Re: Do we release SC or not?

On Saturday, September 04, 2010 01:38:33 pm Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Friday, September 3, 2010, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> > On Friday, September 03, 2010 06:19:52 pm Bart Otten wrote:
> > > 2010/9/3 Scott Kitterman <[email protected]>:
> > > > On Friday, September 03, 2010 01:44:11 pm Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > > >> On Thursday, September 2, 2010, Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> > > >> > "KDE 4.5.1 Improves User Experience"
> > > >> > 
> > > >> > The "4.5.1 is out" is just one part of our message, the more
> > > >> > important part is the "improves UX" bit. In the above examples,
> > > >> > there's just no room for
> > > >> 
> > > >> is the release number important in the title?
> > > > 
> > > > Yes.
> > > > 
> > > > Scott K
> > > 
> > > I gonna ask some people.....maybe it is, maybe it isn't. We are a
> > > bunch of nerds that live with svn4958345.45.1 names because we want to
> > > know if we are on the edge. Maybe regular people don't care....
> > 
> > The release artifact needs a label.  It could be Bob, Fred, and Earl if
> > we preferred.  I think numbers work better, than names as a rule, but it
> > needs an identifying label.  Without a label we can't name what we're
> > talking about.
> 
> i asked if it was needed in the title of the press release, not if it was
> needed at all. :)
> 
> i agree that we need a label for all sorts of reasons ranging from
> packaging to bug report management to being able to compare who's got the
> most bleeding edge system for bragging rights ;) .. but we are assuming
> that we must have version numbers in our release announcement headlines in
> these conversations, and i'm not sure that we do.
> 
> the headline can focus on the highlight benefit(s) of the release, the
> numbers and other details can appear in the body of the announcement. i've
> noticed that linux kernel releases are happening in batches these days and
> so stories about them often don't contain the 3 or 4 release numbers in
> the headline, just in the body.

I consider what is being released a key part of the message of a release 
announcement, so I think the identifier belongs in the title.  If one 
announcement covers multiple releases, then that's a different situation.

Scott K
 
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