{"id":649,"date":"2011-09-20T23:00:12","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T03:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/649"},"modified":"2011-09-20T23:00:12","modified_gmt":"2011-09-21T03:00:12","slug":"thunderbird-meeting-minutes-2011-09-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/649","title":{"rendered":"Thunderbird Meeting Minutes: 2011-09-20"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h1 id=\"page-title\">Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2011-09-20<\/h1>\n<hr>\n<div><span class=\"subpages\">&lt; <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\" title=\"Thunderbird\">Thunderbird<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\" title=\"Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\">StatusMeetings<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2011-09-06\" title=\"Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2011-09-06\">last meeting<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\" title=\"Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\">index<\/a> | <a class=\"new\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/index.php?title=Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2011-09-27&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" title=\"Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2011-09-27 (page does not exist)\">next meeting \u00bb<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>(current release schedules returning soon)<\/p>\n<p><b>Thunderbird Meeting Details<\/b>\u00a0:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/fixedtime.html?year=2011&amp;month=09&amp;day=20&amp;hour=16&amp;min=30&amp;sec=0\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tuesday, September 20, 2011 16:30 UTC<\/a> (9:30am Pacific, 12:30pm Eastern)\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeeting\/DialInInfo\" title=\"Thunderbird\/StatusMeeting\/DialInInfo\">How to dial-in<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Remember to press *1 to unmute yourself before talking!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Feel free to ask questions in the meeting either by speaking up or by asking them in <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mibbit.com\/chat\/?server=irc.mozilla.org&amp;channel=%23maildev\" rel=\"nofollow\">#maildev<\/a> on IRC.<\/p>\n<p>Other ways to get in touch with us can be found on our <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/CommunicationChannels\" title=\"Thunderbird\/CommunicationChannels\">communications<\/a> page\n<\/p>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Agenda  <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> Who&#8217;s taking minutes? &#8211;&gt; <b>mconley<\/b>\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/embed?mode=agenda&amp;src=5m2lftdbbr6c3dr9s3foivs278%40group.calendar.google.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Minute taking Schedule<\/a>. Talk to Standard8 for schedule changes\/additions.\n<li> Note: this meeting is for interactive discussion. Feel free to ask questions!\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Action Items  <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Friends of the Tree <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Thanks to our Friend of the Tree. When adding someone to this section, please get their T-Shirt size, phone number (needed for shipping!) and send it to rebron@mozilla.com so that he can send them a shirt!\n<\/p>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Thunderbird Development <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>For more details, see also the <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/Driver_Meetings\/2011-09-20\" title=\"Thunderbird\/Driver Meetings\/2011-09-20\">driver meeting notes<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird:Feature_Work\" title=\"Thunderbird:Feature Work\">Feature Work<\/a> <\/span><\/h4>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/Experiments#Account_Provisioner\" title=\"Thunderbird\/Experiments\">Account Provisioner<\/a> <\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li> Protz is lining up to get this landed soon.\n<li> Code is being developed <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/protz\/comm-central\/tree\/getanaccount\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>.\n<\/ul>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> OpenSearch <\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li> Still undergoing merge into core\n<li> What&#8217;s left to do:\n<ul>\n<li> Fix search engine providers\n<li> Tests\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Test Pilot <\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li> Aiming to land this ASAP\n<li> Blake has UX reviewed it, but still needs a little bit of work to land\n<li> Standard8 will run it down this week\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/Experiments\" title=\"Thunderbird\/Experiments\">Experiments<\/a> <\/span><\/h4>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Thunderbird Conversations <\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li> Paused to concentrate on Open Search \/ Account Provisioner \/ Test Pilot\n<\/ul>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Compose in a tab <\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li> Paused to concentrate on Open Search \/ Account Provisioner \/ Test Pilot\n<\/ul>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Account Summary <\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Paused to concentrate on Open Search \/ Account Provisioner \/ Test Pilot\n<\/p>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Ubuntu Unity Integration <\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li> There have been some small breakages as Oneiric nears the finish line.  Chris Coulson and I have been dealing with them, and we&#8217;re looking OK so far.\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Schedule and Progress <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Next merge date: <\/b> 27th September\n<ul>\n<li> Get your patches in soon if you want them to land in Earlybird.\n<li> Make sure to set the appropriate tracking flags so that your patches are not overlooked.\n<\/ul>\n<li> For information about channels, point people here &#8211; <a class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/thunderbird\/channel\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/thunderbird\/channel\/<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Thunderbird 7 <\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li> Currently on: Beta\n<li> Releasing third beta today.\n<li> Add-on compatibility bump delayed due to issues with getting AMO updated. Pushing for that to happen today.\n<\/ul>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Thunderbird 8 <\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li> Currently on: Earlybird\n<li> Add-on compatibility bump information prepared, looking for this to happen soon.\n<\/ul>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Thunderbird 9 <\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li> Currently on: Trunk.\n<\/ul>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Thunderbird 3.1.x <\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li> The 3.1 series is going to keep going while we discuss how to work with enterprise users.  Once there&#8217;s a way forward there, we&#8217;ll close down the 3.1 branch.\n<li> 3.1.15 will start building today, releases next week.\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Extension of the week <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/thunderbird\/addon\/google-docs-viewer-pdf-doc-doc\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Attachment viewer<\/a> View popular files attached online using Google Docs.\n<li> Note that Google Docs is currently opened up in the default web browser, as opposed to a content tab.\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird:Testing\" title=\"Thunderbird:Testing\">QA<\/a> Updates <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Maintaining bugzilla\n<li> Release work\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Marketing Updates <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Reached 7.2MM ADUs; top countries &#8211; Germany, US, France, Japan, Italy\n<li> Latest <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/devnews\/index.php\/2011\/09\/20\/thunderbird-beta-channel-new-update-available-3\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Thunderbird Beta announcement<\/a>\n<li> Next: working on resourcing for a brand book\/brand positioning for Thunderbird. See Firefox <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Brand\/Firefox#Brand_Book:_Introduction\" rel=\"nofollow\">brand book<\/a> example.\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Infrastructure Update  <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> New VMWare server for Win64 soon\n<li> Pushing out new Try server this week\n<li> YVR Mac minis outage Wednesday\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Build \/ Release Update <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> all-hands last week\n<li> joined the Firefox build team to share infrastructure and load balance with Thunderbird\n<li> planning transition\n<li> creating feature page for MSI + Active Directory integration\n<li> need to book input.mozilla meeting with aakash, tofumatt, davedash + one or more from Thunderbird to discuss pushback on adding Thunderbird to the existing service. (include standard8 or jb + sancus)\n<li> pushing Thunderbird 7 beta 3 to beta channel today\n<li> building 3.1.15 build 1 today\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Web Update <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> new version of kitsune this week\n<li> compatibility bump for TB7 live no later than Thursday, TB8 bump live next week\n<li> We&#8217;re looking into the possibility of getting Thunderbird onto nightly.mozilla.org\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Documentation <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Knowledge Base:\n<ul>\n<li> improved <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozillamessaging.com\/en-US\/kb\/markup#w_templates\" rel=\"nofollow\">template documentation<\/a>\n<li> 3 significant article expansions from the community\n<\/ul>\n<li> reported an Opera bug with conditional content on Knowledge Base\n<li> 18 responses to (from us to them) to contributor inquiry form\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/Support\" title=\"Thunderbird\/Support\">Support<\/a> <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>(If you support Thunderbird or write or translate documentation to help support Thunderbird, please <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/mail.mozilla.org\/listinfo\/tb-support-crew\" rel=\"nofollow\">subscribe to the tb-support-crew mailing list<\/a> and briefly introduce yourself to the list)\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> 1769 new support topics (2041 two weeks ago) &#8211; <a class=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/images\/3\/32\/ThunderbirdGetSatisfaction-stats-2011-09-19_1614.png\" title=\"ThunderbirdGetSatisfaction-stats-2011-09-19 1614.png\">Media:ThunderbirdGetSatisfaction-stats-2011-09-19_1614.png<\/a>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/Thunderbird6.0SupportIssues\" title=\"Thunderbird\/Thunderbird6.0SupportIssues\">Thunderbird 6 Support Issues<\/a>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/Thunderbird7.0SupportIssues\" title=\"Thunderbird\/Thunderbird7.0SupportIssues\">Thunderbird 7 Support Issues<\/a> &#8211; <b>new<\/b>! please edit and add any issues found in TB7 (currently beta 2 soon to be beta 3), starting at beta 1 for TB7 and future releases\n<li> See <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2011-09-20\/SupportAppendix\" title=\"Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2011-09-20\/SupportAppendix\">this week&#8217;s Support Appendix<\/a> for full Get Satisfaction metrics and other support details\n<\/ol>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Lightning Updates <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Lightning release is probably better named 1.0b7, this gives us more time for testing the just pushed patches.\n<li> We are <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/tech.slashdot.org\/story\/11\/09\/20\/1512211\/Mozilla-Lightning-Calendar-Nears-10\" rel=\"nofollow\">on slashdot<\/a>\n<li> Google Summer of Code student Mohit seems to be sticking with us! Yay!\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Status Updates <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>See the <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/benjamin.smedbergs.us\/weekly-updates.fcgi\/project\/thunderbird\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mozilla Status Board<\/a> for status updates specific to developers.\n<\/p>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Roundtable Highlights <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Attendees <\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"printfooter\">\nRetrieved from &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2011-09-20\">https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2011-09-20<\/a>&#8220;<\/div>\n<div class=\"catlinks catlinks-allhidden\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2011-09-20 &lt; Thunderbird | StatusMeetings last meeting | index | next meeting \u00bb (current release schedules returning soon) Thunderbird Meeting Details\u00a0: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 16:30 UTC (9:30am Pacific, 12:30pm Eastern) How to dial-in Remember to press *1 to unmute yourself before talking! 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