Mozilla to release an RC2 before the final Firefox 3

We have seen numerous reports, those even coming directly from Mozilla about how we can expect the final release of Firefox 3 to land this June and up until now it looked like it was right on track. While we have not heard any news of a major delay with that expected date, the latest news may push it up just a little bit. Recently we had seen the reports that ten critical flaws had been found in Firefox 3 RC1.

Since then Mozilla had been working to decide whether to ship the final “consumer-ready” release and then fix the flaws with version 3.0.1 or just move onto a Release Candidate 2. Well it seems the decision has been made, because they have officially announced that we will indeed be getting an RC2 before the final.

RC2 will include a fix for about 40 bugs, which will include those previously mentioned ten critical flaws. This release, according to the Mozilla team, will delay the final release by just a few days, and they are still looking towards a mid-June launch.

“As discussed at today’s Firefox 3.0 meeting, we’ve decided that there is sufficient need to produce a new Release Candidate before shipping,” said Mike Beltzner, Mozilla’s lead developer, in an email. “Due to the time required to complete some other external dependencies, we don’t expect that this will significantly impact our shipping date, and still estimate a mid-June release date.”

RC2 is expected to be “code-complete” as of May 28, with a release to early adopters to come around June 5.

Read [Macworld]