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Tracking document for the release of Firefox 3 Beta 4. See also:
* [[Firefox_3.0b4:BuildNotes|Build Activities]]
* [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Beta4|QA Activities]]
* [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Beta4/Release_Notes|Beta 4 Release Note list]]
* [http://l10n.mozilla.org/dashboard/ l10n Status Dashboard]

== Who ==
* Overall lead: beltzner
* Dev lead: damons
* Build lead: joduinn
* QA lead: tchung
* Web lead: beltzner

== Release Tracking & Schedule ==
{| class="fullwidth-table"
| style="background:#efefef" | '''step'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''date'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''status'''
|-
| en-US string freeze
| February 21 
| <font color="green">complete</font>
|- 
| tree closed for baking
| February 26
| <font color="green">complete</font>
|-
| l10n code frozen
| February 26
| <font color="green">complete</font> 
(see [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=307064 shipped-locales] for list)
|-
| code hand-off to build
| March 3rd
| <font color="green">complete</font>
/cvsroot at: 2008-03-03 11:15 PST
/l10n at: 2008-03-03 05:00 PST
|-
| RCs built (en-US, locales, & updates)
| <del>March 4th</del><br/>March 8th (Windows respin)
| <font color="green">complete</font>
[ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/3.0b4-candidates/rc1/ rc1 builds]|[ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/3.0b4-candidates/rc2/ rc2 builds (windows only)]
|-
| QA tests of RCs
| <del>Marc 6th</del><br/>March 9th (respin)
| <font color="green">complete</font>
[http://wiki.mozilla.org/QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Beta4#Test_Results Test Results]  [http://wiki.mozilla.org/QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Beta4/RespinTest Respin Test Results]
|-
| website changes on www-trunk.stage.m.c
| March 6th
| <font color="green">complete</font>
[ [https://www-trunk.stage.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0b4/releasenotes/ Release Notes] 
[https://www-trunk.stage.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0b4/firstrun/index.html First Run Page] ] (at revision: 11055)] ]
|-
| QA tests update snippets (betatest)
| <del>March 6th</del><br/>March 9th (respin)
| <font color="green">complete</font>
[http://wiki.mozilla.org/QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Beta4/Updates#Software_Updates_.28betatest.29 Test Results]  [http://wiki.mozilla.org/QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Beta4/RespinTest Respin Test Results]
|-
| QA & release driver handoff for release
| March 9th
| <font color="green">complete</font>  [http://wiki.mozilla.org/QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Beta4/Updates#Software_Updates_.28releasetest.29 Test Results]
|- 
| Build pushes to mirrors
| March 10th (started 7am PST, finished 9:15am PST)
| <font color="green">complete</font> 
|-
| QA tests update snippets (releasetest)
| March 10th
| <font color="green">complete</font>
|-
| QA tests website changes
| March 10th
| <font color="green">complete</font>
|-
| website changes pushed live
| March 10th
| <font color="green">complete</font>
[http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/3.0b4/firstrun/ firstrun]
[http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/3.0b4/whatsnew/ whatsnew]
[http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/3.0b4/releasenotes/ releasenotes]
|-
| download page on stage
| March 10th
| <font color="green">complete</font>
[https://www.stage.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html beta download page]
|-
| QA tests website changes, download links & installers
| March 10th
| <font color="green">complete</font>
|-
| Build enables updates
| March 10th, 3:54pm PST
| <font color="green">complete</font>
|-
| download page pushed live
| March 10th, 3:56pm PST
| <font color="green">complete</font>
|-
| QA tests live snippets & download links
| March 10th, 5:15pm PST
| <font color="green">complete</font>
|- 
| release announced
| March 10th, 5:20pm PST
| <font color="green">complete</font>
|- 
|}