[Kmymoney-devel] announcement for the release - first draft

[Jack]

Excellent!  Just some minor suggested edits.

On 2010.08.08 21:02, Alvaro Soliverez wrote:
> Here is a draft:
> 
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> KMyMoney announces stable release for KDE platform 4
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> 
> The KMyMoney      is pleased to announce the release of a stable  
> version
                team

> for KDE Platform 4.
  I've seen it called SC4 - what is the official KDE name of 4.5, and  
should we be using that name?

> With over 15 months of development, this new version is the starting  
> point of a new series of KMyMoney versions to leverage the stellar  
> features offered by the KDE Platform.
> 
> Throughout this effort, our focus has been to maintain feature-parity  
> with previous versions, maintaining and improving the high level of  
> quality that your personal financial data deserve. This version has  
> gone through an intensive testing, allowing us to find and fix many  
> bugs and improve the usability of the application.
> 
> Along the way, we did manage to add some new features:
> - Better documentation
> - Works with the latest version of AqBanking
> - Improved usability of the online banking features
> - Uses KWallet to store online banking passwords
> - The consistency checks runs automatically before saving your data,  
> it now checks for a wider range of problems, and it automatically  
> corrects many of them.
> - Runs in all operating systems supported by KDE
          on (? maybe under)
> 
> 
> About KMyMoney
> 
> You don't know where your money is going? Trying to get a hold of  
> your household budget? Have an investment portfolio and don't know  
> how much money you earned or lost? You have money in many currencies  
> and it's hard to count how much you actually have? KMyMoney can help  
> you. KMyMoney strives to be the easiest open source personal finance  
> manager to use, especially for the non-technical user.
> Based on tried and tested double entry accounting principles   
> KMyMoney ensures that
                                                               ,

> your finances are kept in correct order. Although many of the  
> features can be found in other similar applications, KMyMoney strives  
> to present an individual and unique view of your finances. Following  
> the KDE's way of "sensible defaults with powerful configuration",  
> KMyMoney offers a default configuration and templates to start  
> managing your finances with minimum hassle, with the possibility to  
> customize it to your liking.
> 
> If you are new to KMyMoney, you can enter your accounts information
(either "your account information" or "your accounts' information")

> and keep track of your income and expenses, synchronize with your
> online banking  and have an accurate view of your current finance
                 , (trust me on the need for this comma, I have a good  
example that shows why)

> situation. You can also keep an eye on your investments, if you have
> them, tracking their price    through online quotes. As you feel more
                             (s)

> comfortable, and ready to get a grip of your finances, you can create  
> a budget, compare it to your actual expenses, and even try to get a  
> peek into the future with the forecast feature. All this and more can  
> be done with this new version of KMyMoney.
> 
> Future of KMyMoney
> 
> For the last year, our team has been fully commited  to release this
                                              committed

> version. Now, we will continue to make KMyMoney the best personal  
> finance manager by leveraging all features provided by the KDE  
> Platform, and also improving the integration with other applications  
> via Alkimia, the nascent framework of the KDE Finance applications  
> group. Expect interesting features coming your way soon!
> 
> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Alvaro Soliverez <asoliverez at kde.org>  
> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > could someone prepare the announcement for the release?
> > I have my hands full at the moment and I'd like to have the draft
> > ready by monday, so we can send it to the release team ahead of  
> time.
> > They are going to be pretty busy with the release of 4.5 and all, so
> > the more time we give them, the better.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Alvaro