Re: 4.9 release notes

On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Valorie Zimmerman
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Jos Poortvliet <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Friday 20 July 2012 21:52:36 Jos Poortvliet wrote:
>>> On Thursday 19 July 2012 13:03:21 Sebastian Kügler wrote:
>>> > Hi all,
>>> >
>>> > Just a quick reminder: 4.9.0 is at the door, and we need release notes
>>> > for that. I won't be able to work on that as I'll be travelling until
>>> > one day before the release, but I also haven't seen any work on that
>>> > (might have missed it).
>>> >
>>> > Is anybody planning to work on the release notes?
>>> >
>>> > Cheers,
>>>
>>> I see Carl already created a pad:
>>> https://promo.notes.kde.org/76
>>>
>>> It is currently a copy of the 4.8 announcement with minor changes. I'm
>>> adding some things now from
>>> http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/4.9_Feature_Plan
>>>
>>> but more will be needed. I'll try and go through some commit digests but
>>> that's a LOT of work... If anyone wants to help with that, pick a few,
>>> starting around the release of 4.8, look for the big features (in the
>>> summary!) and mention here which ones you've already covered. Make sure
>>> that, if you add things, to check if it's actually in 4.9! Looking for the
>>> specific commit can help in that regard, or testing of course.
>>
>> I've gone through the commit digests too. I think all we'll get is in the
>> article now, it just needs screenshots, editing and - well, that'll be it.
>>
>> XX
>> Jos
>>
>>> Hugs,
>>> Jos
>
> I've gone through and edited some for clarity, spelling, grammar, etc.
> There is an unfinished sentence which Jos might look at. I marked it
> with a question mark so it stands out.
>
> It seems we need David Faure to look at the Frameworks part near the
> end. (dfaure: https://promo.notes.kde.org/76). He's CD'd on this.
>
> Valorie
>

Content and clarity are what's needed. Editing will come when the
whole announcement is complete (somewhat of a waste of time before
then). For people who want to review, it would be helpful to look at
the announcement from the perspective of users and casual readers to
make sure that it's clear and complete.

Carl

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