3.26 release marketing - outstanding tasks

[Allan Day <aday gnome org>]

Hi everyone,

I'm going to be offline for the next week. I'm leaving with some tasks incomplete for the 3.26 release on 13 September. Here's what needs to be done:

• Release notes:
• The Git statistics need updating from last release. There are notes about this on the wiki [1]. Emily has said that she will chase Andre, but whoever coordinates the release should make sure that it has been done.
  
• Someone needs to ask the sysadmins to publish the release notes online with a password (I asked about this today, but didn't get a reply). Once they're up, log in and check that they are OK, in particular that all the screenshots are visible.
  
• News post: I've written a draft which is in gnome.org. It will need finishing off on release day, as described in the instructions [2].
• Screenshot pack: this isn't essential, but if someone wants to do it, there are instructions on the wiki [3] and you can see what we've done in previous releases. You'll need to combine the screenshots I took (which are in Nextcloud) with Andreas's and the ones from the release notes.
• Email to Friends of GNOME donors: this is good to do, but not absolutely essential. Neil has said that he'll look into it.
  
• Social media: ideally we'd have done some posts in the run up to the release, but we should at least make sure that we have announcements on Twitter, Facebook and G+. Ideally the release coordinator should chase this up.
  
• Release day: someone needs to coordinate the announcement. In addition to what is documented on the wiki [2], they should also check that the release notes are ready. Feel free to skip the step about updating the screenshots on gnome.org - that can happen later.

Sorry to leave you over release day - good luck! If anything is unclear, do email me (sooner rather than later!)

Allan
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[1] https://wiki.gnome.org/ReleaseNotes#A1_week_before_release:_finalise_details
[2] https://wiki.gnome.org/Engagement/ReleasePlanning#Release_Announcement
[3] https://wiki.gnome.org/Engagement/ReleasePlanning#Screenshot_Packs