Lucas Rocha wrote:
> 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
>   
Hi Lucas!
Yeah, I've been worried about that as well for a couple of days now.
I'll do something generic showing the cool screenshots with the leaf and 
the butterflies tonight.
- Andreas
>
> 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
>>
>>
>>     
>  
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