Archive for April, 2008
AMO 3.4.1 update scheduled for Thursday
The AMO team is finalizing the latest update, 3.4.1. This is a bug-fix release addressing things like double escaping, improper L10n redirects, and category cleanup. A list of all the bugs targeted for this release is available. We'll be committing the last of the patches very shortly and the changes will be available on preview.addons.mozilla.org. Feel free to look at the changes and send us any feedback you have. We expect to push the changes live this Thursday evening (May 1st). Our next release, 3.4.2, is currently scheduled for May 15th. 3.4.2 will also ... Read More »
Socorro Processor Updates
Last Friday we pushed some important updates to Socorro: Bug 426940 - Reduce or eliminate delay in collector to monitor hand-off Bug 426940 - Fix processor handling of error conditions Bug 428300 - status page too slow This means: When you submit a crash report you won't have to wait longer than 30-60 seconds to view your report The processor now has better handling of minidump_stackwalk fatal errors There is an improved server status page where you can view stats on the current queue Thanks to Lars and Aravind for getting this out the door. The next couple of weeks will be spent ... Read More »
Crash Analysis: now in Open Source flavor
History can tell you that companies don't disclose crashes in their software. They keep a pretty close eye on what crashes and bugs are disclosed. Mozilla doesn't. Rather than being the exception, openness is the rule, and that is one of the coolest things about being a part of this. My job, my everday tasks, they aren't secret, and they are not to drive profits. They are to drive the web. In that spirit, our crash reporting system (Socorro) is available to whoever wants to view it. Aside ... Read More »
AMO 3.2.1
addons.mozilla.org was updated last week. AMO 3.2.1 was a maintenance release (26 bugs fixed) for any major issues with 3.2. Our next release will be AMO 3.4.1, the first of three dot releases for AMO 3.4, which is our next milestone to be completed before Firefox 3. Read More »
Socorro Updates
We've pushed some important updates in the last couple of days: refactor of processor code, which is 1/3 of the breakpad server architecture update of reporter to allow for instant queuing of requested reports This means: If you submit a crash, going to that crash page will: Show you a "haven't queued it yet" page instead of a 404 page that will update in < 10 min Once queued, you'll see a "report pending" page that will redirect to the finished report in < 21 seconds Wait time for reports from testers is reduced to 10 min max, sometimes 21 seconds best-case We are working on eliminating the 10 min portion ... Read More »
