about:mozilla - Firefox 3 RC1, New tinderbox trees, Fennec reviewed, Web analytics, AMO, and more
In this issue…
- Firefox 3: Tree in lockdown for RC1
- New Tinderbox trees for LeakTest and UnitTest
- Ars Technica reviews Fennec
- Mitchell Baker video interview in Paris, part 1/2
- Mozilla Websites, Web Analytics and Privacy
- Feedback on the recent AMO release
- Developer calendar
- Subscribe to the email newsletter
Firefox 3: Tree in lockdown for RC1
On April 8th, the Firefox tree entered a lockdown period in preparation for delivering Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1. The same process will be used for this release as for past betas — the blocker lists will be driven to zero, and only patches with explicit approval will be allowed to land in order to more tightly control potential for regressions. For more information, please see the DevNews blog post.
New Tinderbox trees for LeakTest and UnitTest
Chris Cooper and Dave Miller recently added two new trees to tinderbox.mozilla.org: UnitTest and LeakTest. As you might guess, these new trees will house the staging environments for the unittest machinery, JavaScript test machines, and the leaktest machinery. You should look there if you’re looking for something on MozillaTest that is missing.
While he was at it, Chris added two new machines to to the Firefox tinderbox tree to improve our unittest coverage on Windows. Named qm-win2k3-02 and qm-win2k3-03, these new machines should provide added information and help diagnose single-machine failures. For more information, see Chris’ weblog post.
Ars Technica has reviewed the first pre-alpha test builds of Fennec, Mozilla’s initial mobile Firefox prototype. “With Firefox 3 right around the corner, Mozilla’s top lizard wranglers are turning their attention to the next step in their plans for world browser domination. The Mozilla Mobile initiative, which was first announced last October, has reached the functional prototype stage. The developers have released pre-alpha test builds of a mobile Firefox prototype, codenamed Fennec, which we tested and discussed with Mozilla Mobile director Jay Sullivan.” Read the rest of article over at Ars Technica.
Mitchell Baker video interview in Paris, part 1/2
A couple of weeks ago, Mitchell Baker was in Paris for a keynote she gave at the French Senate. After the conference, she and the Mozilla Europe crew did a series of press interviews, and in the time between Tristan Nitot recorded two video interviews with Mitchell. The first of these interviews has now been posted to Tristan’s weblog.
Mozilla websites, web analytics and privacy
Mitchell Baker has written an article about the application of web analytics tools to Mozilla websites. “We live in a world of data; we should be thinking carefully about that data and its impact. [A] core of the Mozilla community is intensely focused on privacy and the individual person’s ability to understand and control personal information. With this in mind, I’ve put together a discussion of a particular data-gathering proposal, together with the safeguards that make me comfortable with it.” You can read the rest of this article at Mitchell’s weblog.
Feedback on the recent AMO release
Since the release of addons.mozilla.org 3.2, the AMO team has been actively reviewing the feedback users have sent in through a number of channels. In response to some of that feedback, Mike Morgan has posted an explanation of the rationale and trade-offs made with the new design and its attempts to balance the needs of various audiences AMO has to address — first-time users, seasoned experts, and add-on authors and publishers. Basil Hashem has also written a post about the feedback the team has received, summarizing the top concerns they’ve heard and outlining plans for the next iterations of the AMO site.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
- Mac Gecko Meeting
- Performance Infrastructure Meeting
- Performance/Leaks Meeting
- Mozilla 2 Meeting
- Crash Reporter + Analysis Meeting
Thursday
Friday
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