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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: Request: message freeze exception
From:       Claudia Rauch <rauch () kde ! org>
Date:       2011-11-22 9:56:05
Message-ID: CAA0Jy_x+85xktvdnD4HKvYwa=j0yV9B5SRJ9nCtvdX+M1gtPQA () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 22 November 2011 01:31, Pau Garcia i Quiles <pgquiles@elpauer.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Last weekend we had the KDE eV Sprint at Berlin.
>
> For various reasons, financial mainly, it was clear we need to raise
> visibility of the Join the Game campaign in order to get more users to
> sign up. One of the decisions we took was to add a bit of the Join the
> Game text to KDE applications.

Just to support Pau here, it is very important for KDE e.V. to raise
the awareness for the individual supporting membership campaign, Join
the Game, because we need more individual supporting members to stay
financially independent. It would be very helpful if the changes that
we propose could indeed be included in the next release.

> We need to get this in now because 4.8 is probably the last release
> before 5.0, and given our history with 4.0, I expect many users to
> avoid 5.0. This means either the Join the Game propaganda goes in for
> 4.8, or it will not arrive to our users before 18-24 months (12 months
> till 5.0 + 6 months for 5.1 + distribution delay + ...). We cannot
> wait 18 months.
>
> Given that we are already message frozen, I am hereby requesting a
> message freeze exception for the following:
> - A new menu subheader (text: "Support KDE: Join the Game")
> - A new dialog with three tabs. The text of these tabs is essentially
> the same as the three columns in http://jointhegame.kde.org/
>
> In total, is less than 100 words.
>
> Is anyone against it?
>
>
> --
> Pau Garcia i Quiles
> http://www.elpauer.org
> (Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer)
>



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