Re: Defining a Release Target before development cycle starts
Carl Symons <[email protected]>
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On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Aaron J. Seigo <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday, September 15, 2010, Bart Otten wrote: >> While reading the proposal "Branding Terms for Releases" [0] it came >> to my mind that it could be easier to think of an Release >> Announcement-title when there is a Release Target for each of the >> components. Maybe we should define and communicate (more, if already >> done) our target before the development cycle starts. > > this would need to happen in consultation with the developers and the various > development teams. i don't think it would be possible to drive this from an > external group (even with the aura of authority) due to the social structure > of KDE. and this is not a bad thing. > > a few of us have been, admittedly rather slowly, setting up such a thing: > > http://community.kde.org/Project_Elegance > > we are nearing the point of being ready to go public with it. feedback is > welcome. > > -- > Aaron J. Seigo It appears that Project Elegance can provide possible release high points. And while there may be other aspects of a release that are more newsworthy at the time, featuring Project Elegance outcomes will support its long term audacity and maintain its momentum. From Stuart's article on Akademy Day 2 regarding Aaron's keynote 'Reaching for Greatness': "Most of all, Aaron sought elegance in KDE. Focusing on elegance can help us 'reach for greatness' and add the polish to our software that will make it the best out there. Achieving elegance will be an iterative process. It can happen at a community wide level or be applied to even the minor details of an individual product. He suggested having a focus on a few key issues for each Software Compilation release cycle so that over time everything will become elegant." The Project Elegance spirit goes beyond "improving specific aspects of the software". Why not kde-promo too? Carl _______________________________________________ This message is from the kde-promo mailing list. Visit https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-promo to unsubscribe, set digest on or temporarily stop your subscription.