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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] suggestions for next release process:
From:       Tom Chance <tom () acrewoods ! net>
Date:       2006-06-02 21:18:20
Message-ID: 200606022218.20823.tom () acrewoods ! net
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Ahoy,

On Friday 02 June 2006 19:09, Danil Dotsenko wrote:
> But that was the whole point of "safety net" idea. With advanced warning
> combined with thought-through "public safety net framework" - there
> shouldn't be a need for highly-involved coordinator. One would just \
> timely initiate the process and mark the milestones.
> 
> Question: Historically, what is the chance of a release actually \
> happening on the before-hand-planned release date? Can we rely on them, \
> or would watching the "commit tag" be a better approach?

I think the only way we'll be able to work it is with a coordinator. \
Thinking  back the process has worked best when one person has been \
ultimately  responsible. With no person or persons responsible, everybody \
tends to think  somebody else will magically sort things out. All it really \
requires is that  one person is responsible for saying "hey guys and gals, \
the release is due  in a week", and if for some reason the promo community \
is asleep at the wheel  that person should be able to get a reasonable \
press release out him or  herself.

The coordinator(s) should be in the Marketing Working Group so they are \
fully  aware of KDE's overall marketing strategy when it comes to key \
messages and  so on in press material. The MWG can keep in touch with the \
Technical Working  Group, who have the ultimate responsibility for release \
dates. If the release  date slips the TWG should tell the MWG, who can \
update the promotion  community.

That seems fairly simple and transparent to me, without losing the \
grassroots  character of this promotion community.

Thankfully we can use the remaining 3.5.x releases to keep refining the 
process, so that by the time we get some KDE4 releases approaching we don't \
 have these problems! That or we convince some company to sponsor a KDE \
press  person ;-)

Regards,
Tom

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