Re: [Fwd: Re: gnome 2.21 schedule.]

[Sven Herzberg <herzi gnome-de org>]

Claus Schwarm wrote:
> IIRC, the German team already mixed the GNOME release with CeBIT in the
> past. This was done for GNOME 2.14, 2.16, and 2.18. See, for example
> [1] and [2] (in German).
>   

That's wrong. We just demonstrated the latest testing releases (and of
course we use to have a GNOME related talk which usually focused on
"What you can get in <1 or 2> weeks?". But by moving the release date we
would be able to officially present the new release and avoid the
confusion of the press (which just seems to perceive it wrongly).

> OTOH, Cebit will produce lots of IT news, and the GNOME release might be
> overlooked when all the big companies make their annoucements.
>
> So, what we would need is NOT a special messeage (I really hope I
> interprete the term correctly) but a few reminders and motivators. For
> example, we would need to have a GNOME celebrity at the booth to make
> the annoucement or be ready for interviews. Stuff like that.
>
> So, in my opinion, if there's a plan by the German team to make the
> release at the Cebit a little bit of an event, then changing the
> schedule would be good thing.
>   

Regards,
  Sven