Re: 4.7 release notes progress: due tomorrow

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Marek Laane <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> 2011/7/26 Sebastian Kügler <[email protected]>
>>
>> Hey,
>>
>> I've made a start on HTML-izing the text from
>> https://promo.notes.kde.org/14
>>
>> The text is pretty good, though there are some things here and there that
>> I'll
>> fix as I'm done with the webmonkeying.
>>
>> There's two things that are still needed, and that I'd like help with:
>>
>> - screenshots:
>>        - we need 2 or 3 Plasma screenshots, one pretty general which we
>>         use as release fingerprint screenshot (screenshot should use
>>         compositing, default settings)
>>        - apps screenshots, there's already one digikam screenshot, dolphin
>> would
>>         also be nice
>> - title/headline
>>        - I've put TODO in now since I wanted to make some progress on the
>> boring
>>         bits. I can probably come up with a headline myself, but if anyone
>> else
>>         has something good, let me know
>>
>> Estimated time of release is tomorrow, I'd guess afternoon. If all goes
>> well
>> :)
>>
>> Thanks for the help so far!
>> --
>> sebas
>>
> And how many minutes will there be for translators to translate release
> announcement? :-) (IINM I'm not seen any warning about announcement in
> kde-i18n list yet...)
>
>

This is what is on dot.kde.org before anyone reviews and edits...
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Release 4.7 - New Features, Improved Stability and Performance

KDE is delighted to announce its latest releases—Version 4.7—providing
major updates to the KDE Plasma Workspaces, KDE Applications, and the
KDE Platform. Highlights below, or read the <a
href="http://kde.org/">full announcement</a>.

[Insert a gorgeous 4.7 representative screenshot]

<h3>Plasma Workspaces Are More Portable</h3>
With extensive work on KDE’s compositing window manager, KWin, and new
Qt technologies such as Qt Quick, the most advanced user interface is
available in more places and on more kinds of devices.

<h3>Akonadi Positions Kontact for the Future</h3>
KDE's groupware solution, Kontact, rejoins the main KDE release cycle
with all major components ported to Akonadi, a leading personal
information management storage service.

<h3>Improved Multimedia and Semantic Capabilities</h3>
There are major improvements to Phonon and social semantic desktop
components in the KDE Platform. Enriched APIs and better stability
offer significant benefits to developers.

<h3>New, integrated Instant Messaging</h3>
The KDE-Telepathy team is proud to announce the technical preview and
historic first release of the new Instant Messaging solution for
KDE...still in its early stages. All sorts of accounts are supported,
and the Presence Plasma widget drops right into the panel for managing
online status. As this project is not yet mature enough to be part of
the big KDE family, it has been packaged and released separately. Give
it a try!

<h3>Stability + Features</h3>
In addition to the many new features described in the detailed release
announcements, KDE contributors have closed over 12,000 bug reports
since the last major releases of KDE software in January 2011. As a
result, KDE software is more stable than ever before.

<h3>Help Spread the Word</h3>
While it's easy to think of the KDE team as mostly developers,
non-technical users are also critical to success. Please help spread
the word. Report bugs. Encourage others to join the <a
href="http://www.kde.org/code-of-conduct/">KDE Community</a>.

Follow what's happening with the new releases on the social web at buzz.kde.org.
 
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