Hi all, Guys, I'm getting worried: the 2.20 release is tomorrow and we haven't decided about the splash yet. There's no time for any discussion anymore.
I guess the 2.20 splash could be "generic": some good-looking image with "GNOME 2.20 is out!". Andreas, what do you think? --lucasr 2007/9/13, Murray Cumming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 13:24 +0200, Murray Cumming wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 12:20 +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > > > > 2007/9/12, Dave Neary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > >> Let's go with Quim's idea putting improvements in universal access to > > > >> the forefront. > > > >> > > > > > > > > Ok, if there isn't anyone strongly against it... > > > > > > > > Andreas, I think it would be a good time to start working on the w.g.o > > > > frontpage splash screen. :-) > > > > > > > > --lucasr > > > > > > > Totally. Glad we came to a conclusion! > > > > We don't yet know what languages are new in GNOME 2.20. We will know > > later today. So I think it's a bit early to mention internationalization > > as a theme of 2.20, assuming that's what you partly mean that with "open > > access". Please be patient for just a few more hours. > > As far as I can tell, no new languages will be supported (80% > translated) in GNOME 2.20, and we may actually have less supported > languages than before (54 in GNOME 2.16, 50 in 2.20, unknown in 2.18). > We can't claim that N'Ko languages are supported (because there are no > translations that actually use that pango shaper), and I don't wish to > make a big deal of the purely under-the-hood part of N'Ko support that > does now exist. So I don't think that we should use improved > internationalization as a major new them. I have mentioned the RTL > support, because that's real and cool. > > It's string freeze now, so this discussion is done, though there's still > some freedom for the splash and for a press release if someone chooses > to do one. This is the introductory paragraph now in the release notes: > " > The improvements in GNOME &gnomeversion; include: Improved support for > right-to-left languages; desktop search integrated into the file chooser > dialog; convenient new features in the Evolution email and calendar > client; enhanced browsing of image collections; simplified system > preferences; efficient power management and incredibly accurate laptop > battery monitoring. Developers receive more help with application > development thanks to a new version of the GTK+ toolkit, improved tools, > and a great new documentation web site. > " > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.murrayc.com > www.openismus.com > > -- marketing-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
