releases and more releases

We've got a lot in store for you all in the next week or so. First, I hope to have some Firefox 1.0.1 (security and stability update) candidate testing builds sometime between Friday and Tuesday (depending on when we get the last of the fixes landed.) If all goes well and this update tests out, we could have a Firefox and Thunderbird 1.0.1 update by the end of next week.

We'll also be shipping an update for the stable Mozilla 1.7 application suite, likely to be called 1.7.6, about the same time as the 1.0.1s. This release would include primarly stability and security updates for Mozilla 1.7.x users. I expect we'll be supporting this stable branch with 1.7.x security and stability fixes for the next year or so.

We've also got a Gecko 1.8 Beta to ship. The delivery vehicle for this Gecko beta will be the Mozilla application suite. I think that'll happen sometime early next week, when we're mostly wrapped on the Firefox update.

At that point, we'll open the trunk for Gecko 1.8 Beta 2 development, and start the march towards the 1.8 branch, from which will come the Firefox and Thunderbird 1.1 releases. I expect we'll have at least two testing releases for Firefox before we come to the home stretch for 1.1 (at which point I anticipate at least a release candidate or two.)

There's a lot to do and not much time in which to do it. If you've got some free time, we sure could use it testing builds as we approach these releases. Keep your eyes on this blog and at mozillazine.org for more info as we start cranking out these candidates.

update: It sounds like we might be able to get 1.8b wrapped up a bit sooner and get the trunk open to beta 2 changes. I've got my fingers crossed.

Posted by asa at February 16, 2005 09:09 PM