Re: Plasma Next Alpha release notes

On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 8:18 PM, Jos Poortvliet <[email protected]>wrote:

>
> > More on this^: we used the "Glade by Brise" as an example, look at the
> > image: http://b.vimeocdn.com/ts/440/417/440417391_640.jpg
> >
> > this is how it was intended to be used, sort of "below" the name Plasma,
> > the "by KDE" part should have less weight than the "Plasma" part and be
> > there just to keep the connection, but shouldn't be used as the new
> > standalone name.
>
> After reading, I decided I agreed with you, and wrote both a short sentence
> in the introduction:
> Plasma Next is planned to be released as 2014.06 on the 17th of June.
> And a longer, separate one later on:
> A note on versioning and naming: The code name "Plasma Next" always points
> to
> the upcoming release of Plasma. The current Alpha will be 2014.06, released
> in June of this year. If the team opts for a 6 month release cycle (still
> to
> be determined) Plasma Next will mean 2014.12 once 2014.06 is out.
>
> Check the article and tell me what you think:
>
> http://dot.kde.org/2014/04/02/kde-releases-alpha-version-next-gen-plasma-workspace
>
> Feedback welcome.
>

Good stuff. One thing I'm missing is the clear(er) separation of what used
to be "KDE" in the 4 series and is now "Plasma". I would add a sentence
like "From now on we also took the name "KDE" out of the name, you'll be
now using Plasma on your computers, which is developed  [link to the
rebranding page/article]by KDE, the community[/link].

How's that?

Cheers
-- 
Martin Klapetek | KDE Developer


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