Closed Bug 656719 Opened 13 years ago Closed 13 years ago

Create 2.1 Release Notes

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: Website, defect)

Product:
SeaMonkey
Component:
Website
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED

People

(Reporter: Callek, Assigned: InvisibleSmiley)

References

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URL
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Details

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #647937 +++

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #631282 +++

SeaMonkey 2.1 Beta 3 builds will be created today and the milestone needs relnotes when it appears.


Jens, I believe you said you were already working on this...
Summary: Create 2.1 RC 1 Release Notes → Create 2.1 Release Notes
Initial version should be up within minutes. Feedback welcome!

RCS file: /www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/changes.en.html,v
done
Checking in changes.en.html;
/www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/changes.en.html,v  <--  changes.en.html
initial revision: 1.1
done
RCS file: /www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html,v
done
Checking in index.en.html;
/www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html,v  <--  index.en.html
initial revision: 1.1
done
RCS file: /www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/relnote.var,v
done
Checking in relnote.var;
/www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/relnote.var,v  <--  relnote.var
initial revision: 1.1
done
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Starting with "The upcoming Gecko release has been renamed from 1.9.3 to 2.0. (bug 570022)..." the entries in the Major Changes section are repeated after "Absolute length units in CSS..." (seamonkey2.1/changes).
(In reply to comment #2)
> Starting with "The upcoming Gecko release has been renamed from 1.9.3 to
> 2.0. (bug 570022)..." the entries in the Major Changes section are repeated
> after "Absolute length units in CSS..." (seamonkey2.1/changes).

Thanks for noticing, I hope it's better now.

Checking in changes.en.html;
/www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/changes.en.html,v  <--  changes.en.html
new revision: 1.2; previous revision: 1.1
done
To use a Sync account with multiple devices you need to make sure all of them use the latest version of Sync (i.e. always use the latest beta of SeaMonkey 2.1 in combination with Firefox 4, desktop and mobile) (bug 615950).

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I'm not sure the use of "latest beta" her eis worthwhile. But I have no better suggestion atm.
resolving, since things look relatively good to me.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 13 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
With the recent release of Flash 10.3 I think we should add a bullet point for Flash cookie (LSO) sanitizing. I already checked that it worked back then with Flash 10.3 beta (on Windows 7). It surprises me a bit that it's not on the Features 2.1 page yet (nor on the Changes page, consequently).
There has been a question in the MozillaZine forums whether 64-bit builds for Mac OSX are available. Do you want to state explicitly somewhere that those are 32/64-bit universal builds (assuming that's the case) and that PPC is no longer supported, given that it's a major change over SM 2.0?
(In reply to comment #7)
> Do you want to state explicitly somewhere that
> those are 32/64-bit universal builds (assuming that's the case) and that PPC
> is no longer supported, given that it's a major change over SM 2.0?

The 2.1 Release Notes contained a note about PPC and 64-bit Mac from the very start, see section "Platform-specific changes". The first point currently reads:

   * Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" and PPC support was dropped, 64-bit support for
     10.6 "Snow Leopard" was added.

I'm open to suggestions for improvement there or elsewhere. Stefan, do you think the above is clear enough or should we go into more detail, like talking about universal builds? (Readily formulated bits preferred since I'm not a Mac expert.)
(In reply to comment #4)
> I'm not sure the use of "latest beta" her eis worthwhile. But I have no
> better suggestion atm.

Changed to "(e.g. SeaMonkey 2.1 in combination with Firefox 4, desktop and mobile)".

(In reply to comment #6)
> With the recent release of Flash 10.3 I think we should add a bullet point
> for Flash cookie (LSO) sanitizing.

Included in latest version of relnotes, Changes and Features 2.1.


Checking in src/releases/seamonkey2.1/changes.en.html;
/www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/changes.en.html,v  <--  changes.en.html
new revision: 1.3; previous revision: 1.2
done
Checking in src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html;
/www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html,v  <--  index.en.html
new revision: 1.2; previous revision: 1.1
done
BTW I just saw that The H picked up our RC:
<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/SeaMonkey-2-1-approaches-with-first-RC-1242874.html>

I just sent their editors a note about the following wrong statement:
"SeaMonkey 2.1 is based on the same Gecko layout engine as the 3.6.x branch of Firefox"

Maybe we should add a statement about which Gecko/FF branch we use/follow to our relnotes.
(In reply to comment #8)
> The 2.1 Release Notes contained a note about PPC and 64-bit Mac from the
> very start, see section "Platform-specific changes".

Yeah, I've missed that first, sorry. The confusion on the user's side was that a single download contains both 32/64-bit binaries, whereas they are separated for Linux on the other hand.

I'm not using Mac either, but maybe adding a small half-sentence may help:

>   * Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" and PPC support was dropped, 64-bit support for
>     10.6 "Snow Leopard" was added [to the universal-build download].
(In reply to comment #10)
> BTW I just saw that The H picked up our RC:
> <http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/SeaMonkey-2-1-approaches-with-first-
> RC-1242874.html>
> 
> I just sent their editors a note about the following wrong statement:
> "SeaMonkey 2.1 is based on the same Gecko layout engine as the 3.6.x branch
> of Firefox"

They corrected their article already.
Added Known Issue for Bug 657215 - No search engine selected in Internet Search preferences on new profile

/www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html,v  <--  index.en.html
new revision: 1.3; previous revision: 1.2
done
The following should be added as known issue unless it's considered important enough to actually block the release:

When updating a SeaMonkey 2.0 profile to 2.1, the modern and/or default themes may be reported as incompatible with SeaMonkey 2.1 [Bug 657957]. To resolve this issue, drag and drop the two XPI files located in the installation folder C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\extensions one by one into a SeaMonkey browser window to update the themes, then restart.
The proposed solution in comment #14 is not only complicated for normal users, it's also dangerous for future updates as this installs them into the profile where they should never appear.
Ok, your call. I've only mentioned what I did to resolve the problem...  :-)
See bug 657957 comment #2 and following, that's not the right way to do it.
(In reply to comment #14)
> The following should be added as known issue unless it's considered
> important enough to actually block the release:
> 
> When updating a SeaMonkey 2.0 profile to 2.1, the modern and/or default
> themes may be reported as incompatible with SeaMonkey 2.1 [Bug 657957]. To
> resolve this issue, drag and drop the two XPI files located in the
> installation folder C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\extensions one by one into a
> SeaMonkey browser window to update the themes, then restart.

Yes, just for reference here, I am spinning a 2.1rc2 for this issue and its fix.
Known Issues changes:
- put the data loss issue first
- removed the Search Engine issue (bug 657215 landed for SM 2.1 RC 2)
- added Known Issue for Venkman update + upgrade

Checking in index.en.html;
/www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html,v  <--  index.en.html
new revision: 1.4; previous revision: 1.3
done
Known Issues addition:
- added relnote for Bug 658816 (Help broken for en-GB, es-AR, pt-PT, and tr)

Checking in index.en.html;
/www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html,v  <--  index.en.html
new revision: 1.5; previous revision: 1.4
done
added Bug 658444 |installing Firebug 1.7.1 removes contents of Navigation Toolbar| to Known Issues

Checking in index.en.html;
/www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html,v  <--  index.en.html
new revision: 1.6; previous revision: 1.5
done
Blocks: 658874
added SeaMonkey 2.1 FAQ links to 2.1 docs and relnotes

Checking in src/doc/2.1/index.en.html;
/www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/doc/2.1/index.en.html,v  <--  index.en.html
new revision: 1.5; previous revision: 1.4
done
Checking in src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html;
/www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html,v  <--  index.en.html
new revision: 1.7; previous revision: 1.6
done
added Known Issue for Bug 658060 |The Preferences Popup Windows Sound setting options do not work|

Checking in src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html;
/www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html,v  <--  index.en.html
new revision: 1.8; previous revision: 1.7
done
extended the Firebug Known Issue (1.8.0a3 fixes all issues)

Checking in index.en.html;
/www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html,v  <--  index.en.html
new revision: 1.9; previous revision: 1.8
done
added Known Issue for Bug 521861 |After creating news account through clicking news URL Account Wizard is broken (skips account type selection, bound to invalid news account)|

Checking in src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html;
/www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html,v  <--  index.en.html
new revision: 1.10; previous revision: 1.9
done
added Known Issues for Lightning (cf. https://wiki.mozilla.org/SeaMonkey/StatusMeetings/2011-05-31#Lightning_1.0b4)

Checking in src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html;
/www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html,v  <--  index.en.html
new revision: 1.11; previous revision: 1.10
done
Removed Venkman Known Issue now that compatible version 0.9.88.2 is available from AMO

Checking in index.en.html;
/www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html,v  <--  index.en.html
new revision: 1.12; previous revision: 1.11
done
Stop referring to "beta" (kudos to Rich Gray)

Checking in index.en.html;
/www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html,v  <--  index.en.html
new revision: 1.13; previous revision: 1.12
done
Added bug 660882 to Known Issues

Checking in src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html;
/www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html,v  <--  index.en.html
new revision: 1.16; previous revision: 1.15
done
added bug 660845 to Known Issues

Checking in src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html;
/www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html,v  <--  index.en.html
new revision: 1.17; previous revision: 1.16
done
Added bug 664569, bug 664101 and bug 545650 to Known Issues

Checking in index.en.html;
/www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html,v  <--  index.en.html
new revision: 1.18; previous revision: 1.17
done
Added bug 665313 to Known Issues

Checking in seamonkey2.1/index.en.html;
/www/seamonkeyproject-org/src/releases/seamonkey2.1/index.en.html,v  <--  index.en.html
new revision: 1.19; previous revision: 1.18
done
Product: Websites → SeaMonkey
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