Re: GNOME 2.4 release schedule

["Eugene O'Connor" <Eugene Oconnor Sun COM>]

I've put myself down for drwright, fontilus, themus, and nautilus-cd-burner in 
the DocTable - they will all be part of the User Guide.

Eugene

> Subject: GNOME 2.4 release schedule
> From: John Fleck <jfleck inkstain net>
> To: gnome-doc-list <gnome-doc-list gnome org>
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> Date: 01 Jul 2003 20:56:21 -0600
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> Folks -
> 
> It's that time again, when things ramp up with a sort of nervous
> desperation as release looms.
> 
> The full release schedule is here:
> 
> http://www.gnome.org/start/2.3/
> 
> The key dates are July 7 for the UI freeze and Aug. 13 for the first
> beta.
> 
> The Release Team has sprinkled holy water[1] on the final modules list.
> For those not on the hackerly lists, full discussion is here:
> 
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2003-July/msg00016.html
> 
> In brief, here's the new stuff:
> 
>     drwright (now part of control-center)
>     epiphany
>     gcalctool
>     gtksourceview
>     gnome-mag
>     gnome-speech
>     gnomemeeting
>     gnopernicus
>     gok
>     gpdf
>     gucharmap
>     nautilus-cd-burner
>     fontilus (now part of control-center)
>     themus (now part of control-center)
>         totem (using the gstreamer backend only, for this release)
>     zenity
> 
> There are two chores[2] that need doing right away.
> 
> 1) Someone or a few of us need(s) to go through these, determine
>    what docs they might have and what is needed. This entails
>    building the app and also checking with the maintainer to
>    see what if any docs work migh be already underway. Perhaps we
>    can split the list amongst us?
> 
> 2) Someone needs to update the doctable to include the new stuff, as
>    well as adding columns for the 2.4 release so we can be sure of
>    what's updated.
> 
> I know there have been some new folks looking for ways to get involved.
> This is a great opportunity.
> 
> We also have a shiny new docs build system available thanks to the
> indefatiguable Malcolm. It's already in place in gnome-utils and a few
> other places, and I plan to get off my ass soon and write up a short
> how-to so we can get it propagated across the rest of the modules.
> 
> Cheers,
> John
> 
> [1] Believed to be Guiness.
> [2] Did I say "chores"? I meant "fun, exciting tasks!"
> 
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> John Fleck
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