Re: 3.4 Release Notes

[Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>]

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Dave Neary <dneary gnome org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> On 03/07/2012 10:28 AM, Allan Day wrote:
>>
>> Now, a question. We typically keep the release notes secret until the
>> release itself. At least one member of the press has told me that this
>> makes it quite difficult for him to cover GNOME releases, since there
>> is little information about the release until it is actually out.
>>
>> Is there a way we can disclose what will be in the release prior to
>> release day itself? Maybe the release notes could be made public with
>> the release candidate, for example? It would be really useful to know
>> what other projects do in this regard.
>
>
> I'm all in favour of working on the release notes in a publicly accessible
> repository, even in the wiki (although adding pretty & screenshots is not
> easy in the wiki). We can of course avoid publicising the URL until the
> release comes out, but having the notes developed in the open will allow
> people to get a head-start, as you point out Allan.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave.

That might help. However, I feel that we need something a bit more
proactive to get the word out to journalists.

We might struggle to do it for this release, but having a separate
press release and some kind of release notes for the release candidate
could be a good way to get the word out.

Allan