143961 - App name should make for-testing status clear

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: Build Config, enhancement, P4)

Description

[Garth Wallace]

The application name in the window titlebar should say "Mozilla Testing Build",
"Mozilla Test Platform", or something similar (preferably the same terminology
as on the mozilla.org webpages: see Bug #143960).

Consistently referring to builds in this way would make it clear that they are
meant for testing. It has become clear that the disclaimers in the Download
Mozilla box, the releases page, and the README are not enough. People tend to
skim them...the people whose expectations of end-user support we are trying to
discourage are the same people who ignore READMEs entirely. However, it would be
hard to ignore the name. It would also make it easier to discriminate between
Mozilla (the code) and Mozilla Testing Builds (the builds)--calling both Mozilla
causes quite a bit of confusion, leading to nasty flamewars about whether
Mozilla is or is not end-user software.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

To mozilla.org product to make a policy decision.

Comment 2

[Mitchell Baker]

sending to leaf for his thoughts.

mitchell

Comment 3

[Jon Granrose]

build config.

I doubt this will happen since it creates additional work with little benefit.

Comment 4

[Garth Wallace]

The benefit is a reduction in the number and severity of headaches among
developers and testers trying to use the n.p.m.* newsgroups.

Comment 5

[Chase Phillips]

Mass reassign of open bugs for [e-mail] to [e-mail].