pu.org\/challenges\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/webmaking101.p2pu.org\/challenges<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li> a) are these challenges good?\n<li> b) what&#8217;s missing? what else do you need to know to become an effective novice web developer?\n<\/ul>\n<li> Please post feedback as comments to this <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.p2pu.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/19\/state-of-webcraft-webmaking-101\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">blog post<\/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> Presenter<\/p>\n<th> Topic<\/p>\n<th> Media<\/p>\n<th> More Details<br \/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> Diane Loviglio, User Experience Researcher<\/p>\n<td> On Web Apps &#8211; users describing web apps from apps field research<\/p>\n<td> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/people.mozilla.com\/~dloviglio\/videos\/On%20Web%20Apps.mp4\" rel=\"nofollow\">Video<\/a><\/p>\n<td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> John Slater, Director Creative<\/p>\n<td> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/One-Mozilla-Project\" rel=\"nofollow\">One Mozilla, The Merge<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<td> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/One-Mozilla-Project\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/One-Mozilla-Project<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<td> Join us on Thursday, Sept 1, for the retrospective &amp;\u00a0every Thursday afterwards for an update, Vidyo\/All Your Base or #212<br \/>\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>Test Execution\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dt>WebQA\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<ul>\n<li> MDN <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=677997\" rel=\"nofollow\">1.0<\/a>\n<li> SUMO <a class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\/\/moxie.jamessocol.com\/bugstats\/sumo\/2011-08-23\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/moxie.jamessocol.com\/bugstats\/sumo\/2011-08-23<\/a>\n<li> AMO\n<ul>\n<li> We <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=650029\" rel=\"nofollow\">moved AMO<\/a> to the Phoenix datacenter, from San Jose\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=681547\" rel=\"nofollow\">Push on 8\/24<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<li> Mozilla.com\/.org unification (<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=610724\" rel=\"nofollow\">One Mozilla<\/a>)\n<\/ul>\n<dl>\n<dt>QA Community\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dt>Automation Services\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<ul>\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/blargon7.com\/2011\/08\/running-the-mem-buster-endurance-test\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Running the &#8216;Mem Buster&#8217; endurance test<\/a>\n<li> Selenium 2.5 has been released\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Automation &amp; Tools <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> Jmaher could use a hand diagnosing some leaks caused by the special powers refactor, please ping him on IRC\n<li> Talos Addons Testing system has moved into beta state, we have the full system from AMO site to specific addons talos staging pool working for testing.\n<li> Bugzilla now has inline history on by default for all users on BMO\n<li> GoFaster project has new <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/brasstacks.mozilla.com\/gofaster\/#\/endtoend\/average\" rel=\"nofollow\">web<\/a> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/brasstacks.mozilla.com\/gofaster\/#\/buildcharts\" rel=\"nofollow\">dashboards<\/a> live\n<li> More notes are <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Auto-tools\/Meetings\/2011-08-29\" rel=\"nofollow\">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.webmonkey.com\/2011\/08\/firefox-to-stick-with-version-numbers-after-all\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox to Keep Version Numbers After All<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2391901,00.asp\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mozilla Will Keep Firefox Version Numbers&#8230;For Now<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/s\/article\/9219521\/Mozilla_We_won_t_ditch_Firefox_version_numbers\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mozilla: We won&#8217;t ditch Firefox version numbers<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.webmonkey.com\/2011\/08\/mozillas-webapi-wants-to-replace-native-apps-with-html5\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mozilla&#8217;s WebAPI Wants To Replace Native Apps With HTML5<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/s\/article\/9219439\/Mozilla_s_WebAPI_eyes_cross_platform_mobile_apps\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mozilla&#8217;s WebAPI eyes cross-platform mobile apps<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/blog\/btl\/firefox-6-already-sees-bump-in-traffic-soon-after-debut\/56333\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox 6 Already Sees Bump In Traffic Soon After Debut<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Events<\/b> <\/p>\n<p><b>Creative Team<\/b> <\/p>\n<p><b>Community Marketing<\/b>\n<\/p>\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> Artur Adib: joining the Innovation team as a Software Engineer, managed by Bill Walker, located in Washington, DC.\n<li> Michael Edwards: joining the Research Engineering Team as a Sr. Software Engineer, managed by Andreas Gal, located in Mtn. 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