The Rumbling Edge

The Thunderbird folks are organizing a bug test day this Thursday, 08 May 2008, in preparation for Alpha 1 release. The schedule is located here. Generally, feel free to pop by outside of the sessions as well, some experienced folks should be around to help you.

The focus of this bug test day is found here.

The nightlies are here if you want to try out potential Alpha 1 builds.

Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 builds:

Official Windows installer

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

Please drop by #testday and help us test Alpha 1; we need your help! First timers and experienced triagers welcome.

I will be available throughout all three the last two timeslots to assist anyone who wants to contribute. (My nick is "nth10sd") Several experienced folks will be there to assist as well. More testday information is available at the QMO blog.

The results of the bug test day will be posted to Mozilla Wiki.

The Thunderbird folks are organizing a bug day this Thursday, 01 May 2008. The schedule is located here. Generally, feel free to pop by outside of the sessions as well, some experienced folks should be around to help you.

The focus of this bug day is found here.

How?

Triaging is easy! You don't have to be able to understand computer languages in order to triage most bugs.

You just have to try and reproduce the bug by following the steps written in the report. Add a comment stating whether the bug still applies in the latest supported version of Thunderbird 2 (2.0.0.12), or in the trunk nightlies (3.0a1pre) for the more adventurous.

Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 builds:

Official Windows installer

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

Please drop by #bugday and help us get our bug numbers down; we need your help! First timers and experienced triagers welcome.

I will be available throughout all three the last two timeslots to assist anyone who wants to contribute. (My nick is "nth10sd") Several experienced folks will be there to assist as well.

The results of the bug day will be posted to Mozilla Wiki.

P.S.: Apologies for the lack of updates on The Rumbling Edge so far. I have been really busy these couple of weeks. I hope to give more updates, especially with the impending release of Thunderbird 3 Alpha 1 in the next few weeks, soon.

The Thunderbird folks are organizing a bug day this Thursday, 24 April 2008. The schedule is located here. Generally, feel free to pop by outside of the sessions as well, some experienced folks should be around to help you.

The focus of this bug day is found here.

How?

Triaging is easy! You don't have to be able to understand computer languages in order to triage most bugs.

You just have to try and reproduce the bug by following the steps written in the report. Add a comment stating whether the bug still applies in the latest supported version of Thunderbird 2 (2.0.0.12), or in the trunk nightlies (3.0a1pre) for the more adventurous.

Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 builds:

Official Windows installer

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

Please drop by #bugday and help us get our bug numbers down; we need your help! First timers and experienced triagers welcome.

I will be available throughout all three the last two timeslots to assist anyone who wants to contribute. (My nick is "nth10sd") Several experienced folks will be there to assist as well.

The results of the bug day will be posted to Mozilla Wiki.

The Thunderbird folks are organizing a bug day this Thursday, 17 April 2008. The schedule is located here. Generally, feel free to pop by outside of the sessions as well, some experienced folks should be around to help you.

The focus of this bug day is found here.

How?

Triaging is easy! You don't have to be able to understand computer languages in order to triage most bugs.

You just have to try and reproduce the bug by following the steps written in the report. Add a comment stating whether the bug still applies in the latest supported version of Thunderbird 2 (2.0.0.12), or in the trunk nightlies (3.0a1pre) for the more adventurous.

Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 builds:

Official Windows installer

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

Please drop by #bugday and help us get our bug numbers down; we need your help! First timers and experienced triagers welcome.

I will be available throughout all three the last two timeslots to assist anyone who wants to contribute. (My nick is "nth10sd") Several experienced folks will be there to assist as well.

The results of the bug day will be posted to Mozilla Wiki.

The Thunderbird folks are organizing a bug day this Thursday, 10 April 2008. The schedule is located here. Generally, feel free to pop by outside of the sessions as well, some experienced folks should be around to help you.

The focus of this bug day is found here.

How?

Triaging is easy! You don't have to be able to understand computer languages in order to triage most bugs.

You just have to try and reproduce the bug by following the steps written in the report. Add a comment stating whether the bug still applies in the latest supported version of Thunderbird 2 (2.0.0.12), or in the trunk nightlies (3.0a1pre) for the more adventurous.

Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 builds:

Official Windows installer

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

Please drop by #bugday and help us get our bug numbers down; we need your help! First timers and experienced triagers welcome.

I will be available throughout all three the last two timeslots to assist anyone who wants to contribute. (My nick is "nth10sd", wsmWK will cover the first session as well as the last one) Several experienced folks will be there to assist as well.

The results of the bug day will be posted to Mozilla Wiki.

The Thunderbird folks are organizing a bug day this Thursday, 03 April 2008. The schedule is located here. Generally, feel free to pop by outside of the sessions as well, some experienced folks should be around to help you.

The focus of this bug day is found here.

How?

Triaging is easy! You don't have to be able to understand computer languages in order to triage most bugs.

You just have to try and reproduce the bug by following the steps written in the report. Add a comment stating whether the bug still applies in the latest supported version of Thunderbird 2 (2.0.0.12), or in the trunk nightlies (3.0a1pre) for the more adventurous.

Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 builds:

Official Windows installer

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

Please drop by #bugday and help us get our bug numbers down; we need your help! First timers and experienced triagers welcome.

I will be available throughout all three the last two timeslots to assist anyone who wants to contribute. (My nick is "nth10sd", wsmWK will cover the first session) Several experienced folks will be there to assist as well.

The results of the bug day will be posted to Mozilla Wiki.

The Thunderbird folks are organizing a bug day this Thursday, 27 March 2008. The schedule is as follows:

Asia session - 14:00-16:00 (Beijing)
Europe session - 14:00-16:00 (Berlin)
America session - 12:00-14:00 (Los Angeles)

The focus will be on triaging unconfirmed Thunderbird bugs.

How?

Triaging is easy! You don't have to be able to understand computer languages in order to triage most bugs.

You just have to try and reproduce the bug by following the steps written in the report. Add a comment stating whether the bug still applies in the latest supported version of Thunderbird 2 (2.0.0.12), or in the trunk nightlies (3.0a1pre) for the more adventurous.

Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 builds:

Official Windows installer

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

Please drop by #bugday and help us get our bug numbers down; we need your help! First timers and experienced triagers welcome.

I will be available throughout all three timeslots to assist anyone who wants to contribute. (My nick is "nth10sd") Several experienced folks will be there to assist as well.

Update: The results of the bug day have been posted to Mozilla Wiki.

Something to ponder on, for all non-Firefox devs, by a Firefox dev:

"We certainly aren't going to block the Firefox release on an issue that doesn't affect Firefox. I don't think blocking 1.9- means we won't take a fix for other Gecko apps, which have their own release schedules."

A reply goes like:

"> I don't think blocking 1.9- means we won't take a fix

In this case, sure it does. Since it's minused, none of the people involved in causing this regression will work on it (as they've publicly said in other regressions they've caused). No one else knows the code involved. Once we ship Gecko 1.9 with this, we won't be able to change it on the branch because of compat issues (at least at that point I'd certainly avoid any changes to this on the branch). That's if we even remember this bug exists, since it got taken off all the tracking lists. And assuming anyone bothers to try to fix regressions on branch at all; given how 1.8 has worked, I wouldn't bet on it."

More info at an earlier thread by KaiRo on mozilla.dev.platform discussing the future of Gecko 1.9 for non-Firefox apps.

(I'm disabling comments here to avoid wars. Please air your thoughts at the follow-up thread on the newsgroup.)

Written on 19 Feb 08, last updated 20 Feb 08 (400th post in The Rumbling Edge)

Mozilla Messaging has just launched.

I'm pleased to announce that I've joined them as an intern, working on bug triage, wiki reorganization and data collection and analysis, as well as continuing to maintain The Rumbling Edge.

Of note, regarding the future of Thunderbird,

"Thunderbird already can handle RSS feeds and newsgroups, but ultimately, Ascher wants Mozilla Messaging's software to work with instant messaging, mobile phone text messaging, and Web sites such as Facebook or Flickr that have their own e-mail systems." --CNET News.com

More news:

Mozilla Messaging news article

Official FAQ

David Ascher

An Air Mozilla Live broadcast will feature a discussion on the launch of Mozilla Messaging (rapidly known as mozmsg MoMo via IRC), along with a segment on the upcoming Firefox 3's new themes.

Mozilla folks:

1. Al Billings
2. Mitchell Baker
3. Jane Finette
4. The Mozilla Blog
5. Robert Kaiser
6. Robert Accettura
7. Alex Vincent

Tech sites:

1. CNET News.com
2. PR Newswire
3. Linux World
4. VNUNet
5. Mobility News
6. PC World
7. PC Pro
8. ZDNet: UK (1) | UK (2) | Blogs (1) | Blogs (2) | Blogs (3)
9. Mozilla Links
10. Mashable
11. PC Advisor
12. TechSpot
13. IT Week
14. WebProNews
15. heise online
16. Lifehacker
17. Yahoo! News
18. Betanews
19. DesktopLinux.com
20. InformationWeek
21. Slashdot
22. ars technica
23. TrustedReviews
24. DailyTech
25. Wired Blog
26. eFluxMedia
27. International Business Times

Search Google News.

Dan Mosedale has joined MailCo. To the regular Mozilla folks, he is well-known for his previous development on mail/news and calendar code. He will be working with David Ascher at least for the next four months.

That's two on board MailCo so far.