Re: Press release for 2.20?

[Andreas Nilsson <nisses mail home se>]

Lucas Rocha wrote:
> 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
>   
Hi Lucas!
Yeah, I've been worried about that as well for a couple of days now.
I'll do something generic showing the cool screenshots with the leaf and 
the butterflies tonight.
- Andreas
> 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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