We are pausing upcoming Chrome and Chrome OS releases

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Post by kinlan » Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 6:29 PM UTC

We are pausing upcoming Chrome and Chrome OS releases
blog.chromium.org

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Post by czechdeveloper » Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 6:58 PM UTC

I wonder, if people just stopped working or moved on some covid related project?

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Post by airstrike » Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 6:59 PM UTC

2020: the year that did not exist

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Post by nkozyra » Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 6:59 PM UTC

czechdeveloper wrote: post #2

I wonder, if people just stopped working or moved on some covid related project?

I'm sure that's part of it but going remote also introduces a ton a workflow impediments as the team adjusts.

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Post by Fiveplus » Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 7:01 PM UTC

Are there any known security loopholes in the issues pipeline that are yet to be addressed?

I'm interested in knowing if halting updates for a browser mean much to real world users?

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Post by bla3 » Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 7:04 PM UTC

Fiveplus wrote: post #5

Are there any known security loopholes in the issues pipeline that are yet to be addressed? I'm interested in knowing if halting updates for a browser mean much to real world users?

It sounds like they're still pushing security updates.

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Post by __s » Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 7:04 PM UTC

Fiveplus wrote: post #5

Are there any known security loopholes in the issues pipeline that are yet to be addressed? I'm interested in knowing if halting updates for a browser mean much to real world users?

> We’ll continue to prioritize any updates related to security, which will be included in Chrome 80.

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Post by yingw787 » Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 7:04 PM UTC

I hope that Google and other companies will encourage remote teams and divisions after this event. Having the ability for some teams to primarily work from home might provide some hermetic guarantee of continued development and liveness during a time of crisis.

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Post by mpalmer » Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 7:05 PM UTC

czechdeveloper wrote: post #2

I wonder, if people just stopped working or moved on some covid related project?

I believe major releases are blocked because much of the QA staff isn't authorized to access key systems remotely.

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Post by dijit » Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 7:05 PM UTC

nkozyra wrote: post #4

czechdeveloper wrote: post #2

I wonder, if people just stopped working or moved on some covid related project?

I'm sure that's part of it but going remote also introduces a ton a workflow impediments as the team adjusts.

At google?

I find it harder to believe that google is not equipped for remote work than somewhere like Ubisoft (where I work) which is having serious pain as testing games over RDP is bandwidth heavy and horribly laggy.

And we’re not pushing any releases as far as I’m aware.