Thunderbird/StatusMeetings/2018-11-13

Thunderbird notes 2018-11-13 NOON PT (Pacific). For meeting time, previous notes and call-in details see https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird/StatusMeetings

Attendees

Jorg K, marcoagpinto, Paenglab, mkmelin, Ryan, rjl, Sancus, aceman

Ryan's Links

http://ryanleesipes.me/a-new-future-for-thunderbird/

Current Release Critical Issues

• tracking matrix: (broken) http://hg.mozilla.org/users/kent_caspia.com/drivertools/raw-file/default/bugtracking/index.html
• Tree issues:
  • https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/thunderbird-tree-status (somewhat abandoned)
  • dashboard: https://mozilla.kewis.ch/treestatus/#/tb-treestatus
  • c-c looking good - Perma-red/orange: https://mzl.la/2gS72WO - Disabled tests: https://mzl.la/2vZEjFe - Temp fixes: https://mzl.la/2iwY3dH

Blocking

• Tracking TB 60 - https://mzl.la/2JNuc07

Version 60

• https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/tb60rollout
• tracking-tbesr60 (NA) + tb60 flags: unfixed ?/+ - https://mzl.la/2rdsnPA (including prior release tracking-tb52: https://mzl.la/2oih8TG )
• plus?

Releases

• Past
• TB 52.7 (2018-03-23)
• TB 52.8.0 ESR (2018-05-18)
• TB 60 beta 7 in TaskCluster (2018-06-08)
• TB 60 beta 8 (2018-06-21)
• TB 60 beta 9 (2018-06-26)
• TB 52.9.0 (2018-07-03, had to be withdrawn)
• TB 60 beta 10 (2018-07-10)
• TB 52.9.1 (2018-07-10)
• TB 60 ESR, shipped build 4 (2018-08-06)
• TB 60.0 beta 11 (2018-09-04)
• TB 62 beta (did not happen since Calendar's overlay loader doesn't work in TB 62 due to M-C's loader still being present)
• TB 60.2.1 ESR (2018-10-02)
• TB 63.0 beta 1 (2018-10-11)
• TB 64.0 beta 1 (2018-10-26)
• TB 60.3.0 ESR (2018-10-31)
• TB 64.0 beta 2 (2018-11-02)

• Upcoming - https://wiki.mozilla.org/RapidRelease/Calendar#Future_branch_dates
  • Branching: next branch to TB 66: 2018-12-10

Lightning

Past releases:

• 6.2 (TB 60 ESR)

Upcoming releases:

• TB 60.3.1 ESR (next coming days)

Round Table

Jorg K

• Bustage fixes and management, regression fixes, crash fixes, reviews and sheriffing
• Prepared TB 60.3.1 and TB 64.0 beta 2
• Landed:
  • bug 1506470 Port bug 1429488, part 5, take 2: s/currentThemeForDisplay/currentThemeWithPersistedData/.
  • bug 1505315 Use NS_CopyNativeToUnicode() in MAPI to respect Windows code page. r=emk
  • bug 1505435 Follow-up: Import Services.jsm. rs=bustage-fix DONTBUILD
  • Port bug 1504551 to TB/SM: Remove txEXSLTRegExFunctions.manifest/js from package manifests. rs=bustage-fix
  • Port bug 1504906 to comm-central: Build using Gtk+ 3.10 packages. r=rjl
  • bug 1504986 Port bug 1504574: replace XPCOM use of nsDocumentEncoder
  • bug 1504981 Port bug 1504566: replace XPCOM use of nsHTMLCopyEncoder
  • bug 1257058 Distinguish 'empty password' from no password received to avoid shutdown crash
  • bug 1500772 Revert POP3 USER/PASS and SMTP LOGIN auth back to ASCII/Latin1
  • bug 1503053 Port bug 1502774, part 2: Replace XPCOM use of auth module classes
  • bug 1503395 Bug 1482720 follow-up: Don't skip ParseUrl() completely, call at least ParseSearchPart()
  • bug 1503839 Port bug 1503207: replace include of nsWeakPtr.h with nsIWeakReferenceUtils.h, use nsWeakPtr
  • bug 1503735 Port bug 1490257: Add system principal to loadURI() calls

• In progress:
  • bug 1506488 Support MAPISendMailW

Geoff (not attending, 9 AM in NZ)

• Landed:
  • bug 1506535 Port bug 1503342: Change uses of richlistbox.children to richlistbox.itemChildren
  • bug 1483638 Update ical.js to the latest version
  • bug 1179783 RRULE with UNTIL parsed incorrectly when date has "-" and ":"
  • bug 1503727 Specify strict_max_version in Lightning manifest
  • bug 1504130 Set environment of .eslintrc.js files to node; also fix two warnings
  • bug 1503218 Add notification for address cards created through drag-n-drop

• In progress:
  • Mochitest CI suite landing soon: bug 1506523 bug 1506715 bug 1506706 and more to follow
  • WebExtensions documentation https://thunderbird-webextensions.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ bug 1503501
  • WebExtensions future planning https://gist.github.com/darktrojan/d5102d4505298edc4535528ea211f6c6 (slightly outdated now)
  • bug 1481052 Implement FileLink WebExtensions API
  • bug 1488176 Emails and Folders WebExtensions API
  • bug 1499617 Folder tab (3-pane) WebExtensions API

• Blocked awaiting review:
  • bug 1493034 iMIP bar listens for event that might have already happened
  • bug 1494160 Timezone list should contain recent and future rules
  • bug 1489930 No way to specify a chrome URL as legacy extension options page

mkmelin

• mostly de-xbl work

rjl

• Landed:
  • bug 1475510 MSI Installer workaround hack
  • bug 1501526 mozconfig-variant followup for beta

• In progress:
  • Uplifts for 60.4
  • bug 1490598 Langpack addons for ATN (sancus)
  • bug 1499590 periodic files update
  • bug 1504004 updates to .taskcluster.yml (emails)
  • bug 1460487 about:buildconfig
  • bug 1464689 built_in_addons.json (ugh)
  • bug 274624 MSI Installer
  • bug 1448001 mar updates fail
  • bug 1505277 integrate oss-fuzz(?)

Help Wanted

• Add-on review on ATN