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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] 4.9 release notes
From:       Albert Astals Cid <aacid () kde ! org>
Date:       2012-07-19 19:15:14
Message-ID: 1771715.MQDACoCS00 () xps
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El Dijous, 19 de juliol de 2012, a les 10:02:46, Carl Symons va escriure:
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 4:17 AM, Albert Astals Cid <aacid@kde.org> wrote:
> > --- El jue, 19/7/12, Frederik Gladhorn <gladhorn@kde.org> escribi=F3:
> >> Torsdag 19. juli 2012 13.03.21 skrev Sebastian K=FCgler:
> >> > Hi all,
> >> > =

> >> > Just a quick reminder: 4.9.0 is at the door, and we
> >> =

> >> need release notes for
> >> =

> >> > that. I won't be able to work on that as I'll be
> >> =

> >> travelling until one day
> >> =

> >> > before the release, but I also haven't seen any work on
> >> =

> >> that (might have
> >> =

> >> > missed it).
> >> =

> >> Quick reminder: we'll change the release notes to be a
> >> "normal" news.kde.org
> >> article. The reason is that this avoids duplication (having
> >> a stub on
> >> news.kde.org linking to the announcement page) and thus
> >> makes the site more
> >> manageable for the web team. It also means that it doesn't
> >> show up twice on
> >> kde.org (as news rss and the actual article). This will be
> >> the first
> >> announcement in the new style.
> >> =

> >> This means you'll get the dot editors as backup in getting
> >> the announcement
> >> out. :)
> > =

> > Not sure i understand what you mean, do you mean that there won't be no
> > announcement at all (or just a link) in www.kde.org and all the actual
> > content will be in news.kde.org?
> Yes, there will be an announcement.
> =

> In the past, the main announcement has been made on
> http://kde.org/announcements/ with a synopsis on the Dot pointing to
> that announcement.
> =

> Frederik and Ingo suggested that this was unnecessary, that a single
> Dot story would be just as effective, and that this structure would
> make things easier for website administration.
> =

> dot.kde.org and news.kde.org point to the same content.
> =

> > Are you aware that severely limits the possibility of translating the
> > announcement?
> No, I'm not. How are translations done now? =


People translate the announcement.php page of www.kde.org

> What needs to happen to keep translations viable?

Make the dot translatable or not put the announcement in the dot i'm afraid.

> =

> > I'm not going to fight against that, but if that is the decision, whoev=
er
> > made that decision should communicate it to our translator teams.
> > =

> > Cheers,
> > =

> >   Albert
> =

> It was a suggestion to the specific players who have been involved in
> release announcements previously. It is now communicated. What do we
> need to do for this to work? The past 2 announcements have not had
> much in the way of translations (4.8 Persian; 4.7 Estonian, Russian,
> Ukrainian)

Right, in the latest releases there were virtually no translations because =

almost no time was given between announcement writting and announcement =

publishing hence translators did not have time to translate anything.

But as said, if the promo masterminds think that having stuff in the dot be=
ats =

having stuff translated, that's fine, it just needs to be communicated.

Cheers,
  Albert

> =

> Content is needed. Sebastian has pulled this together in the past. Who
> from the Release Team is doing it in his absence? Content includes
> release highlights (usually one general announcement and one for each
> piece - Platform, Applications, Workspace), screenshots, links.
> =

> Screenshot guidelines needed...
> In the past, someone provided guidelines for screenshots (screen size,
> resolution, font, default wallpaper) so that they would be consistent.
> Would someone please provide these? What is the default wallpaper for
> 4.9 Desktop?
> =

> We collaborate in an etherpad at promo.notes.kde.org. Anybody who will
> be working on the announcement needs to have access there...please
> tell me if you need this.
> =

> Carl
> =

> >> Greetings
> >> Frederik
> >> =

> >> > Is anybody planning to work on the release notes?
> >> > =

> >> > Cheers,
> >> =

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