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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] suggestions for next release process:
From:       Tom Chance <tom () acrewoods ! net>
Date:       2006-06-01 17:57:45
Message-ID: 200606011857.45513.tom () acrewoods ! net
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Ahoy,

On Thursday 01 June 2006 18:36, Danil Dotsenko wrote:
> 2 month warning is pretty much useless as a warning. No fixed bugs yet, no
> idea what the freshly baked release is all about. We need to figure out how
> to have a 7-5 day warning of already assured release.

To be fair there was ample warning and enough people on this list knew about 
the date or at least where to find it, Carsten Niehaus prepared a changelog 
well in advance and we even discussed the key messages with a week or so to 
go. Yet Sebas was left pleading for somebody to finish stuff with little or 
no response until it was too late.

What we need is somebody to be responsible for making sure the release notes 
and press release go out on time. That person should also have the authority 
to say "yes, these materials are ready to roll". He or she should be in 
contact with the release dude and ensure that both parties (release & promo) 
know what the other is doing. That person should also be good enough to tell 
a crappy press release from a good one, and be fully aware of all the work 
that needs to be done to distribute it once ready.

I did this for 3.5.0 but I admit that I was as useless as everyone else on 
this list at making sure this happened again for 3.5.3, partially because 
it's not so big and partially because I'm going through some stuff right now 
that's making me a bit flaky at low-priority work :/

I'm willing to do it for 3.5.4, however.

Regards,
Tom

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