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* QMO has simplied its homepage and usability. See [http://quality.mozilla.org/blogs/qmo-now-125-more-usable here] | * Community | ||
** QMO has simplied its homepage and usability. See [http://quality.mozilla.org/blogs/qmo-now-125-more-usable here]. Remember, you can log into #qa channel via the mibbit client on QMO right [http://widget.mibbit.com/?settings=1b10107157e79b08f2bf99a11f521973&server=irc.mozilla.org&channel=%23qa here]. | |||
* The Next QA Meetup is June 24th at Mozilla HQ. See [http://quality.mozilla.org/events/2009/jun/24/testing-mozilla-web-properties-wednesday-june-24-2009-630-pm details] for more. Please RSVP! | * The Next QA Meetup is June 24th at Mozilla HQ. See [http://quality.mozilla.org/events/2009/jun/24/testing-mozilla-web-properties-wednesday-june-24-2009-630-pm details] for more. Please RSVP! | ||
** There was a Test Day about [http://quality.mozilla.org/events/2009/jun/05/find-out-about-mozqas-website-testing-project MozQA's Website Testing Project] on Friday, June 19th. See the [[TestDay:2009-6-19|results]]. [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=webtestday 5 bugs] filed (2 security, of which 1 has severity:critical) | |||
** There is a[http://quality.mozilla.org/events/2009/jun/24/testing-mozilla-web-properties-wednesday-june-24-2009-630-pm Testing Web Properties meet-up] - Wednesday, June 24th, 6:30pm in Mountain View, CA | |||
** There is a [http://blog.mozilla.com/tomcat/2009/06/22/erinnerung-meetup-in-berlin/ Berlin Meet-up] on Wednesday, June 24 | |||
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Revision as of 19:06, 22 June 2009
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Friends of the Tree
Development Updates
Branch work: Firefox 3.0.x / Thunderbird 2.0.0.x
- Firefox 3.0.12
- Missed blockers for code freeze a week ago
- Still trying to get in a couple more
- Pushing out release by one week due to blockers missing code freeze
- Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 / Gecko 1.8.1.22
- Shipping today!
Gecko 1.9.1
- Dan Witte now full time! He's initially working with Taras on static analysis.
- Check out Chris Jones' post on a very raw demo of our ongoing multi-process browser work. This work completes Phase I, and we're really excited to see such great progress so quickly.
- Last week, Andreas Gal, David Anderson, and David Mandelin were in Dublin for PLDI to present their paper Trace-based Just-in-Time Type Specialization for Dynamic Languages, which describes some of the guts of TraceMonkey, the new Javascript engine and a key feature of Firefox 3.5.
- Oh, and no new blockers holding the release. So far.
Firefox 3.5
Firefox Front End Work
TB 3
Mobile
IT
Release Engineering
QA
Test Execution
- Shipped 3.5RC1 [Testplan], and next day, shipped 3.5RC2 [Testplan]
- Extra thanks to qa team, build team, and the fx-team for pulling short notices for builds and tests!
- Tested Thunderbird 2.0.0.22
- Investigated bugs for 3.0.12
- Tested Firefox 3.0.11 to 3.5 Major Update
- Worked with Microsoft to test the .NET Framework Assistant patch for Fx3.0, Fx3.5, and Fx3.0->Fx3.5. See results (Thanks AaronMT, tchung)
Web Dev Testing
Metrics, Accessibility, Localization, Community
- Community
- The Next QA Meetup is June 24th at Mozilla HQ. See details for more. Please RSVP!
- There was a Test Day about MozQA's Website Testing Project on Friday, June 19th. See the results. 5 bugs filed (2 security, of which 1 has severity:critical)
- There is aTesting Web Properties meet-up - Wednesday, June 24th, 6:30pm in Mountain View, CA
- There is a Berlin Meet-up on Wednesday, June 24
Test Development
- Javascript Ref Tests for browser based tests are up for review: bug 469718
- Mozmill Tinderbox integration is getting closer many thanks to bhearsum and catlee! bug 457265
- Mozmill 1.2 development is still ongoing - in a find fix mode, 3 blockers remaining.
- Got FennecMark up and Running on Tinderbox bug 493057
- Will be having a Fennec Testday on Friday!
Security
Marketing/PR
Firefox 3.5 Launch
- Firefox 3.5 Launch Parties: Call to Action (CTA) is live on the home page of SFx. Directions on how to host a party are here.
- Regional Social Network outreach. We need help updating regional social networks and Mozilla/Firefox groups. Please sign up here if you would like to take on one.
PR
Events
- Velocity 2009, June 22-24, 2009, San Jose, CA - Speakers: Dion Almaer, Ben Galbraith & Chris Blizzard. Schedule here.
- FISL 2009, June 24 - 27, 2009, Porto Alegre, Brazil - Kicking off later this week.
- Renegade Craft Festival, July 18 - 19, 2009, San Francisco - Looking to showcase add-ons and demonstrate how to make a persona.
- Maker Faire Africa August 14 - 16, 2009, Accra, Ghana - Working out level of participation. Check out the wiki for early details. Let Sarah know if you are interested in helping. To sign up visit the wiki.
Support
Metrics
Evangelism
- Chris Blizzard, Mark Surman + Paul Rouget at the open video conference
- Tons of people there from various segments of the industry - producers, hosters, codec people, companies, browser vendors
- Great conference, great to work with the open video conference people
- Got a lot done with the Xiph folks on Theora
- Got to give a few great demos - great feedback from people as well
Labs
Developer Tools
Add-ons
Webdev
- on-site last week
- AMO 5.0.7 -- work continues
L10n
Firefox 3.5
Web
Tools
Foundation Updates
Roundtable
New Interns
We have 3 new interns joining us this week:
- Jeff Zeller (Marketing)
- Pejman Pour-Moezzi (Legal)
- David Keeler (Security)
Show & Tell
Starting this week, we'll have a Show & Tell session at the end of each All-Hands where a small group of interns will give an overview of the progression of their project(s). This week we have the following interns:
- Chris Howse (AMO)
- John Ford (Build)
- Arzhel Younsi (IT)
- Matthew Noorenberghe (FFx)