482962 - Thunderbird 3 Beta 2 Release Notes for the autoupdate

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Mozilla Messaging Graveyard :: Server Operations, defect)

Description

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #477097 +++

Any bugs that should be referenced on the release notes have the *relnote* keyword.

Real note should contain a note about the the pop+archive bug 480556

Comment 1

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

In some case pop3 account users will crash on startup. The issue as been fixed in nightly builds and will be picked up in the next beta release.

Comment 2

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

Bryan can you make this happen - we would also like a blog post about the fact that older users can update. We thought that you could also blog as you are Release driver for beta2

Comment 3

[Philippe M. Chiasson (:gozer)]

Updates are not visible to regular users yet, we'll need to coordinate and pull the trigger for them to start showing up.

I suggest once we are getting close to ready with the updated release notes that we pick a time to enable the updates and blog about it ahead of time, i.e.

"At nn:00 PDT this evening, updates will start to be picked up by our Alpha/Beta users, and in the following 24-48 hours, you should be offered the update. Alternatively, you can pick it quicker by selecting "Check for updates..." after
nn:00 PDT"

Comment 4

[Bryan Clark (DevTools PM) [:clarkbw]]

yep, i'll start writing a post and we can coordinate when to publish and start the updates

Comment 5

[Bryan Clark (DevTools PM) [:clarkbw]]

What time do you want to set this update for?  I defaulted to 7:00pm (19:00 PDT)

I have a post ready, assuming it's for today, the link should come out to being this:
http://clarkbw.net/blog/2009/03/16/thunderbird-3-beta-2/

Comment 6

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

(In reply to comment #5)
> What time do you want to set this update for?  I defaulted to 7:00pm (19:00
> PDT)
> 
> I have a post ready, assuming it's for today, the link should come out to being
> this:
> http://clarkbw.net/blog/2009/03/16/thunderbird-3-beta-2/

Are the release notes updated ?

Comment 7

[Philippe M. Chiasson (:gozer)]

AFAIK, the releases notes are not updated yet, so this is pretty much blocking on releasing the updates.

Comment 8

[Rafael Ebron (:rebron)]

Attachment: patch for relnote

needs review

Comment 9

[Philippe M. Chiasson (:gozer)]

Attachment: patch for relnotes (tidied)

Since it looks like the intent was just to add this POP3 note:

<li>In some cases, users with a POP3 account may experience a crash on startup. The issue has been fixed in Shredder nighly builds and will be fixed in the next beta release. (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=480556">Bug 480556</a>)</li>

I've taken the liberty of regenerating the patch with just that change, easier to review, and doesn't include some other apparently unrelated changes.

Comment 10

[Bryan Clark (DevTools PM) [:clarkbw]]

Comment on attachment 368176 [details] [diff] [review]
patch for relnotes (tidied)

looks good

Comment 11

[Philippe M. Chiasson (:gozer)]

Committed revision 23563.

It's up on trunk and staging. Please review/approve OK for production.

Comment 12

[Philippe M. Chiasson (:gozer)]

Trunk: <http://trunk.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/3.0b2/releasenotes/#issues>
Stage: <http://stage.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/3.0b2/releasenotes/#issues>

Comment 13

[Rafael Ebron (:rebron)]

Go ahead and push live.  Looks good.

Comment 14

[Bryan Clark (DevTools PM) [:clarkbw]]

Ok, what's our schedule plan for turning on the updates?  Tomorrow?  What time?  12pm PDT?

Comment 15

[Philippe M. Chiasson (:gozer)]

Pushed live. 12pm PDT works for me. Let's make it so.