{"id":729,"date":"2011-12-14T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T04:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/729"},"modified":"2011-12-14T00:00:06","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T04:00:06","slug":"thunderbird-meeting-minutes-2011-12-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/729","title":{"rendered":"Thunderbird Meeting Minutes: 2011-12-13"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h1 id=\"page-title\">Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2011-12-13<\/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>\n<strong>last meeting<\/strong> | <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\" title=\"Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\">index<\/a> | <strong>next meeting\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong> <\/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=12&amp;day=13&amp;hour=16&amp;min=30&amp;sec=0\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tuesday, December 13, 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>Usul<\/b> (Standard8 afk)\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!<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Thunderbird Development <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>For more details, see also the <a class=\"new\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/index.php?title=Thunderbird\/Driver_Meetings\/2011-12-13&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" title=\"Thunderbird\/Driver Meetings\/2011-12-13 (page does not exist)\">driver meeting notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Features\/Thunderbird\" title=\"Features\/Thunderbird\">Feature Work<\/a> <\/span><\/h4>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Features\/Thunderbird\/Account_Provisioning\" title=\"Features\/Thunderbird\/Account Provisioning\">Account Provisioner<\/a> <\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li> Polish patch (bug 700536) has ui-r+, and is currently undergoing a few final changes from a code review\n<li> With fingers crossed, hope to land today or tomorrow.\n<li> This will fix a lot of the ugliness of the Account Provisioner currently in EarlyBird.\n<\/ul>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Features\/Thunderbird\/Opensearch\" title=\"Features\/Thunderbird\/Opensearch\">OpenSearch<\/a> <\/span><\/h5>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Features\/Thunderbird\/Test_Pilot\" title=\"Features\/Thunderbird\/Test Pilot\">Test Pilot<\/a> <\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li> Did an initial small test on development channel this week and found a few issues. We&#8217;re fixing them up before pushing out the test to our beta users.\n<li> Privacy review completed with Sid, Chris, Rafael.\n<\/ul>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Features\/Thunderbird\/Tabs_On_Top\" title=\"Features\/Thunderbird\/Tabs On Top\">Tabs on Top<\/a> <\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li> Getting really close with this &#8211; Andreas is just working on some last-minute themeing work to help make things easier for Lightning\n<li> Hopefully requesting ui-r today or tomorrow\n<\/ul>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Features\/Thunderbird\/BigFiles\" title=\"Features\/Thunderbird\/BigFiles\">Big Files<\/a> <\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li> Prerequisite <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=708982\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 708982<\/a> essentially done\n<li> Notification UI (&#8220;do you want to convert this attachment to a link?&#8221; prompt) moving along\n<li> Splitting front-end and back-end patches so Bienvenu and Squib don&#8217;t step on each other&#8217;s toes\n<\/ul>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Click-to-Web <\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li> A good chunk has been implemented &#8211; but we&#8217;re holding on this to focus on BigFiles.\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Schedule and Progress <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Next merge date: <\/b> December 20th\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 9 <\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li> Releases next week. Final beta being produced on Tuesday.\n<\/ul>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Thunderbird 10 <\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li> Merges to beta next week. Hope to have a build out just before Christmas.\n<\/ul>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Thunderbird 11 <\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li> Merges to aurora on 20th.\n<\/ul>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Thunderbird 3.1.x <\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li> 3.1.17 being produced on Monday\/Tuesday and will go to the beta channel.\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Extension of the week <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> None\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> Working on releases\n<li> Catching up on bugmail\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Marketing Updates <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Thunderbird ADUs remaining steady during the holidays.\n<li> Tb9 release for next week.\n<li> ESR communication.\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Infrastructure Update  <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Build \/ Release Update <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Thunderbird 9.0 beta4 on beta. 9.0 beta 5 &#8216;go&#8217; expected today or tomorrow\n<li> Thunderbird 3.1.17 on betatest\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=698843\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 698843<\/a> &#8211; Build Thunderbird on Firefox infrastructure &#8211; this week: working on packaged tests\n<li> Thunderbird 9.0 final build planned for this weekend\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=707792\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 707792<\/a> &#8211; Port <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=549561\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 549561<\/a> to Thunderbird to speed up mailbloat tests\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Web Update <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> TB9 Content is being localized, most major locales done already\n<ul>\n<li> Moving start page to <a class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\/\/www-stage.mozilla.org\/thunderbird\/release\/start\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www-stage.mozilla.org\/thunderbird\/release\/start<\/a> so we stop copying it every release\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Documentation <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> working with practicum students; more drafts of:\n<ul>\n<li> anti-virus problems\n<li> performance issues\n<li> memory usage issues\n<li> Installing and Using another Language in the Dictionary\n<\/ul>\n<li> 12 emails (welcomes and \/ or redirects) to potential contributors\n<li> new contributor article: <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/support.mozillamessaging.com\/en-US\/kb\/over-quota-limits\" rel=\"nofollow\">Avoiding quota limits on mail servers<\/a>\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> 1176 new support topics (1239 one week ago) &#8211; <a class=\"new\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/index.php?title=Thunderbird-GS-stats-5-11Dec2011-2011-12-12_1602.png&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" title=\"Thunderbird-GS-stats-5-11Dec2011-2011-12-12 1602.png (page does not exist)\">Thunderbird-GS-stats-5-11Dec2011-2011-12-12_1602.png<\/a>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/Thunderbird9.0SupportIssues\" title=\"Thunderbird\/Thunderbird9.0SupportIssues\">Thunderbird 9 Support Issues<\/a> &#8211; Please edit and add any issues or bugs found in TB9 (as of this writing current TB9 version is TB9 Beta 4) on Get Satisfaction please tag them appropriately i.e. &#8220;<b>tb9b4<\/b>&#8221; for beta 4, &#8220;<b>tb9b5<\/b>&#8221; for beta 5 and &#8220;<b>tb9<\/b>&#8221; for general Thunderbird 9 issues\n<li> Support Contributors, please add yourself to the <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/mozillians.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mozillians directory<\/a> and tag yourself &#8220;Thunderbird&#8221;, &#8220;Support&#8221; and your city e.g. &#8220;Penang&#8221;. Contact <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/mozillians.org\/en-US\/u\/6e0e1eceb3\" rel=\"nofollow\">Roland<\/a>, rtanglao AT mozilla.com to get vouched! Roland will vouch for anybody on the <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/tb-support-crew\" title=\"Thunderbird\/tb-support-crew\">tb-support-crew mailing list<\/a>!\n<li> <b>Experimental<\/b> twice a day Thunderbird support report showing trending topics, ISPs, mail providers, tags, anti-virus and active contributors at <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/thunderbirdrobot.posterous.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">thunderbirdrobot.posterous.com<\/a>. Unfortunately due to <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/developers.posterous.com\/html-limits-on-posts-via-email-or-the-api\" rel=\"nofollow\">what seems like a bug in the posterous API it&#8217;s truncated<\/a> (<a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/developers.posterous.com\/new-api-stripping-out-code-content\" rel=\"nofollow\">same report from another developer<\/a>). Luckily I have an email backup which I can use to fix it. <b>Help wanted with the code<\/b>: i) <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/rtanglao\/momogs\/blob\/master\/emailReport2.rb\" rel=\"nofollow\">email to Posterous script<\/a>, ii) <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/rtanglao\/momogs\/blob\/master\/postlyReport.rb\" rel=\"nofollow\">post to API Posterous script<\/a>; contact rtanglao AT mozilla.com or send me a github pull request\n<li> See <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2011-12-13\/SupportAppendix\" title=\"Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2011-12-13\/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> ctypes-libical: Working on packaging and making unit tests run (needs nsIXULAppInfo)\n<li> cache with ics: Have a WiP patch that makes large cached ics calendars totally usable\n<li> tabs on top: patch in progress, looking good\n<li> Making sure strings are ready for the 20th\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<p>bwinton, mconley, gozer, jhopkins, rebron , usul\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"printfooter\">\nRetrieved from &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2011-12-13\">https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2011-12-13<\/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\/2011-12-13 &lt; Thunderbird | StatusMeetings last meeting | index | next meeting\u00a0\u00bb Thunderbird Meeting Details\u00a0: Tuesday, December 13, 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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