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Release Checklist
Table of contents
- 1. RC*
- 2. Final
- 3. Post Final
RC*
| Task | Department | Who is responsible |
| Finalize first run bundles | Product | Daniel |
| Post and announcement to the blog | Product | Jan (if Daniel is still out of town) |
| Review code and packaging changes in the release and update all of our license notifications (content and placement) appropriately | Product | Jan (if Daniel is still out of town) |
| Finalize first run bundles | QA | Jan |
| Post DRAFT Release Notes to website | QA | Jan |
| Create for review/feedback and create README.txt which contain information for New Features, Documentation Support, Major Fixes and Known Issues for the release. URL format is documented here: http://poti.projectpath.com/W706479 | QA | Jan |
| Create Bugzilla Task to ensure there is a new image prepared for next project version for http://birdhouse.songbirdnest.com/firstrun | QA | Jan |
| Ensure final Addons first run bundle is working on staging | QA | Jan |
| Ensure Add-ons first run bundle is finalized on staging | Engineering | ? |
| Ensure that doxigen doc is up-to-date. http://developer.songbirdnest.com/add-on-api/docs/ | Engineering | ? |
| Add new branch identifier to crash reporter | Engineering | ? |
| Ensure that developer documentation is up-to-date for the release including that all API changes have been tagged | Devcom | Stevel |
| Contact active add-on developers to let them know that they need to ensure their Add-Ons are compatible with new release coming out | Devcom | Stevel |
| Email to add-on developers goes out: includes developers who have uploaded add-ons that express maxVersion equal to current or one previous release | Devcom | Stevel |
| Remove metadata warning dialog | Engineering | Matt |
Final
| Task | Department | Who is responsible |
| Update Roadmap on Wiki | Product | Daniel |
| Update getsongbird.com website | Product | Jim/Daniel |
| Post and announcement to the blog | Product | Daniel |
| Complete/ready for publish Final Release Notes | QA | Jan |
| Update release index page http://www.songbirdnest.com/release-notes/ | QA | Jan |
| Deliver final README page to Eng | QA | Jan |
| Ensure buckets for upcoming two releases are values in Target Milestone field of Bugzilla | QA | ? |
| Ensure there is a Songbird task to put default README back into nightly builds builds – \\fileshare\qa\docs\nightly README | QA | ? |
| Ensure there is a Website task to add the next dev nightly version of the app to the add-ons page filtering | QA | ? |
| Ensure there are tasks to update the default first run add-ons to support the next release in development | QA | ? |
| Create new first run bundle for new nightlies | QA | ? |
| Create new first run bundle for rc's and final release | QA | ? |
| Final build URL location and file size sent to BirdBuilders (Build Release) | QA | Preed |
| Add new branch identifier to crash reporter | Engineering | ? |
| Default other browsers to all | Engineering | ? |
| toolkit@mozilla.org <=> Songbird version mapping is updated (if needed) | Engineering | ? |
| First run extension maxVersions are updated | Engineering | ? |
| Update download sniffer js with new links and release titles for homepage | Nest | Jim |
| Update download content block on homepage | Nest | Jim |
| Update download content on all platforms | QA | Jan |
| Update marketing copy | Nest | Daniel/Jim |
| Update graphic assets to reflect new version number and to reflect marketing copy changes | Nest | Jim |
| Update release notes footer link on Developer Center front page | Devcom | Stevel |
Post Final
| Task | Department | Who is responsible |
| Make a blog post about the release | Product | Daniel |
| Ensure final AddOns first run bundle is pushed to production | Engineering | ? |
| Verify Download and Release Notes links are correct | QA | Jan |
| Create new values for new/next releases in Version field of Bugzilla | QA | Jan |
| Ensure the Welcome page for the next release is displayed in next release nightlies | QA | Jan |
| Add next release bundles to http://addons.songbirdnest.com/firstrun | QA | Jan |
| Send email announcement via Mail Chimp | Nest | Jim |
| Create new values for new/next releases in Version field of AddOns | Nest | Marc |
| Update the application for the next version | QA | Preed |
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