Fx29 to ship to users on Friday, May 9th with updates completely unthrottled.
-e Begin forwarded message: > From: Lukas Blakk <[email protected]> > Subject: Drivers for 29.0.1 Desktop & Mobile non-urgent releases > Date: May 5, 2014 at 2:14:52 PM PDT > To: release-drivers <[email protected]> > > Hello, > > Now that the weekend has passed and we got more users on Firefox 29, we have > feedback about what the potential explosive/high-impact issues for this > release could be. While there is so far no indication of a security exploit > necessitating a chemspill, we have several small issues that can be resolved > in a non-urgent dot release, laid out below. The timing for this release aim > to have it signed off and ready to ship to users on Friday, May 9th with > updates completely unthrottled. > > Desktop Known Issues: > > * 1003707 – pdf.js print prints a white page - this has a backout option and > is the 'driver' of the desktop dot release > * 1001167 – Session Restore doesn't handle a corrupted sessionstore.js file > properly - patch ready, low risk, regression new to 29 > * 907373 – -moz-os-version media query is not working on Windows 8.1 - patch > ready, low risk, helps users with dark themes on Windows > * 1005958 – Disable seer until new backend is rewritten - patch ready, lower > risk workaround for shutdown hangs in bug 966469 > > Mobile Known Issues: > > * 1005074 – Re-enable 'Send Tab to Devices' on Beta and Release with a string > swap -- has a low risk patch, this is the 'driver' for our non-urgent dot > release > * 987867 – JB & KK crash in java.util.ConcurrentModificationException: at > java.util.LinkedList$LinkIterator.next(LinkedList.java) - has patch, fixes > reproducible crash, verified on Beta > * 1003897 – Character Encoding selection broken in Fennec 29 - has a verified > backout > > > Timing: > * Patches approved and landed today > * Go to build, this evening once all are landed and tree is green > * Builds with QA starting late tonight > * Sign off on or before Friday May 9th, 8am Pacific time > * Push 29.0.1, unthrottled to the release channel (and to Google Play Store) > by 9am Pacific time > * We have the entire day, Pacific time to continue to watch the Sync Account > traffic/load > > Let me know if you have any questions, concerns, or potential ride-alongs > that we are not aware of. > > > Cheers, > Lukas > *-*-*-*-*-* > Release Manager, Mozillian > mozillians.org/lsblakk > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > release-drivers mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/release-drivers
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