MegaRelease Alpha

[Paul Brown]

On Tuesday, 31 October 2023 22:09:42 CET Jonathan Riddell wrote:
> Next Wednesday 8 November we are planning to make the first alpha of KDE
> software using Qt 6.  This is a coordinated release of Frameworks, Plasma
> and Gear.
> 
> https://community.kde.org/Schedules/February_2024_MegaRelease
> 
> Now it's just an alpha so I don't expect any announcements to come with
> pretty images, poetic writing or fancy videos but I expect it'll get
> coverage so we should make it semi decent.

You are right. It is exciting, even though we have to abundantly warn people 
about what "Alpha" means. But yeah, deserves lots of coverage on social media.

We can also use it to encourage more membership donations.

> I see three work items that are relevant but none that cover the release
> https://phabricator.kde.org/T13602  KF6 dance
> https://phabricator.kde.org/T16886 fundraiser
> https://phabricator.kde.org/T16931 online demo

Hm. Yes. We need a task for the release schedule and activities around it now 
it is set. On it.

> We currently have no way to refer to the release, the wiki page uses
> MegaRelease but that's just a placeholder term.

"Megarelease" sounds pretty exciting. I would say "rad", but I don't want to 
be called a "boomer" again today.

> We can just not use a
> single term but that seems a shame somehow.  We could just use "KDE 6", if
> nothing else it would get people talking.  Other suggestions welcome.

"KDE6" sounds good too. I think we can use both:

"Get ready for KDE 6's Alpha Megarelease!!11!!!1!"

or

"KDE 6's Alpha Megarelease is here!"

Both are pretty great headlines.

> Then where should the release be.  This is three separate products so there
> will be three info pages.  Should there be three announcements in the
> normal style on kde.org or one big one?  It feels a shame to split it into
> three and lose some of the impact.

I agree: one announcement for maximum impact. We can always break down what's 
in it in sub- or successive posts.

Thanks Jonathan!

We'll keep you folks updated so you can weigh in. I'll set up the task.

Cheers

Paul
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