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Subject:    [kde-promo] Re: 4.6 Releases Need You!
From:       Nuno Pinheiro <nuno () oxygen-icons ! org>
Date:       2011-01-17 11:46:07
Message-ID: 201101171146.08302.nuno () oxygen-icons ! org
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A Segunda, 17 de Janeiro de 2011 10:41:34 Sebastian Kügler vocę escreveu:
> Hey,
> 
> On Sunday, January 16, 2011 13:42:25 Stuart Jarvis wrote:
> > I just spent a bit of time on the 4.6 release announcements [1] based on
> > the  guidance we discussed over the past few months [2]. This includes
> > changing the titles a bit.
> > 
> > I've also moved some things like Oxygen revamps into the KDE Platform (as
> > they  are part of the underlying KDE stuff that is available to the
> > workspaces, apps and anything built on the Platform).
> > 
> > Looking at this and the time we have left (a little over a week) I think
> > we  have to be realistic and accept that we are not going to make a good
> > set of release announcements and a good in-depth feature guide for the
> > 4.6 releases. Obviously this is not ideal, but we've lost some key
> > people so many of us are doing this for the first time and many of us
> > have been very busy with other things, so I don't think we should to
> > beat ourselves up about it. We can review things at the upcoing promo
> > sprint to review and make sure we kick-ass for 4.7 and beyond :-)
> > 
> > Anyway, if you accept that, I think it makes more sense to concentrate on
> > the  announcements. With that in mind, I have transferred material from
> > the feature guide [3] to the announcements. They still need work - there
> > must be a lot more cool stuff to talk about on the application front for
> > example.
> > 
> > So questions:
> > - Sebas - can you deal with all the html formatting or should we do that
> > in  the shared doc?
> 
> I can deal with that, having the texts good quality, it becomes manageable.
> 
> > - Sebas (again...) - the discussions at Akademy concluded that we should
> > not  have an SC announcement and only the 3 announcements: workspaces,
> > apps and platform. Is this practical from the www infrastructure pov
> > right now - can we have three announcements linked directly from the www
> > front page? Or do we need a little SC announcement somewhere that just
> > points to the others? (as per 4.5)
> 
> It's something that's in our hands, one umbrella announcement makes it
> easier to do within our current process/setup, but we should be able to
> squeeze in three, too.
> 
> We'll need a short SC blurb anyway, since we cannot send out three warnings
> to the press channel, and then again three announcements. People would
> (rightfully) hate us for spamming.
> 
> > - Anyone running 4.6 pre-releases - We need screenshots. If you don't
> > have somewhere else to store them, you can use the promo wiki for
> > upload. Or mail  them to me an I can host them. Please add links in the
> > announcement texts.
> 
> For screenshots, please keep in mind the following:
> 
> - use the standard wallpaper (Horos)
> - use Oxygen as widget set
> - use default colors
> - use a sans-serif font, preferable Liberation point size 9
> 
> Collecting screenshots from different sources is very difficult, and we end
> up with a mess if we don't make them all as consistent as possible.

prefered resolution 1280X800
acel on please aswell...

a few notes.... avoid full screen apps...
do not cluter the screen with + 5 windows...
avoid app icons (the colored ones)  on the systemtry


> > Main things to do:
> > - Add application stuff
> > - Get some cool screenshots
> 
> Thanks for the stewardship, stu,

cheers
oxygen guy, "I make the pretty pictures"
 
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