On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Kay Schenk <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? >
Personally, I think that is a pain in the ass to convert the wiki Release Notes to HTML. Remember, our goal has been to make the Release Notes nicer, with more graphics, etc. So this is going to make conversion more difficult. But if someone really wants to do that, then I have no objections. -Rob > >> 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
