Thanks for the pointers, will check them up. Have a good weekend, Denis
On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 11:16 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Perhaps have a look at the announce mails sent by Httpd and Tomcat. > > Even though these projects are better known than most, they still > provide a short summary of what they do. > I don't think they read as though written by robots... > > On 16 March 2018 at 17:02, Denis Magda <dma...@apache.org> wrote: > > All our previous announcements were formatted precisely the way you > suggest. > > However, I haven't fount that template effective. Personally, I archive > an > > email immediately if see it's written the standard way and I know nothing > > about the product. > > > > That's why I decided to experiment targeting those who already know > Ignite > > and interested in solutions it provided in 2.4. Really appreciate your > > feedback and will see how to incorporate your suggestions for future > > announcements. Just don't like to see emails written by "robots". > > > > -- > > Denis > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 8:34 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> What is the project about? Why should I be interested in it? > >> [rhetorical questions] > >> > >> The Announce emails are sent to people not on the developer or user > lists. > >> Most will have no idea what the project is about. > >> > >> So the e-mails should contain at least brief details of what the > >> product does, and some info on why the new release might be of > >> interest to them. > >> > >> Readers should not have to click the link to find out the basic > >> information > >> (although of course it is useful to have such links for further detail). > >> > >> Please can you add that information to future announce mails? > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> > >> On 16 March 2018 at 00:09, Denis Magda <dma...@apache.org> wrote: > >> > Usually, Ignite community rolls out a new version once in 3 months, > but > >> > we > >> > had to make an exception for Apache Ignite 2.4 that consumed five > months > >> > in > >> > total. > >> > > >> > We could easily blame Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year holidays > for > >> > the > >> > delay and would be forgiven, but, in fact, we were forging the release > >> > you > >> > can't just pass by. > >> > > >> > Let's dive in and look for a big fish: > >> > https://blogs.apache.org/ignite/entry/apache-ignite-2-4-brings > >> > > >> > The full list of the changes can be found here: > >> > https://ignite.apache.org/releases/2.4.0/release_notes.html > >> > > >> > Ready to try then navigate to our downloads page: > >> > https://ignite.apache.org/download.cgi > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Denis > > > > >
