diff --git a/mozilla/tools/release/Bootstrap/Config.pm b/mozilla/tools/release/Bootstrap/Config.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca81658db51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mozilla/tools/release/Bootstrap/Config.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#
+# Config object for release automation
+#
+
+package Bootstrap::Config;
+
+use strict;
+
+# shared static config
+my %config;
+
+# single shared instance
+my $singleton = undef;
+
+sub new {
+    my $proto = shift;
+    my $class = ref($proto) || $proto;
+
+    return $singleton if defined $singleton;
+
+    my $this = {};
+    bless($this, $class);
+    $this->Parse();
+    $singleton = $this;
+    
+    return $this;
+}
+
+sub Parse {
+    my $this = shift;
+    
+    open (CONFIG, "< bootstrap.cfg") 
+      || die "Can't open config file bootstrap.cfg";
+
+    while (<CONFIG>) {
+        chomp; # no newline
+        s/#.*//; # no comments
+        s/^\s+//; # no leading white
+        s/\s+$//; # no trailing white
+        next unless length; # anything left?
+        my ($var, $value) = split(/\s*=\s*/, $_, 2);
+        $config{$var} = $value;
+    }
+    close CONFIG;
+}
+
+sub Get {
+    my $this = shift;
+
+    my %args = @_;
+    my $var = $args{'var'};
+
+    if ($config{$var}) {
+        return $config{$var};
+    } else {
+        die("No such config variable: $var\n");
+    }
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/mozilla/tools/release/Makefile b/mozilla/tools/release/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c70f908d5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mozilla/tools/release/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+test:
+	for f in release t/test.pl `find . -name "*.pm"`; do perl -c $$f; done
+	./t/test.pl
+
+stage:
+	# basic environment
+	mkdir -p /builds/tags
+	mkdir -p /builds/updates/
+	mkdir -p /builds/verify/
+	# ftp
+	mkdir -p /home/ftp/pub/firefox/nightly
+	# fake key
+	mkdir -p /home/ftp/pub/firefox/releases/1.5/
+	touch /home/ftp/pub/firefox/releases/1.5/KEY
+	# staging environment
+	mkdir -p /data/cltbld/firefox-1.5.0.7/batch1/stage
+
+cvsmirror: cvsmirror_main cvsmirror_mofo
+
+cvsmirror_main:
+	rsync -a --delete-after cvs-mirror.mozilla.org::mozilla/ /builds/cvsmirror/cvsroot/
+	rsync -a --delete-after cvs-mirror.mozilla.org::l10n/ /builds/cvsmirror/l10n/
+	chgrp -R cvs /builds/cvsmirror/cvsroot /builds/cvsmirror/l10n /builds/cvsmirror/mofo
+	chmod -R g+rw /builds/cvsmirror/cvsroot /builds/cvsmirror/l10n /builds/cvsmirror/mofo
+
+cvsmirror_mofo:
+	mkdir -p /builds/cvsmirror/tmp/mofo
+	mkdir -p /builds/cvsmirror/mofo
+	cvs -d /builds/cvsmirror/mofo init
+	cd /builds/cvsmirror/tmp/mofo && cvs -d cltbld@cvs.mozilla.org:/mofo export -r MOZILLA_1_8_0_BRANCH talkback
+	cd /builds/cvsmirror/tmp/mofo && cvs -d cltbld@cvs.mozilla.org:/mofo export -r HEAD release
+	rm -rf /builds/cvsmirror/tmp/mofo/release/tinderbox-configs/
+	cd /builds/cvsmirror/tmp/mofo && cvs -d cltbld@cvs.mozilla.org:/mofo export -r MOZILLA_1_8_0_BRANCH_release release/tinderbox-configs/
+	cd /builds/cvsmirror/tmp/mofo/release && cvs -d /builds/cvsmirror/mofo import -m "import CVS snapshot" release MOZILLA_1_8_0_BRANCH_release R0_1
+	cd /builds/cvsmirror/tmp//mofo/talkback && cvs -d /builds/cvsmirror/mofo import -m"import CVS snapshot" talkback MOZILLA_1_8_0_BRANCH R0_1
+	rm -rf /builds/cvsmirror/tmp/mofo
+
+clean_stage:
+	rm -rf /builds/tags/*
+	rm -rf /builds/release/logs/*
+	rm -rf /builds/updates/*
+	rm -rf /builds/verify/*
+	rm -rf /data/cltbld/firefox-1.5.0.7/
+	rm -rf /home/ftp/pub/firefox/*
+
+clean_cvsmirror:
+	rm -rf /builds/cvsmirror/*