An Overview of the Software Engineering Process and Tools in the Mozilla Project
http://www.async.com.br/~kiko/mozse/nc2002/
Christian Reis
kiko@async.com.br
Renata Pontin
renata@icmc.sc.usp.br
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Mozilla background

  • Netscape releases Netscape Navigator 5 source code; allocates developers to new project Mozilla (March 1998)
  • mozilla.org is created to act as leadership for Mozilla
  • Work starts on original "Classic" codebase
  • Classic abandoned, rewrite based on Next Generation Layout aka "Xena", Netscape Navigator 6/7 design (October 1998); AOM
  • Milestone generations: M1-M18 (1998-2000), 0.8.x - 0.9.x - 1.0 (2000-current)
  • Research question: how is work actually done?