Re: 4.9 release notes
Baltasar Ortega <[email protected]>
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Hi: Tomorrow I will make the Party in Vila-real. I need news about the Release but I can't see the etherpad... Anybody can help me? Thanks in advance ----- Salutacions 2012/7/23 Anne Wilson <[email protected]> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 23/07/12 18:32, Carl Symons wrote: > > 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. > > > While I understand the reason for it, from a user perspective the > rebranding exercise was unwieldy and unpleasant. I fell over > backwards trying to make every UserBase page comply, but often there > was not a single way of phrasing a sentence that made the rebranding > sound natural. > > I still use the preferred terms when I reasonably can, but frankly, > most users use "KDE" as meaning the whole experience of using KDE > software. To fall back on an old saying "Don't get your knickers in a > twist" when things are not exactly as you'd like :-) > > Anne > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAlANnGYACgkQj93fyh4cnBdQBwCdEkk7K9Lk0Orf4WeJPCVP6QPb > 0rsAn1OHeq4Lg7sndFLF0rWboGIQ3AbZ > =YCU8 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.