Task List

Steps needed to perform a funnelcake release.

In advance:

create repack (Kev)
installers to be made available at https://people.mozilla.org/files/partners/mozilla06/3.0.6/ (or something similar). worksheet will be here: https://intranet.mozilla.org/Firefox:Distribution:Funnelcake.
QA testing + signing of release (Tomcat)
Repacking (Kev)
builds to be made ready for signing at people.mozilla.com:/tmp/mozilla06-306-unsigned.tar
Build signs (Nick Thomas); now at people.mozilla.com:/tmp/mozilla6-306-signed.tar
signed builds available at https://people.mozilla.com/files/partners/mozilla06/3.0.6/ (ask kev for uname/password if needed)
Create all unique pages (e.g., download.html, firstrun, whatsnew) (automated process for IT)
pages available on trunk
Page testing and approval by QA (Stephen Donner)
1. For the following pages, download the en-US builds for Win, Mac, Linux, install, and ensure their first-run pages are instrumented (f=6 or something similar):
  1. https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/
  2. https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/firefox/
  3. https://www.stage.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
    1. en-US links for Win, Mac, Linux should be Funnelcake-instrumented
      1. All other download links should be normal
Set-up download servers and enable mirrors (Oremj)
builds should be available at something like http://dm-download03.mozilla.org/
Double check the builds (Tomcat)

At midnight:

Day of launch:

At following midnight:

Back out to normal pages (automated process for IT)
Change the 3 bouncer entries between 0:00 and 0:01. All Firefox-3.0.6-06 entries should point to the same locations as Firefox-3.0.6 entries. (John O'Duinn or Nick Thomas)
Verify that three entry points all back to serving regular builds on all three platforms (Stephen Donner)

Done!

Releases/Funnelcake06