GNOME 2.23.91 beta tarballs due + STRING FREEZE

[Release Team <release-team gnome org>]

Hello all,

We would like to inform you about the following:
* GNOME 2.23.91 beta tarballs due
* String Freeze

Ok, I admit it. I have inspiration at all today. Instead, I'll ramble
about other stuff. Oh, and before I forget: release notes! See 
http://live.gnome.org/TwoPointTwentythree/ReleaseNotes.
Now on to the rambling about stuff. Tomorrow the weather in Rotterdam is
finally great as the prediction is mostly sunny at 25 degrees (Celcius
of course). So the logical Dutch thing to do is to have a BBQ right
away and party until the weekend is over... this means I won't have time
to do the usual preparations before a GNOME release[1]... so please do
your usual thing and make this tarball release the best one ever!

Oh, the other thing is that we now have the string freeze. We actually
tested that procedure last week already, but it only really starts after
tarball time.


Tarballs are due on 2008-09-01 before 23:59 UTC for the GNOME 2.23.91
beta release, which will be delivered on Wednesday. Modules which were
proposed for inclusion should try to follow the unstable schedule so
everyone can test them.  Please make sure that your tarballs will be
uploaded before Monday 23:59 UTC: tarballs uploaded later than that
will probably be too late to get in 2.23.91. If you are not able to
make a tarball before this deadline or if you think you'll be late,
please send a mail to the release team and we'll find someone to roll
the tarball for you!


No string changes may be made without confirmation from the i18n team
and notification to release team, translation team, and documentation
team. From this point, developers can concentrate on stability and
bug-fixing. Translators can work without worrying that the original
English strings will change, and documentation writers can take
accurate screenshots. For the string freezes explained, and to see
which kind of changes are not covered by freeze rules, check
http://live.gnome.org/TranslationProject/HandlingStringFreezes.


For more information about 2.23, the full schedule, the official
module lists and the proposed module lists, please see our colorful 2.23
page:
   http://www.gnome.org/start/unstable

For a quick overview of the GNOME schedule, please see:
   http://live.gnome.org/Schedule

Thanks,

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