5.12 release: congratulations and post-mortem

[Nate Graham]

Congrats on a fantastic release of Plasma 5.12 everybody! People are 
really gonna love it.

The release process was a bit rockier than expected, and I thought I 
might do a post-mortem to see how we can make the next one smoother:



Problem: Initial request for release notes was not seen by many
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Solutions:
- Send email to kde-promo at kde.org and kde-devel at kde.org as well
- Use a Phabricator task instead of email to track overall work
- Make a subtask to track gathering release notes from developers
- Delegate a specific person (Ivanna?) to be responsible for turning the 
release notes into final marketing copy



Problem: Unclear roles; nobody knew who owned the beta announcement
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Solutions:
- Make roles and responsibilities clear to all; assign specific people 
to specific tasks
- Make the KDE Promo crew the guardians of everything public-facing



Problem: Unclear access to the kde.org website
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(At once point, changes were requested and planned, but the one person 
that everybody knew had access was on vacation)

Solutions:
- Define who should have access ahead of time
- Get those people access to the website ahead of time



Problem: Promo video produced at the last minute, gating final release
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Solutions:
- Supply whomever is making the video with a pre-release copy of Plasma 
5.12 at least a few days in advance so that the video can be completed 
sooner



Thoughts?

Nate