Needs more time to evaluate feedback, recover from Firefox 3.0 auto-update effort
(Computerworld) Mozilla Corp. has pushed back the first beta of Firefox 3.1 by several weeks, according to notes posted online by the open-source developer.
The "code freeze" deadline for Firefox 3.1 was changed last week from Sept. 9 to Sept. 30, a Mozilla executive said in a message added to the mozilla.dev.planning forum last week.
According to Mike Shaver, Mozilla's interim head of engineering, the delay was necessary so developers would be able to incorporate feedback on the earlier alpha editions, and to account for a recent shift in resources to assembling and launching the automatic update offer for Firefox 3.0.1 to users of the older Firefox 2.0.0.16.
"Code freeze" is Mozilla's term for locking down builds of the browser in preparation for crafting an alpha, beta or release candidate version as it works toward a final edition. It usually precedes the actual ship date of a version by anywhere from a few days to several weeks, as the intervening time is required to do internal testing, assemble the release build and prep it for launch.
Assuming Mozilla meets the Sept. 30 code freeze deadline, Beta 1 would likely be available for download sometime in October. Mozilla has not set a ship date for Beta 1. ...............
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(Computerworld) Mozilla Corp. has pushed back the first beta of Firefox 3.1 by several weeks, according to notes posted online by the open-source developer.
The "code freeze" deadline for Firefox 3.1 was changed last week from Sept. 9 to Sept. 30, a Mozilla executive said in a message added to the mozilla.dev.planning forum last week.
According to Mike Shaver, Mozilla's interim head of engineering, the delay was necessary so developers would be able to incorporate feedback on the earlier alpha editions, and to account for a recent shift in resources to assembling and launching the automatic update offer for Firefox 3.0.1 to users of the older Firefox 2.0.0.16.
"Code freeze" is Mozilla's term for locking down builds of the browser in preparation for crafting an alpha, beta or release candidate version as it works toward a final edition. It usually precedes the actual ship date of a version by anywhere from a few days to several weeks, as the intervening time is required to do internal testing, assemble the release build and prep it for launch.
Assuming Mozilla meets the Sept. 30 code freeze deadline, Beta 1 would likely be available for download sometime in October. Mozilla has not set a ship date for Beta 1. ...............
More; http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9113998&source=NLT_PM&nlid=8