Ubuntu Mozillateam

Hi,

as you might know we have a feature freeze exception to update firefox 3 extensions even though we are close to the release.

However, as we get closer to the release, even extension updates become risky; so please submit your extension packages to the ubuntu mozillateam by the end of this week (Sat 5 Apr).

Please remember to add your extension to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Firefox3Extensions and use the https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Firefox3Extensions/Packaging to get an idea about extension packaging best-practices in hardy.

The firefox-extension project in launchpad already has a bunch of bzr branches that you can use as a starting point on how to do this in practice. Remember to file a firefox-extensions bug asking for review and/or sponsorship. Remember to follow up if we ask for improvements or clarifications.

If you need support packaging your extension, ask for help in #ubuntu-mozillateam on freenode. Remember to be patient in case we don’t answer right away as we might be busy or away from keyboard.

Happy packaging!

its time for a next round of firefox security release testing .

Any feedback gathered from real installs, chroots or VMs is helpful and highly appreciated.

Note: We still need more dapper testers. So if you don’t have a dapper install at hand, but want to help improving the quality of our LTS release considerably, its time to setup a chroot or VM and start help out on dapper QA.

If you have questions about beta testing applications in general or this specific firefox release, feel free to get in touch with me (asac in #ubuntu-mozillateam) or henrik (heno in #ubuntu-testing).

References:

1. The tracker page – coordinates QA:
   => http://mozilla.qa.ubuntu.com/
2. Documentation on how to setup a VM using virtual box:
   => https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/VirtualBox

Thanks and Happy Testing!

Last minute reminder: we have a firefox 3 extension packaging session in #ubuntu-classroom at 1600 UTC today (about 1 hour from now).

This session is great for starters as well as for skilled packagers that want to help getting more extensions into ubuntu.

I have prepared some content that you don’t read in advance (of course you can ). Instead I will cite them during the session. So, here the content:

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Firefox3Extensions/Packaging – some extension packaging details
• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Firefox3Extensions/ – page to keep important information about proposed extensions

Note: The packaging page above requires a mozilla-devscript package version that isn’t in the archive yet. You can get it from my PPA for now: https://edge.launchpad.net/~asac/+archive

See you all in a few minutes!

If you volunteered testing firefox-3.0 preview packages you will be asked which profile you want to use in future …

The new addons management rocks and you can install ubuntu packages by selecting the right top link “Get Ubuntu Extensions” ...

Btw, firefox 3 beta 3 now has a native gtk print dialog …

The preferences dialog has a polished look as well …

... and some users will definitly be happy that the ability to add certificate exceptions is available again …

Last but not least firefox 3 is still beta and thus not perfect (yet). Read the Release Notes for more details on the glitches in this release.

Enjoy!!

one … two … BETA 3 !

• Accepted: nspr 4.7.0~1.9b3-0ubuntu1 (source)
• Accepted: nss 3.12.0~1.9b3-0ubuntu1 (source)
• Accepted: xulrunner-1.9 1.9~b3+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 (source)
• Accepted: firefox-3.0 3.0~b3+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 (source)
• Accepted: ubufox 0.5~beta1-0ubuntu1 (source)

Beware: this one takes over the world (if not the world, firefox 2 for sure).

Hi all,

there are firefox packages available on http://mozilla.qa.ubuntu.com that need feedback before we can roll them out to the masses. If you are using dapper, edgy, feisty or gutsy on your production system or have chroots/VMs of those ubuntus you can help and make a big difference.

If you want to help, follow the instructions on the website above and provide feedback for the tests associated with each build (click on the build you want to test to see the list of tests).

If you don’t have time to do the full “testplan from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/QA” you still can help a lot by doing the “normal use (15 minutes) with NEW profile” or the “normal use (15 minutes) with existing profile” tests. Those just require you to use firefox as usual and provide us with positive feedback.

If you have any questions, ask on ubuntu-mozillateam@lists.ubuntu.com or in #ubuntu-mozillateam on irc.freenode.net.

Thanks!

... finally I got my blog up again and I start with yet another lame post

My latest security backports to the upstream abandoned mozilla 1.8.0 branch are now available at http://people.ubuntu.com/~asac/mozilla-security/moz-1.8.1.12a-backports.tar.gz.

Those patches should cover all security related fixes that landed on the 1.8 branch (firefox 2) as of 2.0.0.12 RC3.

I noticed that I didn’t really release any of the post-mortem security patches released in debian and ubuntu. So, here the patchsets for the 1.8.0 branch that contains them all:

• firefox – http://people.ubuntu.com/~asac/mozilla-security/moz-backports-ffox-all-1.8.1.12.tar.gz


• thunderbird – http://people.ubuntu.com/~asac/mozilla-security/moz-backports-tbird-all-1.8.1.12.tar.gz


• xulrunner – http://people.ubuntu.com/~asac/mozilla-security/moz-backports-xul-all-1.8.1.12.tar.gz

Those tarballs ship quilt patch directories. This means that the sequence to apply them cleanly can be found in the contained series file. To apply them to MOZILLA_1_8_0_BRANCH checkout, just copy the directory contained to your checkout (name the directory patches if you like) and run

Have fun!