Re: [opensuse-marketing] Milestone 1 release announcement

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Richard Brown

10 Feb 2012 10 Feb '12

23:18

Howdy Kim, If you mention the fact that M1 has revised branding, you might want to also mention it is a work in progress, and if people want to contribute with feedback, comments, ideas, or even their own improvements, please point them in the direction of opensuse-artwork ML and IRC Cheers Richard/Ilmehtar

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Kim Leyendecker 02/10/12 9:22 PM >>> Howdy y'all

As Coolo announced M1 today[1], we should think about a release anouncemnt. Did anyone write something already? If not, I'd step up tomorrow and write an article about it. any ideas, wishes etc? thanks, --kdl [1] http://lists.suse.de/opensuse-factory/2012-02/msg00237.html -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner@opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner@opensuse.org

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Bryen M Yunashko

11 Feb 11 Feb

02:14

New subject: [opensuse-marketing] Milestone 1 release announcement

On Fri, 2012-02-10 at 22:18 +0000, Richard Brown wrote:

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Howdy Kim,

If you mention the fact that M1 has revised branding, you might want to also mention it is a work in progress, and if people want to contribute with feedback, comments, ideas, or even their own improvements, please point them in the direction of opensuse-artwork ML and IRC

Cheers

Richard/Ilmehtar

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Kim Leyendecker 02/10/12 9:22 PM >>> Howdy y'all

As Coolo announced M1 today[1], we should think about a release anouncemnt. Did anyone write something already? If not, I'd step up tomorrow and write an article about it.

any ideas, wishes etc?

thanks, --kdl

I agree with Richard. The fact that people on -factory ML already noticed and commented about the new artwork so early is evidence its newsworthy. As with past announcements, we need to make sure the article inspires people to try it, test it, and report bugs by showing links to wiki pages about how to report. You could also take a look at the list AJ is currently forming about what features people can begin to look forward to in 12.2. The list is still a work in progress, but its a starting point. http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Major_features You don't need to go into a big spiel about what 12.2 is going to be. Just enough to whet their appetites before the big release. We slowly but surely increase the noise with each pre-release. :-) Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Project -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner@opensuse.org

Pascal Bleser

03:37

New subject: [opensuse-marketing] Milestone 1 release announcement

On 2012-02-10 19:14:41 (-0600), Bryen M Yunashko wrote:

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On Fri, 2012-02-10 at 22:18 +0000, Richard Brown wrote: [...] You could also take a look at the list AJ is currently forming about what features people can begin to look forward to in 12.2. The list is still a work in progress, but its a starting point.

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http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Major_features

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You don't need to go into a big spiel about what 12.2 is going to be. Just enough to whet their appetites before the big release. We slowly but surely increase the noise with each pre-release. :-)

One idea, if there are volunteers to do it, would be to make interviews of contributors who did most of feature X, or Y, ... I mean interviews about the features, not about themselves, although it might be nice to also have a few words on that, especially when they are a little less known to the community as, say, Henne or Coolo or Adrian. e.g. when snapper came out, make a little interview about it with the main author, or make one with Frédéric about systemd, ... That can be done at the release but might be more useful as features are promoted to the feature list with each milestone, to keep the buzz on press sites (also easier to handle for those who do the interviews: one interview once in a while rather than a batch of a dozen when the release is made ;)). It requires some preparation though, IMHO, to ask useful questions that are on topic as most developers are not exactly ... um ... verbose. And a generic set of questions as for "the people of openSUSE" would be pointless IMHO. Well, it's just an idea. cheers -- -o) Pascal Bleser /\\ http://opensuse.org -- we haz green _\_v http://fosdem.org -- we haz conf

Bryen M Yunashko

04:01

New subject: [opensuse-marketing] Milestone 1 release announcement

On Sat, 2012-02-11 at 03:37 +0100, Pascal Bleser wrote:

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On 2012-02-10 19:14:41 (-0600), Bryen M Yunashko wrote:

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On Fri, 2012-02-10 at 22:18 +0000, Richard Brown wrote: [...] You could also take a look at the list AJ is currently forming about what features people can begin to look forward to in 12.2. The list is still a work in progress, but its a starting point.

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http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Major_features

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You don't need to go into a big spiel about what 12.2 is going to be. Just enough to whet their appetites before the big release. We slowly but surely increase the noise with each pre-release. :-)

One idea, if there are volunteers to do it, would be to make interviews of contributors who did most of feature X, or Y, ... I mean interviews about the features, not about themselves, although it might be nice to also have a few words on that, especially when they are a little less known to the community as, say, Henne or Coolo or Adrian.

e.g. when snapper came out, make a little interview about it with the main author, or make one with Frédéric about systemd, ...

That can be done at the release but might be more useful as features are promoted to the feature list with each milestone, to keep the buzz on press sites (also easier to handle for those who do the interviews: one interview once in a while rather than a batch of a dozen when the release is made ;)).

Agreed. It should be part of an editorial schedule we should start making in preparation for release of 12.2. We did similarly with creating an editorial schedule for 12.1 (though I cannot point to it since ietherpad went boom.) The more we lay out what we should be highlighting and generating noise buildup, the easier it will be to prepare and assign articles. At present this is not something we do by habit, but rather as a "newish" approach to our news site. But the more we do this in a regular fashion, the more I can see devs or packagers pinging us to say "Hey, I got this cool thing, can you write an article about it please?" And that will, in the long run, make news.o.o easier to work with, whereas presently we're at the mercy of ourselves hunting around for relevant news to promote when we may/may not really get what is news-worthy just yet. Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Project

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It requires some preparation though, IMHO, to ask useful questions that are on topic as most developers are not exactly ... um ... verbose. And a generic set of questions as for "the people of openSUSE" would be pointless IMHO.

Well, it's just an idea.

cheers

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Jos Poortvliet

14 Feb 14 Feb

19:25

New subject: [opensuse-marketing] Milestone 1 release announcement

On Friday 10 February 2012 19:14:41 Bryen M Yunashko wrote:

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On Fri, 2012-02-10 at 22:18 +0000, Richard Brown wrote:

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Howdy Kim,

If you mention the fact that M1 has revised branding, you might want to also mention it is a work in progress, and if people want to contribute with feedback, comments, ideas, or even their own improvements, please point them in the direction of opensuse-artwork ML and IRC

Cheers

Richard/Ilmehtar

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Kim Leyendecker 02/10/12 9:22 PM >>>

Howdy y'all

As Coolo announced M1 today[1], we should think about a release anouncemnt. Did anyone write something already? If not, I'd step up tomorrow and write an article about it.

any ideas, wishes etc?

thanks,

--kdl

I agree with Richard. The fact that people on -factory ML already noticed and commented about the new artwork so early is evidence its newsworthy.

As with past announcements, we need to make sure the article inspires people to try it, test it, and report bugs by showing links to wiki pages about how to report.

You could also take a look at the list AJ is currently forming about what features people can begin to look forward to in 12.2. The list is still a work in progress, but its a starting point.

http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Major_features

You don't need to go into a big spiel about what 12.2 is going to be. Just enough to whet their appetites before the big release. We slowly but surely increase the noise with each pre-release. :-)

Kim, anything in progress where I might contribute? Cool that you took this on, btw :D

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Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Project

Kim Leyendecker

15 Feb 15 Feb

13:17

New subject: [opensuse-marketing] Milestone 1 release announcement

On 14.02.2012 19:25, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

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On Friday 10 February 2012 19:14:41 Bryen M Yunashko wrote:

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On Fri, 2012-02-10 at 22:18 +0000, Richard Brown wrote:

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Howdy Kim,

If you mention the fact that M1 has revised branding, you might want to also mention it is a work in progress, and if people want to contribute with feedback, comments, ideas, or even their own improvements, please point them in the direction of opensuse-artwork ML and IRC

Cheers

Richard/Ilmehtar

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Kim Leyendecker 02/10/12 9:22 PM >>> Howdy y'all

As Coolo announced M1 today[1], we should think about a release anouncemnt. Did anyone write something already? If not, I'd step up tomorrow and write an article about it.

any ideas, wishes etc?

thanks,

--kdl I agree with Richard. The fact that people on -factory ML already noticed and commented about the new artwork so early is evidence its newsworthy.

As with past announcements, we need to make sure the article inspires people to try it, test it, and report bugs by showing links to wiki pages about how to report.

You could also take a look at the list AJ is currently forming about what features people can begin to look forward to in 12.2. The list is still a work in progress, but its a starting point.

http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Major_features

You don't need to go into a big spiel about what 12.2 is going to be. Just enough to whet their appetites before the big release. We slowly but surely increase the noise with each pre-release. :-) Kim, anything in progress where I might contribute?

Cool that you took this on, btw :D

http://news.opensuse.org/?p=12703&preview=true That's what I got so far. It's not that much, maybe somebody could add some nice pictures, if possible. And maybe Coolo could give a brief overview about M1's changes? I'd be very glad if you could do that! thanks in advance, --kdl

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Stephan Kulow

13:14

New subject: [opensuse-marketing] Milestone 1 release announcement

On 15.02.2012 13:17, Kim Leyendecker wrote:

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On 14.02.2012 19:25, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

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On Friday 10 February 2012 19:14:41 Bryen M Yunashko wrote:

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On Fri, 2012-02-10 at 22:18 +0000, Richard Brown wrote:

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Howdy Kim,

If you mention the fact that M1 has revised branding, you might want to also mention it is a work in progress, and if people want to contribute with feedback, comments, ideas, or even their own improvements, please point them in the direction of opensuse-artwork ML and IRC

Cheers

Richard/Ilmehtar

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> Kim Leyendecker 02/10/12 9:22 PM >>> Howdy y'all

As Coolo announced M1 today[1], we should think about a release anouncemnt. Did anyone write something already? If not, I'd step up tomorrow and write an article about it.

any ideas, wishes etc?

thanks,

--kdl I agree with Richard. The fact that people on -factory ML already noticed and commented about the new artwork so early is evidence its newsworthy.

As with past announcements, we need to make sure the article inspires people to try it, test it, and report bugs by showing links to wiki pages about how to report.

You could also take a look at the list AJ is currently forming about what features people can begin to look forward to in 12.2. The list is still a work in progress, but its a starting point.

http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Major_features

You don't need to go into a big spiel about what 12.2 is going to be. Just enough to whet their appetites before the big release. We slowly but surely increase the noise with each pre-release. :-) Kim, anything in progress where I might contribute?

Cool that you took this on, btw :D

http://news.opensuse.org/?p=12703&preview=true

That's what I got so far. It's not that much, maybe somebody could add some nice pictures, if possible. And maybe Coolo could give a brief overview about M1's changes? I'd be very glad if you could do that!

Not really. M1 is worth several months of development. Greetings, Stephan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner@opensuse.org

Kim Leyendecker

13:43

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On 15.02.2012 13:14, Stephan Kulow wrote:

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On 15.02.2012 13:17, Kim Leyendecker wrote:

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On 14.02.2012 19:25, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

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On Friday 10 February 2012 19:14:41 Bryen M Yunashko wrote:

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On Fri, 2012-02-10 at 22:18 +0000, Richard Brown wrote:

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Howdy Kim,

If you mention the fact that M1 has revised branding, you might want to also mention it is a work in progress, and if people want to contribute with feedback, comments, ideas, or even their own improvements, please point them in the direction of opensuse-artwork ML and IRC

Cheers

Richard/Ilmehtar

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>> Kim Leyendecker 02/10/12 9:22 PM >>> Howdy y'all

As Coolo announced M1 today[1], we should think about a release anouncemnt. Did anyone write something already? If not, I'd step up tomorrow and write an article about it.

any ideas, wishes etc?

thanks,

--kdl I agree with Richard. The fact that people on -factory ML already noticed and commented about the new artwork so early is evidence its newsworthy.

As with past announcements, we need to make sure the article inspires people to try it, test it, and report bugs by showing links to wiki pages about how to report.

You could also take a look at the list AJ is currently forming about what features people can begin to look forward to in 12.2. The list is still a work in progress, but its a starting point.

http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Major_features

You don't need to go into a big spiel about what 12.2 is going to be. Just enough to whet their appetites before the big release. We slowly but surely increase the noise with each pre-release. :-) Kim, anything in progress where I might contribute?

Cool that you took this on, btw :D http://news.opensuse.org/?p=12703&preview=true

That's what I got so far. It's not that much, maybe somebody could add some nice pictures, if possible. And maybe Coolo could give a brief overview about M1's changes? I'd be very glad if you could do that!

Not really. M1 is worth several months of development.

Sorry, I don't get the point of your message. Do you mean my mail or the article, and if you mean the article, do you have any ideas to improve it?

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Greetings, Stephan

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Stephan Kulow

13:27

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On 15.02.2012 13:43, Kim Leyendecker wrote:

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And maybe Coolo could give a brief overview about M1's changes? I'd be very glad if you could do that!

Not really. M1 is worth several months of development.

Sorry, I don't get the point of your message. Do you mean my mail or the article, and if you mean the article, do you have any ideas to improve it?

I only replied to the part that said Coolo Greetings, Stephan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner@opensuse.org

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