Re: Press release for 2.20?

["Lucas Rocha" <lucasr gnome org>]

Hi all,

Guys, I'm getting worried: the 2.20 release is tomorrow and we haven't
decided about the splash yet. There's no time for any discussion
anymore.

I guess the 2.20 splash could be "generic": some good-looking image
with "GNOME 2.20 is out!".

Andreas, what do you think?

--lucasr


2007/9/13, Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>:
> On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 13:24 +0200, Murray Cumming wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 12:20 +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote:
> > > > 2007/9/12, Dave Neary <bolsh gnome org>:
> >
> > > > > Let's go with Quim's idea putting improvements in universal access to
> > > > > the forefront.
> > > >
> > > > Ok, if there isn't anyone strongly against it...
> > > >
> > > > Andreas, I think it would be a good time to start working on the w.g.o
> > > > frontpage splash screen. :-)
> > > >
> > > > --lucasr
> > > Totally. Glad we came to a conclusion!
> >
> > We don't yet know what languages are new in GNOME 2.20. We will know
> > later today. So I think it's a bit early to mention internationalization
> > as a theme of 2.20, assuming that's what you partly mean that with "open
> > access". Please be patient for just a few more hours.
>
> As far as I can tell, no new languages will be supported (80%
> translated) in GNOME 2.20, and we may actually have less supported
> languages than before (54 in GNOME 2.16, 50 in 2.20, unknown in 2.18).
> We can't claim that N'Ko languages are supported (because there are no
> translations that actually use that pango shaper), and I don't wish to
> make a big deal of the purely under-the-hood part of N'Ko support that
> does now exist. So I don't think that we should use improved
> internationalization as a major new them. I have mentioned the RTL
> support, because that's real and cool.
>
> It's string freeze now, so this discussion is done, though there's still
> some freedom for the splash and for a press release if someone chooses
> to do one. This is the introductory paragraph now in the release notes:
> "
> The improvements in GNOME &gnomeversion; include: Improved support for
> right-to-left languages; desktop search integrated into the file chooser
> dialog; convenient new features in the Evolution email and calendar
> client; enhanced browsing of image collections; simplified system
> preferences; efficient power management and incredibly accurate laptop
> battery monitoring. Developers receive more help with application
> development thanks to a new version of the GTK+ toolkit, improved tools,
> and a great new documentation web site.
> "
>
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