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7/30/2008 ·

Simplifying and speeding up the serving of Firefox updates

A discussion on simplifying and improving the process of configuring and serving updates for Mozilla-based applications

7/11/2008 ·

Releases on tap: Addressing Mozilla's Automation Challenges

Streamlining Software Releases with Automation. Discussions on Mozilla and Firefox's unique challenges when it comes to release engineering.

7/9/2008 ·

Exploring the new openSUSE hosted build service (2008)

Exploring openSUSE Build Service: A Cross-Distro Packaging Solution. Ideas about cloud computing build and release services.

3/4/2008 ·

moving 1.8 nightlies to release machines March 5 2008

Announcement about migrating nightly production to release machines for the 1.8 branch for Firefox releases, with a list of impacted machines

2/15/2008 ·

moving nightly Mozilla1.8 Firefox to release automation

Streamlining Mozilla 1.8 Nightly Builds with Release Automation, with links to bugzilla and more information. Tinderbox still in use, with help from BuildBot.

12/29/2007 ·

Improving Firefox Builds with CI and Performance Testing

Improving Firefox Build and Performance Testing. Discussions on continuous integration and building only as needed.

12/19/2007 ·

Automating Mozilla 1.8 Releases with Buildbot Nightlies

Setting up release automation for the Mozilla 1.8 branch using Buildbot to generate nightly and dependent builds

12/6/2007 ·

Migrating Mozilla Automation from Tinderbox to Buildbot

Migrating from Tinderbox to Buildbot for Mozilla automation, improving cycle times, centralized management, and closer alignment between nightly and release.

11/25/2007 ·

Updates on the process of migrating Tinderbox to Buildbot

Transitioning Firefox Nightly Builds to a new release automation CI/CD system based on Buildbot instead of Mozilla's venerably Tinderbox

9/2/2007 ·

Hands-Off Firefox Releases with Buildbot: Speed & Efficiency

Progress towards hands-off releases for Firefox with Buildbot-enabled release automation, aimed at improving the speed and efficiency.

11/1/2006 ·

The Automaton: Automating Firefox and Thunderbird releases

Automating the release process for Firefox and Thunderbird with a custom workflow, using tools like Buildbot, SVK, and Subversion.

9/29/2006 ·

Automation, Buildbot, trying svk for version control

Implementing release automation for Mozilla using Buildbot, exploring distributed development workflows and version control optimization with SVK and CVS.