Re: GNOME 2.16 release notes

[Claus Schwarm <c schwarm gmx net>]

Hi, 

and thanks very much! :-)

Just a few notes:

 * There's no need to have a installation page. The index page of 
   http://www.gnome.org/start/2.16/ will list ways to install 
   2.16 and this is also where most people expect it.

   (And, in fact, we should move the installation paragraphs before
   the release notes paragraph: Right now, people click on download so
   we should present 'downloads' first. I can make the index page if
   necessary.)

 * We don't need no seperate 'getting involved' page: Many people will
   understand that this is our equivalent of a "Please donate" request,
   and don't open the page.
   We can make a paragraph in the 'Looking forward' page. A first
   draft is available in the wiki:
   http://live.gnome.org/TwoPointFifteen/ReleaseNotes/TwoEighteenRoadmap

 * The name 'frontpromo' was meant to be internal. Would it be too much
   work to rename the page? Please? Maybe 'frontpage' or 'index',
   whatever. Just not 'promo'.

 * The roadmap page seems to be a copy of the features page. Maybe it
   should be removed as well?

I assume you can help us here, too? If you're too busy doing other
things, please let us know.

Btw, I try to get all the missing images (figures) together.


Cheers,
Claus


On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 23:02:29 -0600
Brent Smith <gnome nextreality net> wrote:

> Claus Schwarm wrote:
> > On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 08:51:33 +0200
> > Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org> wrote:
> > 
> >> It should go in the gnomeweb-wml module in
> >> www.gnome.org/start/2.16/notes (or maybe directly in
> >> www.gnome.org/start/2.16, Claus?). You can look at the 2.14
> >> directory to get an idea of how it was done before.
> >>
> > 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > the correct adress for the notes from the wiki is probably
> >  
> >  /gnomeweb-wml/www.gnome.org/start/2.16/notes/docbook/C
> > 
> > with a copy of
> > 
> >  gnomeweb-wml/www.gnome.org/start/2.14/
> > 
> > serving as a base directory for 2.16 with all the makefile stuff,
> > etc. This also contains the index page.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Claus
> 
> Hi, preliminary version is checked in to CVS.  Figures still need to
> be added, and probably lots of editing and so forth need to be done
> before we let translators loose on the document.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
> Brent Smith <gnome nextreality net>
> IRC: smitten
>