Re: Press release for 2.20?

["Lucas Rocha" <lucasr gnome org>]

Hi,

2007/9/19, Andreas Nilsson <nisses mail home se>:
> Lucas Rocha wrote:
> > Hei dude,
> >
> >
> >>> 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.
> >>
> >
> > Any news? :-)
> >
> > --lucasr
> >
> Hi Lucas!
> http://andreasn.se/diverse/temp/gnome220.png
> http://andreasn.se/diverse/temp/gnome220.svg
> Hand on the heart, not the best I've coughed up in a while. ;)

Thanks a lot Andreas!

Marketing fellows, any last minute comments about the splash?

IMO, the banner should have a more generic message like: "GNOME 2.20
RELEASED!". The "Ten years of freedom" can be confused with the
previous anniversary banner.

--lucasr


> >>> 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.
> >>>> "
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> murrayc murrayc com
> >>>> www.murrayc.com
> >>>> www.openismus.com
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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