Literally the only requirement for the announcement is that it contains a direct link to where the source archive can be downloaded.
Personally, I like to contain a synopsis of the release (bug fix, minor enhancements, etc) with 2 or 3 significant items if there are any and then provide a link to the release notes. Ralph > On Sep 6, 2024, at 11:49 PM, Piotr P. Karwasz <piotr.karw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Ralph, > > On Sat, 7 Sept 2024 at 07:00, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: >> >> As I said previously, you should expect this will NOT get moderated through >> the ASF announce list. > > The e-mail has the same format as the one I sent for 2.23.0[1] and is > very similar to the one for 3.0.0-alpha1[2]. > > Looking at other announcement emails, we could probably modify ours by: > > * Stripping them of the release notes, except the short intro we write > manually. The entire list of changes can probably be replaced with a > link to the release notes. > * Adding the download and release notes links explicitly. > > What do you think? > > Piotr > > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/8fycgpb2k274bc4y8gp1zswy5jpzc2jh > [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/z3otp9jr9bpo0r732k02g1mdlfkjb3gm
