Re: [Lubuntu-admins] Preparation of a Lubuntu Statement

[Walter Lapchynski <wxl@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Since you intend this for major releases only, I can't see why it
would be a terrible problem, but there still may need to be some
cleanup at the last minute. Little trifles and such.

On 2/25/15, Silver Lion <silverlion@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That's going to be a problem because I never know exactly how my office
> hours work pend out... That's why I asked for a little more time for
> preparation... Honestly speaking I hate to knitt everything with a hot
> needle (german saying for doing everything very short before it's going
> to be too late ;) )
>
> But why don't we check the workflows after 15.04 has been released? then
> we've got a little more time to re-configure if necessary.
>
> Cheers
> Silver
>
> Am 26.02.2015 um 00:29 schrieb Walter Lapchynski:
>> Well here's the problem I face: I cannot know any sooner than Tuesday
>> before release (Thursday) what the state of the images are. In fact,
>> sometimes (14.04.2) I don't even know until day of release!!!!
>>
>> I could try to make sure testing is done on dailies a week before, but
>> I still won't be able to say anything definite because there's lots of
>> opportunity for changes while we wait. The images are frozen come
>> Tuesday.
>>
>> At least for non-release milestones, that's the case. Beyond that, it
>> shouldn't be too difficult.
>>
>> I hope you can understand.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Silver Lion <silverlion@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>> Good evening folks,
>>>
>>> Finally I was able to fullfill wxl's request to get my task-list (seen
>>> here
>>> below as text version) onto the wiki =>
>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/silverlion/PressTemplate
>>>
>>> I'll also be working on a draft for an offline version for the
>>> announcement
>>> of 15.04.
>>>
>>> I'd like QA & Wiki / Docs to consider this list (link see above) as
>>> effective as of now.
>>>
>>> @Wiki & Docs: Please copy this link above to the appropriate places and
>>> have
>>> the mentioned pages in the wiki ready for me asap.
>>>
>>> @wxl: I'd appreciate it if you could update the questionaire not only
>>> one
>>> day prior to release. We (aka comms) need to have time to prepare
>>> everything
>>> so _1 Week_ prior to release everything must be ready for us in order to
>>> look professional.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance to everybody for your attention ;)
>>>
>>> Silver
>>>
>>> Am 05.02.2015 um 01:13 schrieb Gustavo Silva:
>>>>
>>>> If this goes through, please let me know by the end of the week and
>>>> I'll
>>>> assign my share of tasks to the team and will take care of that asap.
>>>>
>>>> In my opinion, it is a +1 for this.
>>>>
>>>> 2015-02-04 23:08 GMT+00:00 Silver Lion <silverlion@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey there folks!
>>>>> I've been asked by wxl and phillw to put together a draft for what's
>>>>> needed in my personal opinion to prepare a proper Public-Relations of
>>>>> Lubuntu.
>>>>>
>>>>> First of all: in Public-Relations it's crucial to be “the first” on
>>>>> the
>>>>> market. Meaning: The earlier we start putting our announcement
>>>>> together
>>>>> the sooner we're on the screens of online media and other interested
>>>>> parties like LoCos.
>>>>>
>>>>> That's why we should start very early in the process to gather
>>>>> informations etc.
>>>>> Because the earlier we start, the less we've got to do on release
>>>>> day...
>>>>>
>>>>> I've prepared a list and divided it in 5 chapters. In each “chapter”
>>>>> I've written some questions to give you in overview what might be
>>>>> interesting and necessary for me to prepare the statement at the end.
>>>>>
>>>>> #####################################################################
>>>>> 1. Feature – Definition – Freeze
>>>>> (a) What's going to be new in the upcoming release?
>>>>> (b) What kind of updates are we doing?
>>>>> (c) Are we changing anything special? (for example: change of the DE →
>>>>> LXQt?)
>>>>> (d) Are we planning anything special like a contest for wallpapers
>>>>> etc.?
>>>>> (e) What will be our main goal for this release?
>>>>> 2. Feature-Freeze
>>>>> (a) “Half-Time”-Report: How are things going? Anything unexpected
>>>>> during
>>>>> the latest period?
>>>>> (b) The Updates we planned to include: Are they all going to come? If
>>>>> not → Why not?!
>>>>> 3. Final Beta Freeze (1 Month PRIOR to Release Day!!!)
>>>>> (a) Statement by Release-Manager & Head of Dev: Did everything go as
>>>>> expected?
>>>>> (b) Did we have to skip any planned things from #1?
>>>>> (c) What's the latest “news” about the release?
>>>>> (d) What can users expect from this release we're talking about?
>>>>>
>>>>> 4. One Week before Release
>>>>> (a) Prepare wiki-page for online and offline press-statement¹
>>>>> (b) copy prepared announcement into wiki-area (which need to be
>>>>> prepared
>>>>> by wiki team!)
>>>>> (c) upload PDF for LoCos and other interested parties to download
>>>>>
>>>>> 5. At Release Day
>>>>> (a) Let prepared wiki-page (from task 4a) go “live”
>>>>> (b) link to it via social media (Twitter, Facebook Page, Facebook
>>>>> Group,
>>>>> G+ Community)
>>>>>
>>>>> #######################################################################
>>>>>
>>>>> Please let me know if anything else is needed your you've got any
>>>>> further questions on that subject.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Silver!
>>>>>
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