Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-08-23 Thread Vincent Untz
Hi all, (adding gnome-journal-list on CC since there are some people with unnatural abilities when it comes down to write/proofread english on this list ;-)) (but I don't think we need to send replies there, so please try to not spam them when replying!) Le lundi 21 août 2006, à 15:39, Davyd

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-08-23 Thread Joachim Noreiko
--- Vincent Untz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - writing the start page: it should be quite easy, but we can improve it. See [3] for an example. I've not included a start page in the plan for the new WGO structure ( http://live.gnome.org/GnomeWeb/NewWgoStructure ) I can't see what it is

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-08-23 Thread Joachim Noreiko
--- Quim Gil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - writing the release notes front page - writing the start page + if we want a press release Still no feedback about my proposal to have these three pages in a single one. Less work for probably a better result. I hadn't seen that, but

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-08-23 Thread Rob Bradford
On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 11:41 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote: Hi all, - creating a live cd (or even better, live cds for various languages): this is really something people like. I don't know how hard this is, though. This is something I was intending to work on but not necessarily

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-08-23 Thread Quim Gil
El dc 23 de 08 del 2006 a les 11:31 +0100, en/na Joachim Noreiko va escriure: I hadn't seen that, but I'm proposing pretty much the same. http://mail.gnome.org/archives/marketing-list/2006-August/msg00147.html + attach with the content proposed for the common 2.16 page

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-08-23 Thread Fernando San Martín Woerner
Vincent Untz escribió: Hi all, (adding gnome-journal-list on CC since there are some people with unnatural abilities when it comes down to write/proofread english on this list ;-)) (but I don't think we need to send replies there, so please try to not spam them when replying!) Le lundi 21 août

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-08-21 Thread Vincent Untz
Le vendredi 18 août 2006, à 15:02, Vincent Untz a écrit : Le mercredi 09 août 2006, à 01:29, Davyd Madeley a écrit : On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 13:35 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote: Could we do a meeting this week? Yes. We need to get on it. What day and time is good for people? I'm

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-08-21 Thread Davyd Madeley
On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 09:27:20AM +0200, Vincent Untz wrote: Le vendredi 18 ao?t 2006, ? 15:02, Vincent Untz a ?crit : Le mercredi 09 ao?t 2006, ? 01:29, Davyd Madeley a ?crit : On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 13:35 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote: Could we do a meeting this week? Yes. We

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-08-18 Thread Vincent Untz
Le mercredi 09 août 2006, à 01:29, Davyd Madeley a écrit : On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 13:35 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote: Could we do a meeting this week? Yes. We need to get on it. What day and time is good for people? I'm at UTC+8, so UTC 18:00-23:00 is a little bit crap for me, but I can

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-08-08 Thread Shaun McCance
On Wed, 2006-08-09 at 01:29 +0800, Davyd Madeley wrote: On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 13:35 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote: Could we do a meeting this week? Yes. We need to get on it. What day and time is good for people? I'm at UTC+8, so UTC 18:00-23:00 is a little bit crap for me, but I can

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-08-08 Thread Quim Gil
I can be flexible if deciding the date/time of the meeting at least a couple of days ahead, so I can organize the family context. However, I will try to summarize tomorrow my proposal of having a press release which is the main page of the release notes as well. El dc 09 de 08 del 2006 a les

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-08-08 Thread Corey Burger
On 8/8/06, Davyd Madeley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 13:35 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote: Could we do a meeting this week? Yes. We need to get on it. What day and time is good for people? I'm at UTC+8, so UTC 18:00-23:00 is a little bit crap for me, but I can probably do

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-08-07 Thread Vincent Untz
Hi all, On dim, 2006-07-23 at 11:46 +0200, Quim Gil wrote: Agree on date and time for a chat during next week and I will be there. European mornings and nights are better for me, afternoons are really complicated. El dg 23 de 07 del 2006 a les 17:40 +0800, en/na Davyd Madeley va escriure:

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-07-24 Thread Murray Cumming
Hi there, We're looking for a small group of volunteers to handle the writing of the release notes for GNOME 2.16. There's no need to be a technical person for this. Really. Murray, and then Davyd have been leading this effort for past releases and might have some very wise advises to

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-07-24 Thread Gergely Nagy
On Mon, 2006-07-24 at 11:12 +0200, Dave Neary wrote: Hi, Quim Gil wrote: I want to help producing release notes and press releases more friendly and effective for our user targets and journalists. What do we explain and how, how do we show them in wgo and the projects subsites. How we

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-07-24 Thread Claus Schwarm
On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:52:33 +0200 Vincent Untz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Oh, I nearly forgot about it: there's also the press release. Claus and Corey have been heroes there, but I don't know if they have time to continue... Hi, of course, I'll help if that should still be necessary.

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-07-24 Thread Quim Gil
What about writing Release Notes consisting of a first summary page and links to secondary pages... being that summary page the Press release? -- Quim Gil /// http://desdeamericaconamor.org | http://guadec.org signature.asc Description: Això és una part d'un missatge, signada digitalment --

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-07-24 Thread Claus Schwarm
On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:11:29 +0200 Quim Gil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about writing Release Notes consisting of a first summary page and links to secondary pages... being that summary page the Press release? You mean: as a theoretical possibility? I admit, the front (or first) page of the

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-07-23 Thread Quim Gil
I want to help producing release notes and press releases more friendly and effective for our user targets and journalists. What do we explain and how, how do we show them in wgo and the projects subsites. How we use screenshots, and screencasts. Also how these materials are advertised afterward.

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-07-23 Thread Davyd Madeley
Quim, On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 08:20 +0200, Quim Gil wrote: I want to help producing release notes and press releases more friendly and effective for our user targets and journalists. What do we explain and how, how do we show them in wgo and the projects subsites. How we use screenshots, and

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-07-23 Thread Quim Gil
Agree on date and time for a chat during next week and I will be there. European mornings and nights are better for me, afternoons are really complicated. El dg 23 de 07 del 2006 a les 17:40 +0800, en/na Davyd Madeley va escriure: How busy is busy? Could we possibly find the time to get all

Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-07-22 Thread Vincent Untz
Hi there, We're looking for a small group of volunteers to handle the writing of the release notes for GNOME 2.16. There's no need to be a technical person for this. Really. Murray, and then Davyd have been leading this effort for past releases and might have some very wise advises to share (and

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-07-22 Thread Guilherme de S. Pastore
Em Sáb, 2006-07-22 às 21:52 +0200, Vincent Untz escreveu: Hi there, Hey! =) We're looking for a small group of volunteers to handle the writing of the release notes for GNOME 2.16. There's no need to be a technical person for this. Really. I tried to help Davyd with the last one, and would

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-07-22 Thread Javier Aravena
I'l like On 7/22/06, Guilherme de S. Pastore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Em Sáb, 2006-07-22 às 21:52 +0200, Vincent Untz escreveu: Hi there,Hey! =) We're looking for a small group of volunteers to handle the writing of the release notes for GNOME 2.16. There's no need to be a technical person for

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-07-22 Thread Javier Aravena
I'd love to help either with the actual writing of it or with a translation to spanish, however I cannot find any info on what the next version is likely to have in the wikiRegards. On 7/22/06, Vincent Untz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there,We're looking for a small group of volunteers to handle

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-07-22 Thread Davyd Madeley
On Sat, 2006-07-22 at 21:52 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote: We're looking for a small group of volunteers to handle the writing of the release notes for GNOME 2.16. There's no need to be a technical person for this. Really. Murray, and then Davyd have been leading this effort for past releases

Re: Writing the 2.16 release notes (and press release)

2006-07-22 Thread Corey Burger
On 7/22/06, Vincent Untz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, We're looking for a small group of volunteers to handle the writing of the release notes for GNOME 2.16. There's no need to be a technical person for this. Really. Murray, and then Davyd have been leading this effort for past