Re: extensions.gnome.org release

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

I think launching quietly and assuming that it won't be picked up by Phoronix/LWN/Slashdot could leave us scrambling if (when!) that happens.

It might be better to try and set expectations up front: when we are ready to launch, send a mail to gnome-shell-list, setting expectations for what works, and what is still being worked on, link to that mail from extensions.gnome.org (Like have a "learn more" link next to the Alpha/Beta banner on the web site), fix the problems that come up.

I'm *sure* we don't want to send out a press release for a site that has been tested by about 5 people so far, however.

- Owen

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jasper St. Pierre" <jstpierre mecheye net>
> To: marketing-list gnome org, "Owen Taylor" <otaylor redhat com>, "Olav Vitters" <olav vitters nl>
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 1:05:37 PM
> Subject: Re: extensions.gnome.org release
>
> Sure. Just know that from checking the website's error log, there's
> 15-20 people trying to guess random passwords each day, so I doubt
> there would be a shortage of people noticing. Launching quietly also
> gives us enough freedom in case we want to take it down for
> maintenance or wipe all the data, which isn't excluded as a
> possibility at this point.
>
> When the website becomes more mature, we can announce it then.
>
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Olav Vitters <olav vitters nl>
> wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 12:01:34PM -0500, Jasper St. Pierre wrote:
> >> My current plan of attack is to launch quietly and see how many
> >> people
> >> notice it. I'm expecting that the release will still be a bit
> >> buggy
> >> and broken, so I don't want to launch too triumphantly and then
> >> fail
> >> completely.
>
> > Can't we call it a beta release?
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Olav
> >
>
>
>
> --
>   Jasper
>