5.12 release: congratulations and post-mortem

[Jonathan Riddell]

Plasma 5.13 kickoff meeting being scheduled if anyone wants to come along
https://doodle.com/poll/8wwrt59dt8prz6pf

Jonathan


On 6 February 2018 at 15:54, Nate Graham <pointedstick at zoho.com> wrote:
> 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
> ===============================================================
> 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
> ===================================================================
> 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
> ==============================================
> (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
> ======================================================================
> 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
>