On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 7:11 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote:
> As Juergen pointed out, the AOO 4.0 release vote has successfully > completed. The release is approved. > > However, please *do not* go out and start announcing the release yet. > We need to coordinate a few final steps before this is done, > including: > > 1. Provisioning the files to the Apache and SourceForge distribution > directories > > 2. Waiting for the files to replicate within the mirror network (as > much as 24 hours) > > 3. Verify download scripts against actual AOO 4.0 files. > > 4. Complete the release notes. Convert them to HTML. Give some time > for translations. > Does this mean we'll move English Release Notes to web as always? > 5. Prepare announcement emails and blog post and webpage. > > The above should all be done before we announce. After we announce, > we have a few other items to do: > > 5. Update logos on social media sites > > 6. Enable update notification server > > 7. Follow up blog post +1 week. > > I'd like to recommend that we aim for a noon UTC announcement on > Wednesday, if possible. That would mean that items 1-5 are complete > then. OK - a lot depends on uploads and mirror situation > Release notes translations can roll in over time if needed. > But we should have the English Release Notes and the other items ready > to go. > > Does this make sense? Am I missing anything? Anyone think that Wed. > is not possible? It is better not to make an important announcement > at the end of the week (Thursday or Friday) since that tends to mute > the press coverage. > > We should use the Release Dashboard to coordinate the status of these > items: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/4.0+Release+Dashboard > > Regards, > > -Rob > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK Success is falling nine times and getting up ten." -- Jon Bon Jovi
