NewsForge: Mozilla Chief: RC2 and What Happens After That

“NewsForge: How did the team decide there was a need for
an RC2 release?

“Baker: RC1 received very good reviews. It also
spurred the identification of a set of issues that we would like to
see fixed before Mozilla 1.0. In making the decision to release an
RC2 we looked at the bugs nominated by the community for inclusion
in RC2. For a subset of those bugs the usefulness of having them
fixed outweighed the additional time required before a Mozilla 1.0
release.

“NewsForge: Any chance of a RC3 release as
well?

“Baker: We expect RC2 to be released very
shortly, within the week. In the meantime, we have created a
tracking mechanism for remaining issues that could possibly be
important enough to warrant fixing before Mozilla 1.0. We will ask
the community to test RC2 thoroughly and nominate those bugs, if
any, that could rise to this importance. Then mozilla.org’s project
management team (known as “drivers”) will evaluate any bugs
nominated, using stringent evaluation criteria. So it is possible
that something will require an additional release candidate…”

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