Thunderbird/StatusMeetings/2010-01-05

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Thunderbird Meeting Details :

• Tuesday, January 5th, 17:30 UTC (9:30am Pacific, 12:30pm Eastern)
• How to dial-in

Agenda

• Who's taking minutes? --> clarkbw
• Minute taking Schedule. Talk to davida for schedule changes/additions.

Action Items

Open

• Planning for a dry-run security firedrill build
  • Standard8 to set up checklists, with luck will be able to drive this early Jan.

Friends of the Tree

• Wayne Mery for the astounding work he's been doing in 2009 in triaging bugs, filling crashers.

Thunderbird 3.1 (Lanikai)

• The schedule is still in a bit of flux, but mostly right. Feedback requested.

• 3.1 Blocker Chart

• Blockers
  • blocking-thunderbird3.1+ (includes tb31needs): 52 (+1)
• Proposed Blocking
  • blocking-thunderbird3.1?: 63 (+5)

• Fixed Alpha 1
  • TB 3.1a1 blocking: 4 (0)

Thunderbird 3.1a1

Schedule

• String/code freeze date: 2010-01-12 (Tuesday)
• Branch Gecko, cut hackbranch, land async changes: 2010-01-13 (Wednesday)
• l10n-mozilla-1.9.2 freeze date: 2010-01-18 (Monday)
• Build/relbranch date: 2010-01-19 (Tuesday)
• Ship date: 2010-02-03 (Wednesday)

Thunderbird 3.0.x Developer Update

• 3.0.1
  • Aiming to base off of Gecko 1.9.1.7
  • Schedule Highlights:
  • Code Freeze: January 8, 2010, 11:59pm
  • Beta Period: January 13
  • Estimated Release Date: January 20

• Tinderbox has links to:
  • Process for getting bugs into 3.0.x
  • Tracking and Status page

• Blocking Nominations: 12 (-3)
• Blockers (needed): 17 (+6)
• Blocking 3.0.1: 20 (-2)
• Of which:
  • waiting branch patch (or approval flag setting): 16 (-1)

• Fixed 3.0.1: 43 (+12)
  • Of which need verification: 43 (+12)

QA Updates

• Xmas, new year period was slower with bug input.
• Having the first triage day of this year, this coming Thursday
• Working with Sun's QA people to add litmus test to cover the new account manager.

• Planned for the coming weeks :
  • Reorganize the QA wiki pages
  • Tests for 3.0.1
  • Planning for 3.1a1

Crashers

Support

1. Draft Support Workflow Document <-- Feedback please! Edit the page, etc.
2. Thunderbird 3.0 Top Support Issues <- please add support issues to this page, or let me know! new this week:
   1. Bullguard Anti-Virus causes blank windows - GS topic, Bug 537769
   2. Add-Ons:
      1. Expanded Columns e.g. for IMAP size - missing from folder Pane - workaround: use extra folder columns add-on - GS topic, [bug]
      2. Functions for Address book aka MoreColsForAddressBook - need to uninstall TB 2 version and install TB 3 version (confusingly both TB2 and 3 versions have the same version number!) - GS topic, bug 533903
3. SUMO for MoMo aka SuMoMo - SuMoMo project plan
   1. theming done but awaiting SSL widget code from GS & Gozer push of theming SVN updates
   2. since SuMoMo uses SSL, waiting for GS to give us GS search widget code that we can put on the sidebar that works with SSL, expected a fix before Christmas (not rocket science since since all the GS widgets except the Satisfaction Search widget that we are using allow SSL, followed up with GS developer January 4)
   3. content - hoping to get some more of JenZed's time and other volunteers to finish in the next two weeks:
      1. Priority 1 - total 7 of which 3 need final editing, 1 in progress, 3 more to be written
      2. Priority 2 - total 4 of which: 1 done needs final editing, 3 more left to be written
4. Key Support stats from the following graphic:
   1. approximately 66/ day (466/7 new topics down because of the holidays), # of visitors 21000 a bit lower for the holidays, down from peak of 35000)
   2. total new topics:466 total replies from employees and contributors: 97 down due to holidays thanks everybody who took time to help during the holidays! (Ruby Code)
      1. date:20091229 #new support topics:72 resolved:16
      2. date:20091230 #new support topics:55 resolved:11
      3. date:20091231 #new support topics:53 resolved:17
      4. date:20100101 #new support topics:60 resolved:15
      5. date:20100102 #new support topics:55 resolved:13
      6. date:20100103 #new support topics:36 resolved:11
      7. date:20100104 #new support topics:68 resolved:16

Roundtable

Status Updates

Tsk

This week :

• Catching up on bugmail
• Prepare 3.0.1 testing and 3.1a1 testing
• Regular event

sgautherie

• Fixed (or in-progress) MailNews Core bugs:
  • bug 442730 composition security options for encrypt should only be one menu item (with checkbox) like signing
  • bug 523820 Remove old MOZILLA_1_9_1_BRANCH ifdefs from comm-central code
  • bug 536136 Port |Bug 515792 - build system runs identical 'hg identify' command too many times| to comm-central
  • bug 456860 Improve msgCompSMIMEOverlay.js and msgReadSMIMEOverlay.js
  • bug 536408 Update license blocks to use "Mozilla Foundation" instead of "Mozilla Corporation", comm-central part