[kde-promo] Announcement for KDE SC 4.10.1

Tue Mar 5 08:33:09 UTC 2013

Note that I already put the announcement on svn yesterday, so from now on edit it there, not the etherpad.

Cheers,
  Albert

--- El mar, 5/3/13, Carl Symons <carlsymons at gmail.com> escribió:

> De: Carl Symons <carlsymons at gmail.com>
> Asunto: Re: [kde-promo] Announcement for KDE SC 4.10.1
> Para: "KDE Promo" <kde-promo at kde.org>, release-team at kde.org, nyblom at kde.org
> Fecha: martes, 5 de marzo, 2013 02:14
> There are a few bolded items in the
> etherpad
> (https://promo.notes.kde.org/90) that need attention.
> This is good to
> go with the addition of the appropriate issue tracker URL,
> subversion
> and git log access information, 4.10.1 Info Page
> 
> Examples available from the 4.9.5 release (attached).
> 
> Carl
> 
> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Carl Symons <carlsymons at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Not much time until this release happens. Anyone who's
> interested in
> > working on it, please jump in.
> >
> > More below.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Torgny Nyblom <nyblom at kde.org>
> wrote:
> >> On Friday 01 March 2013 08.01.11 Carl Symons
> wrote:
> >>> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 9:23 PM, Torgny Nyblom
> <nyblom at kde.org>
> wrote:
> >>> > Hi,
> >>> >
> >>> > As I'm preparing the code for this release
> it would be great if some word
> >>> > wizzard could put together the
> announcement (to be sent to kde-announce,
> >>> > kde- press-announce, displayed on the web
> page and on the dot).
> >>> >
> >>> > Release date is on Tuesday 5/3.
> >>> >
> >>> > /Regards
> >>> > Torgny
> >>>
> >>> Hello Torgny,
> >>>
> >>> Thank you for working on the 4.10.1 point
> release. I'd enjoy crafting
> >>> the announcement.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Is there anyplace where it can be shared? That way
> I can add the parts that I
> >> can.
> >
> > https://promo.notes.kde.org/90. We can draft content
> there. Please let
> > me know if you need access.
> >
> >
> >>
> >>> Word wizardry doesn't really happen by magic.
> Content for the
> >>> announcement is the most important aspect of
> it.
> >>>
> >>> Referring to http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.9.5.php ...
> >>>
> >>> The first two paragraphs need to come from some
> technical source. The
> >>> first paragraph speaks to the severity and
> safety of the release. Will
> >>> 4.10.1 be "a safe and pleasant update for
> everyone"? Someone who knows
> >>> what they are talking about needs to provide
> this information.
> >>
> >> Since it is a point release this should alway be
> true :) But I guess we need
> >> to ask that to core-devel or something.
> >
> > Someone on the release team should either know this or
> know someone
> > else who does. A knowledgeable technical person needs
> to make this
> > call. It shouldn't be assumed that updating is
> risk-free.
> >
> >>
> >>> The second paragraph summarizes changes in the
> release. It also refers
> >>> and provides links to other sources of
> information. Someone who knows
> >>> what they are talking about needs to provide
> this information. The
> >>> link locations need to be updated for 4.10.1,
> and more detail is
> >>> needed for "browse the Subversion and Git logs"
> (where are they? How
> >>> can a relatively naive person get to this
> information?).
> >>>
> >>> An appropriate screenshot is needed (details
> below).
> >>
> >> Guess this is also best if it comes from someone
> who actually made some nice
> >> feature or some artist that can compose a nice
> screenshot.
> >
> > The screenshot needs to be done by someone who can set
> up their
> > monitor according to the screenshot guidelines. One
> thing should be
> > added to the guidelines sent earlier (and also below)
> ... there
> > shouldn't be any non-free applications in the
> screenshot. In fact, it
> > would be best if all icons, thumbnails and open
> applications were from
> > KDE.
> >
> > Is there something from KDE that someone wants to
> promote? Something
> > eye-catching or newsworthy?
> >
> > Volunteer? James Cain, would you be willing to do a
> screenshot for
> > this announcement?
> >
> >
> >>
> >>> The sections about installing and compiling
> need to be updated with
> >>> 4.10.1-specifics.
> >>
> >> Shouldn't be too hard.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> The remaining sections (supporting, about and
> press) don't need technical
> >>> input.
> >>>
> >>> So the release announcements have quite a bit
> of content that someone
> >>> with technical knowledge needs to provide
> (probably from the release
> >>> team). In the past (I think), sebas pulled all
> of the release content
> >>> together. If you aren't going to gather that
> information, is there
> >>> someone on the release team who can do that?
> >>
> >> I'll ask around and send a mail to core-devel
> asking for input.
> >>
> >>> When everything has been assembled, someone
> with commit privileges for
> >>> http://kde.org/announcements needs to
> create the announcement page. I
> >>> can do the Dot article.
> >>
> >> Commit access is not an issue, I have that.
> >>
> >>
> >>> Sebas has also sent the announcement to
> kde-announce and
> >>
> >> I can do that too.
> >>
> >>> kde-press-announce, which he will no longer do.
> I believe that sebas
> >>> and Lydia have access for sending official
> announcements. If there are
> >>> others, I am not aware of them. So this is
> another missing piece at
> >>> the moment (for me anyway).
> >>
> >> But not this.
> >
> > Lydia has just said that she will do it. We need to
> provide her the
> > announcement link when it's ready to go.
> >
> > Carl
> >
> >>
> >> /Thanks & Regards
> >> Torgny
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Carl
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Guidelines for release screenshots (mostly from
> Nuno Pinheiro):
> >>> - Use default wallpaper
> >>> - Use only two or three colors for anything
> that's not a photo
> >>> - Resolution 1280x720
> >>> - Use the same font everywhere. Oxygen or
> Liberation Sans is preferred;
> >>> other sans fonts are workable.
> >>> - Use the default wallpaper
> >>> - Hinting style set to full. Even if you like
> big fonts, the result is
> >>> much sharper if your hinting is set to full.
> >>> - Use a smaller font size like 8 or 9. Small
> fonts have a thinner
> >>> trace that makes the font thickness be exactly
> 1 pixel. If your font
> >>> thickness is not 1, then you are in
> trouble.  Low hinting style and
> >>> large fonts make traces of about 1.3 - 1.5
> thickness that result in
> >>> blurry looking fonts. They are not only bad
> looking, they tend to
> >>> produce headaches as your eyes try to
> constantly focus the font.
> >>> - Don't use bold. Bold fonts are not as
> readable as normal fonts
> >>> because the width of the trace is usually
> larger than 1 and smaller
> >>> than 2 producing blurry results.
> >>> - Make your fonts more greyish than blackish;
> gives much better
> >>> sharpness results.
> >>>
> >>>
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