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| 18 | <h1>The "Big Bang"</h1> |
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| 22 | <li><b>March 2005</b>: |
| 23 | <ul> |
| 24 | <li>IRC and news discussions had led to staff discussing the suite's |
| 25 | future, and get stirred up even more due to |
| 26 | <a href="http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=4229F899.5060002%40mozilla.org">recent |
| 27 | staff meeting minutes</a> that make clear that Mozilla Foundation wants to cease |
| 28 | suite development, some developers don't like that</li> |
| 29 | <li>March 10, 10am PST: |
| 30 | <ul> |
| 31 | <li>After discussion with some strong supporters on IRC, Boris Zbarsky ("bz") |
| 32 | posts an <a href="http://web.mit.edu/bzbarsky/Public/SeaMonkey.txt">open |
| 33 | letter to mozilla.org staff</a></li> |
| 34 | <li>"We are assuming that the Mozilla Foundation does not in fact plan to |
| 35 | have a Mozilla Suite release based on Gecko 1.8"</li> |
| 36 | <li>"In brief, we <span class="hilite">propose a development model similar |
| 37 | to that which Camino has</span> right now."</li> |
| 38 | <li>"Any release based on this development effort [...] is not branded as |
| 39 | the "Mozilla Suite"."</li> |
| 40 | </ul> |
| 41 | <li>March 10 - almost 1pm PST (!): |
| 42 | <ul> |
| 43 | <li><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/seamonkey-transition.html">Transition |
| 44 | plan</a> published by mozilla.org</li> |
| 45 | <li>Mozilla 1.7.x "will be the last set of Seamonkey products released and |
| 46 | maintained by the Mozilla Foundation"</li> |
| 47 | <li>"The Mozilla Foundation will provide infrastructure support [...] for |
| 48 | community members who wish to continue to develop Seamonkey."</li> |
| 49 | <li>Pointing to bz's letter: "<span class="hilite">We support this plan</span> |
| 50 | and will work with interested parties to figure out strategy."</li> |
| 51 | <li>"The dedication to the product, the initiative of the developers and |
| 52 | the proposal of the transition plan as a solution are all hallmarks of |
| 53 | the Mozilla community. We support this effort completely."</li> |
| 54 | <li>While press and public see the end of Mozilla suite as main point, |
| 55 | the core SeaMonkey developer community sees support for new project |
| 56 | as the most important message</li> |
| 57 | </ul> |
| 58 | </li> |
| 59 | <li>Following weeks: |
| 60 | <ul> |
| 61 | <li>signers of bz's letter and other supporters work together, mainly on |
| 62 | IRC, to organize the new project and get it |
| 63 | started</li> |
| 64 | <li><span class="hilite">Neil, biesi, IanN, CTho and KaiRo</span> |
| 65 | agree to take part in the new project's steering comitee, later dubbed the |
| 66 | "<span class="hilite"><a href="http://wiki.mozilla.org/SeaMonkey:Project_Organization#SeaMonkey_Council">SeaMonkey |
| 67 | Council</a></span>".</li> |
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