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Jeff Beatty
Feb 20, 2015, 10:28:28 AM2/20/15
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*tl;dr:* Firefox 38 will be a high profile, and highly marketed,
release. L10n for Firefox 38 needs to take place between *March
1**6**-28* to avoid issues with possible string freeze breaks early in
the cycle. L10n-drivers want to help all locales to ship updates for
Fx38, as the extra publicity will attract new users to your localized
products.
Hi everyone,
As many of you are aware, starting this year, there will be a slight
change to the way that Firefox is developed and released. While we will
still follow the six week train release cycle that we're all used to,
there will be two very high profile releases of Firefox per year. These
releases will be similar to the 10 years of Firefox release(33.1)we
experienced at the end of last year: a lot of marketing material and
some very specific, themed feature development. The first of these
releases is being called the "spring release" and it is scheduled for
Firefox 38, which will be landing in Aurora on Monday, 23 February.
The spring release will see a few cool developments for international
users, marketing materials on web parts, and even a new product launch.
The primary feature for the spring release will be an enhanced sync and
reading list feature to facilitate a user's ability to sync their
Firefox usage across multiple platforms. The new product launch will be
Firefox on iOS (another email will be coming about that shortly).
The schedule for the next few cycles is going to be odd. Here are the
basics:
* Feb 23 - March 30 -- Firefox 38 will spend five weeks in Aurora
* *March 1**6**-28* is ideal for l10n work.
* March 30 - May 11 -- Firefox 38 will spend six weeks in Beta.
* *April 6th - May 12th* -- April 6th will be string freeze for all
spring release marketing materials (willneed some moredaysto
havematerial available for translation).
* May 12 -- Fx38 will go to release.
* May 11 - June 29 -- This cycle will be 7 weeks in order to catch up
to the regular schedule after cutting the Fx38 in Aurora cycle short
by one week.
As stated above, *March 16 - 28* is the most ideal time to complete l10n
work. This is because we anticipate there being some string freeze
breaks in the first week or two of the Aurora cycle. By March 16, all
should be stable enough for l10n to take place without interruption.
As I mentioned, these two releases per year will be very high profile.
We want to help each locale to be up-to-date for Fx38 (both on desktop
and Fennec) and ready to participate in the high profile marketing
coverage that will take place for these releases. This is a great
opportunity to drive traffic to your localized builds and bring even
more users over to the localizations that you have worked so hard to
produce and make available. For a first time user, having a fully
localized experience will be very important to keeping them around.
Please join with us to make this first spring release (Firefox 38) an
incredible experience. Don't hesitate to give us feedback, positive or
negative, so that we can improve on this new process for the next major
release. Also, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us if you have
questions or need any help. Thank you for your service and dedication to
your users, to open source, and to Mozilla.
Thanks,
Jeff
--
*Jeff Beatty*
Localization Engineer
@mozilla_l10n <http://twitter.com/mozilla_l10n>
801.367.3763
release. L10n for Firefox 38 needs to take place between *March
1**6**-28* to avoid issues with possible string freeze breaks early in
the cycle. L10n-drivers want to help all locales to ship updates for
Fx38, as the extra publicity will attract new users to your localized
products.
Hi everyone,
As many of you are aware, starting this year, there will be a slight
change to the way that Firefox is developed and released. While we will
still follow the six week train release cycle that we're all used to,
there will be two very high profile releases of Firefox per year. These
releases will be similar to the 10 years of Firefox release(33.1)we
experienced at the end of last year: a lot of marketing material and
some very specific, themed feature development. The first of these
releases is being called the "spring release" and it is scheduled for
Firefox 38, which will be landing in Aurora on Monday, 23 February.
The spring release will see a few cool developments for international
users, marketing materials on web parts, and even a new product launch.
The primary feature for the spring release will be an enhanced sync and
reading list feature to facilitate a user's ability to sync their
Firefox usage across multiple platforms. The new product launch will be
Firefox on iOS (another email will be coming about that shortly).
The schedule for the next few cycles is going to be odd. Here are the
basics:
* Feb 23 - March 30 -- Firefox 38 will spend five weeks in Aurora
* *March 1**6**-28* is ideal for l10n work.
* March 30 - May 11 -- Firefox 38 will spend six weeks in Beta.
* *April 6th - May 12th* -- April 6th will be string freeze for all
spring release marketing materials (willneed some moredaysto
havematerial available for translation).
* May 12 -- Fx38 will go to release.
* May 11 - June 29 -- This cycle will be 7 weeks in order to catch up
to the regular schedule after cutting the Fx38 in Aurora cycle short
by one week.
As stated above, *March 16 - 28* is the most ideal time to complete l10n
work. This is because we anticipate there being some string freeze
breaks in the first week or two of the Aurora cycle. By March 16, all
should be stable enough for l10n to take place without interruption.
As I mentioned, these two releases per year will be very high profile.
We want to help each locale to be up-to-date for Fx38 (both on desktop
and Fennec) and ready to participate in the high profile marketing
coverage that will take place for these releases. This is a great
opportunity to drive traffic to your localized builds and bring even
more users over to the localizations that you have worked so hard to
produce and make available. For a first time user, having a fully
localized experience will be very important to keeping them around.
Please join with us to make this first spring release (Firefox 38) an
incredible experience. Don't hesitate to give us feedback, positive or
negative, so that we can improve on this new process for the next major
release. Also, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us if you have
questions or need any help. Thank you for your service and dedication to
your users, to open source, and to Mozilla.
Thanks,
Jeff
--
*Jeff Beatty*
Localization Engineer
@mozilla_l10n <http://twitter.com/mozilla_l10n>
801.367.3763
F Wolff
Feb 23, 2015, 3:46:53 AM2/23/15
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On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 5:28 PM, Jeff Beatty <jbe...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> *tl;dr:* Firefox 38 will be a high profile, and highly marketed, release.
> L10n for Firefox 38 needs to take place between *March 1**6**-28* to avoid
> issues with possible string freeze breaks early in the cycle. L10n-drivers
> want to help all locales to ship updates for Fx38, as the extra publicity
> will attract new users to your localized products.
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> As many of you are aware, starting this year, there will be a slight change
> to the way that Firefox is developed and released. While we will still
> follow the six week train release cycle that we're all used to, there will
> be two very high profile releases of Firefox per year. These releases will
> be similar to the 10 years of Firefox release(33.1)we experienced at the end
> of last year: a lot of marketing material and some very specific, themed
> feature development. The first of these releases is being called the "spring
> release" and it is scheduled for Firefox 38, which will be landing in Aurora
> on Monday, 23 February.
>
> The spring release will see a few cool developments for international users,
> marketing materials on web parts, and even a new product launch.
Hi Jeff
> *tl;dr:* Firefox 38 will be a high profile, and highly marketed, release.
> L10n for Firefox 38 needs to take place between *March 1**6**-28* to avoid
> issues with possible string freeze breaks early in the cycle. L10n-drivers
> want to help all locales to ship updates for Fx38, as the extra publicity
> will attract new users to your localized products.
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> As many of you are aware, starting this year, there will be a slight change
> to the way that Firefox is developed and released. While we will still
> follow the six week train release cycle that we're all used to, there will
> be two very high profile releases of Firefox per year. These releases will
> be similar to the 10 years of Firefox release(33.1)we experienced at the end
> of last year: a lot of marketing material and some very specific, themed
> feature development. The first of these releases is being called the "spring
> release" and it is scheduled for Firefox 38, which will be landing in Aurora
> on Monday, 23 February.
>
> The spring release will see a few cool developments for international users,
> marketing materials on web parts, and even a new product launch.
Thanks for the update. I wanted to comment on the name "spring
release" just in case: I hope it is only an internal (well hidden)
name. Spring comes at a different time for the southern hemisphere,
and at least here where I live, we don't typically use the season
names to describe things like this.
Keep well
Friedel
Jeff Beatty
Feb 23, 2015, 9:32:03 AM2/23/15
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It is an internal name. We've commented to many that it's very Northern
Hemisphere-centric to call it by that name.
Jeff
El 2/23/15 a las 1:46 AM, F Wolff escibió:
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Hemisphere-centric to call it by that name.
Jeff
El 2/23/15 a las 1:46 AM, F Wolff escibió:
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Chris Hofmann
Feb 23, 2015, 10:37:05 AM2/23/15
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As Jeff mentions there was some discussion on what to call these release,
but not too many good ideas on alternatives.
One was "equinox" releases since they happen around time of those
progressions of the sun, but then you get to vernal and autumnal releases
which are also norther hemisphere centric.
If anyone has some good ideas for names of these thingies that we do twice
a year now please suggest and we will try to promote those as better names.
-chofmann
but not too many good ideas on alternatives.
One was "equinox" releases since they happen around time of those
progressions of the sun, but then you get to vernal and autumnal releases
which are also norther hemisphere centric.
If anyone has some good ideas for names of these thingies that we do twice
a year now please suggest and we will try to promote those as better names.
-chofmann
Michael Bauer
Feb 23, 2015, 10:51:03 AM2/23/15
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Why not name them aftern an astronomical event which coincides with the
release, broadly? The Lyrids (a meteor shower) appear on a yearly basis
between the middle and the end of April, for example.
Michael
Sgrìobh Chris Hofmann na leanas 23/02/2015 aig 15:36:
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release, broadly? The Lyrids (a meteor shower) appear on a yearly basis
between the middle and the end of April, for example.
Michael
Sgrìobh Chris Hofmann na leanas 23/02/2015 aig 15:36:
> As Jeff mentions there was some discussion on what to call these release,
> but not too many good ideas on alternatives.
>
> One was "equinox" releases since they happen around time of those
> progressions of the sun, but then you get to vernal and autumnal releases
> which are also norther hemisphere centric.
>
> If anyone has some good ideas for names of these thingies that we do twice
> a year now please suggest and we will try to promote those as better names.
>
> -chofmann
--
> but not too many good ideas on alternatives.
>
> One was "equinox" releases since they happen around time of those
> progressions of the sun, but then you get to vernal and autumnal releases
> which are also norther hemisphere centric.
>
> If anyone has some good ideas for names of these thingies that we do twice
> a year now please suggest and we will try to promote those as better names.
>
> -chofmann
*Akerbeltz <http://www.faclair.com/>*
Goireasan Gàidhlig air an lìon
Fòn: +44-141-946 4437
Facs: +44-141-945 2701
*Tha Gàidhlig aig a' choimpiutair agad, siuthad, feuch e!*
Iomadh rud eadar prògraman oifis, brabhsairean, predictive texting,
geamannan is mòran a bharrachd. Tadhail oirnn aig www.iGàidhlig.net
<http://www.iGaidhlig.net/>
Dwayne Bailey
Feb 24, 2015, 4:53:13 AM2/24/15
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Since its happening twice a year, simply naming them after pairs might be a
better idea.
Arctic - Antarctic
North - South
Australis - Borealis (after the northern and southern lights)
On Monday, 23 February 2015, Chris Hofmann <chof...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> As Jeff mentions there was some discussion on what to call these release,
> but not too many good ideas on alternatives.
>
> One was "equinox" releases since they happen around time of those
> progressions of the sun, but then you get to vernal and autumnal releases
> which are also norther hemisphere centric.
>
> If anyone has some good ideas for names of these thingies that we do twice
> a year now please suggest and we will try to promote those as better names.
>
> -chofmann
>
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better idea.
Arctic - Antarctic
North - South
Australis - Borealis (after the northern and southern lights)
On Monday, 23 February 2015, Chris Hofmann <chof...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> As Jeff mentions there was some discussion on what to call these release,
> but not too many good ideas on alternatives.
>
> One was "equinox" releases since they happen around time of those
> progressions of the sun, but then you get to vernal and autumnal releases
> which are also norther hemisphere centric.
>
> If anyone has some good ideas for names of these thingies that we do twice
> a year now please suggest and we will try to promote those as better names.
>
> -chofmann
>
> >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-l10n
> >>
> >
> > --
> > *Jeff Beatty*
> > Localization Engineer
> > @mozilla_l10n <http://twitter.com/mozilla_l10n>
> > 801.367.3763
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> >>
> >
> > --
> > *Jeff Beatty*
> > Localization Engineer
> > @mozilla_l10n <http://twitter.com/mozilla_l10n>
> > 801.367.3763
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Ibrahima SARR
Feb 24, 2015, 5:40:08 AM2/24/15
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Hi all,
Maybe it would be fun to name them after the two different spring times of
the two hemispheres since they are about 6 months apart?
NorthSpring release: April
SouthSpring release: September
To keep the concept "spring" which is loaded with quite a bunch of positive
connotations.
(By the way, Dwayne, did you update Pootle string to Firefox 39 Aurora?
Noticed new strings while version is still 38)
Cheers all
Ibrahima
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>
Maybe it would be fun to name them after the two different spring times of
the two hemispheres since they are about 6 months apart?
NorthSpring release: April
SouthSpring release: September
To keep the concept "spring" which is loaded with quite a bunch of positive
connotations.
(By the way, Dwayne, did you update Pootle string to Firefox 39 Aurora?
Noticed new strings while version is still 38)
Cheers all
Ibrahima
>
Dwayne Bailey
Feb 24, 2015, 7:41:31 AM2/24/15
to Ibrahima SARR, dev-l10n
Hi,
Strings on Pootle are Aurora 38 (just didn't update the project title
yet). They migrated on Sunday and I'm doing a few checks first. So it's
not 39, not 37, but 38 on Pootle.
On Tuesday, 24 February 2015, Ibrahima SARR <ibrahi...@pulaagu.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
> Maybe it would be fun to name them after the two different spring times of
> the two hemispheres since they are about 6 months apart?
> NorthSpring release: April
> SouthSpring release: September
> To keep the concept "spring" which is loaded with quite a bunch of
> positive connotations.
> (By the way, Dwayne, did you update Pootle string to Firefox 39 Aurora?
> Noticed new strings while version is still 38)
> Cheers all
> Ibrahima
> Le 24 févr. 2015 10:53, "Dwayne Bailey" <dwa...@translate.org.za
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','dwa...@translate.org.za');>> a écrit :
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','dev-...@lists.mozilla.org');>
Strings on Pootle are Aurora 38 (just didn't update the project title
yet). They migrated on Sunday and I'm doing a few checks first. So it's
not 39, not 37, but 38 on Pootle.
On Tuesday, 24 February 2015, Ibrahima SARR <ibrahi...@pulaagu.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
> Maybe it would be fun to name them after the two different spring times of
> the two hemispheres since they are about 6 months apart?
> NorthSpring release: April
> SouthSpring release: September
> To keep the concept "spring" which is loaded with quite a bunch of
> positive connotations.
> (By the way, Dwayne, did you update Pootle string to Firefox 39 Aurora?
> Noticed new strings while version is still 38)
> Cheers all
> Ibrahima
> Le 24 févr. 2015 10:53, "Dwayne Bailey" <dwa...@translate.org.za
>
>> Since its happening twice a year, simply naming them after pairs might be
>> a
>> better idea.
>>
>> Arctic - Antarctic
>> North - South
>> Australis - Borealis (after the northern and southern lights)
>>
>> On Monday, 23 February 2015, Chris Hofmann <chof...@mozilla.com
>> Since its happening twice a year, simply naming them after pairs might be
>> a
>> better idea.
>>
>> Arctic - Antarctic
>> North - South
>> Australis - Borealis (after the northern and southern lights)
>>
>> On Monday, 23 February 2015, Chris Hofmann <chof...@mozilla.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','chof...@mozilla.com');>> wrote:
>>
>> > As Jeff mentions there was some discussion on what to call these
>> release,
>> > but not too many good ideas on alternatives.
>> >
>> > One was "equinox" releases since they happen around time of those
>> > progressions of the sun, but then you get to vernal and autumnal
>> releases
>> > which are also norther hemisphere centric.
>> >
>> > If anyone has some good ideas for names of these thingies that we do
>> twice
>> > a year now please suggest and we will try to promote those as better
>> names.
>> >
>> > -chofmann
>> >
>> > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 6:31 AM, Jeff Beatty <jbe...@mozilla.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jbe...@mozilla.com');>
>>
>> > As Jeff mentions there was some discussion on what to call these
>> release,
>> > but not too many good ideas on alternatives.
>> >
>> > One was "equinox" releases since they happen around time of those
>> > progressions of the sun, but then you get to vernal and autumnal
>> releases
>> > which are also norther hemisphere centric.
>> >
>> > If anyone has some good ideas for names of these thingies that we do
>> twice
>> > a year now please suggest and we will try to promote those as better
>> names.
>> >
>> > -chofmann
>> >
>> > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 6:31 AM, Jeff Beatty <jbe...@mozilla.com
>> > <javascript:;>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > It is an internal name. We've commented to many that it's very
>> Northern
>> > > Hemisphere-centric to call it by that name.
>> > >
>> > > Jeff
>> > > El 2/23/15 a las 1:46 AM, F Wolff escibió:
>> > >
>> > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 5:28 PM, Jeff Beatty <jbe...@mozilla.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jbe...@mozilla.com');>
>> >
>> > > It is an internal name. We've commented to many that it's very
>> Northern
>> > > Hemisphere-centric to call it by that name.
>> > >
>> > > Jeff
>> > > El 2/23/15 a las 1:46 AM, F Wolff escibió:
>> > >
>> > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 5:28 PM, Jeff Beatty <jbe...@mozilla.com
>> <javascript:;>
>> > >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-l10n
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > *Jeff Beatty*
>> > > Localization Engineer
>> > > @mozilla_l10n <http://twitter.com/mozilla_l10n>
>> > > 801.367.3763
>> > > _______________________________________________
>> > > dev-l10n mailing list
>> > > dev-...@lists.mozilla.org
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','dev-...@lists.mozilla.org');>
>> > >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-l10n
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > *Jeff Beatty*
>> > > Localization Engineer
>> > > @mozilla_l10n <http://twitter.com/mozilla_l10n>
>> > > 801.367.3763
>> > > _______________________________________________
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>> <javascript:;>
>> > > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-l10n
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>> >
>>
>>
>> --
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>>
>> *Translate*
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>>
>>
>> --
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>>
>> *Translate*
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Martin Jernberg
Mar 6, 2015, 6:41:21 PM3/6/15
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Perfect i mailed the Swedish guys and told them to wait for about 2 weeks more
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