Re: 3.4 Release Notes

[Luc Pionchon <pionchon luc gmail com>]

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 13:10, Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net> wrote:
> 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. :-)

Yes! :-)