(repost from my n.p.m.seamonkey post)
We've got a lot going on over the next week or so. Here's a quick list of what's happening.
Firefox 1.0.1 candidate builds are done -- we think these are the bits we'll be shipping tomorrow. Localizations are also done and are undergoing testing for a simultaneous release with en-US tomorrow around mid-day.
Thunderbird 1.0.1 still has a couple of fixes it needs and we hope to be able to get that wrapped up by the middle of next week.
Seamonkey 1.7.6 will be the security/stability update from the 1.7 branch that matches up with the Firefox and Thunderbird 1.0.1 releases. As soon as we get Firefox and Thunderbird shipped, we'll turn our attention to testing shipping Seamonkey 1.7.6. I'm usually overly-optimistic but I think we can get that out next week too.
Seamonkey 1.8b1 is done, I just need to get the release notes up and verify that talkback is doing the right things on Linux (if you've got "what's new" items for 1.8b1, please send them to me) and we'll push that out. That will hopefully happen tonight or tomorrow morning, though it's not the priority that Firefox 1.0.1 is so it may wait (some more) if I get busy with 1.0.1.
1.8b2 freezes in three weeks. I expect we'll be doing some kind of developer preview of Firefox 1.1 around the beta2. We'll stay frozen after beta2 until we branch for 1.8 and it's from that branch that we'll be shipping Firefox 1.1 and Thunderbird 1.1.
Please let me know if you have any questions about this schedule, and sorry for the lack of regular updates here.
We can always use more eyes on any of these builds before we ship. If you find any major problems send mail to drivers@mozilla.org quickly.
Posted by asa at February 23, 2005 05:51 PMThanks for the updates. I love being able to get news from your blog before they hit mozillazine :D
Posted by: larfnarf on February 23, 2005 06:33 PMWhat will Thunderbird 1.0.1 contain in the way of features?
Posted by: pd on February 23, 2005 06:44 PMpd, nothing in the way of new features. The 1.0.1 releases are for stability and security improvements.
--Asa
Posted by: Asa Dotzler on February 23, 2005 07:28 PMI've forgotten... what is the release date for 1.8b, again?
Posted by: Zarggg on February 23, 2005 07:59 PMSince it's a bugfix release can we expect all the bugfixes mentioned in the Burning Edge beeing in it?
I'm specially interested in the fix for bug 245163 (Right-click context menu is cut off/disappearing/offscreen when it contains too many items).
No, you can't expect to see most of the bugfixes from the trunk in Firefox 1.0.1. There were a few low-risk / high-reward fixes, most/all of which are listed at The Burning Edge's unofficial changelist for Firefox 1.0.1.
Posted by: Jesse Ruderman on February 23, 2005 11:19 PMthanks for information
when do we see a new otions window, + other new features? (FF 1.1)
thank you!
Thank you for the update, Asa. Form my experience testing FF 1.0.1 PR, I firmly believe we'll have a most secure and pretty stable 1.0.1 release. Now, I am going back to all that thrill and emotion of testing the Trunk versions... :)
Congratulations on a great job!
Fabfire
Posted by: Fabfire on February 24, 2005 12:46 AMList of all checkins for Firefox 1.0.1 (since 1.0)
Posted by: OstGote! on February 24, 2005 02:43 AMThanks for the updates Asa, especially on the 1.76 status. It is one of the mission critical apps in my organization.
As much as I personally like FF/TB, we're not ready to convert our (longtime Netscape) users over to it (neither are the users - yet). We do feel that FB/TB just isn't quite ready for prime-time, but it also comes down to our standardized setups, desktops, file locations and extensions as well as procedures, internal docs and training.
So we have been standardized on 1.4x for the last year and we will likely keep using 1.7x for the next year. Then it will probably be Seamonkey 2.0 stable, but I'm hoping maybe we can make the transition to FF/TB at that time.
Meawhile we still depend on stable Seamonkey releases and I have to believe the majority of enterprises who have standardized on Mozilla products still do too.
That said, 1.7x has been a bit of a roller coaster so far. I am optimistic about 1.76 based on experience with the nightly builds. I've just been anxious for its final release so I can get it rolled out.
So thanks again for giving me a timeline to work with - over-optimism will be accounted for. - John
Posted by: jcwold on February 24, 2005 08:50 AMWhat happened to Mozilla 1.8b1?
Has it crashed or are the days now 72 hours long?
Posted by: JW vanLohuizen on February 25, 2005 02:32 PMJW vanLohuizen, it's low on my priority list so it waits until I have a free minute. I'd hoped to have that free minute Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or today but so far no luck.
--Asa
Posted by: Asa Dotzler on February 25, 2005 04:15 PM