Re: 3.4 Release Notes

[Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>]

On Thu, 2012-03-08 at 10:57 +0000, Allan Day wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2012-03-08 at 09:59 +0000, Allan Day wrote:
> >> 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.
> >
> > Release Candidate = two weeks before the release.
> 
> Oh? The schedule [1] says it's one week before the release.

Argh. So much for my reading skills. :)
Sometimes it's one week and sometimes it's two weeks, also depends on
external influences on the schedule (releases vs public holidays; no
freezes yet when conferences like GUADEC or hackfests take place; etc).

> It was just an idea. But I don't see why we couldn't aim to have
> *something* (it doesn't have to be the full, finished release notes)
> ready a week in advance.

I agree, but I'm afraid that reality (and its manpower) will bite us.
(We also dream of documentation freezes for translators. :-)

andre
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