Archive for April, 2008

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... »

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... »

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... »

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. »

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... »