All good points, which was exactly what I was looking, and hoping, for. Thx. Glad to see that people are actually thinking hard about these things not only from a community development aspect, but also from a, for lack of a better word, strategic viewpoint.
> On Dec 28, 2020, at 8:13 AM, Peter Kovacs <pe...@apache.org> wrote: > > > On 28.12.20 13:17, Jim Jagielski wrote: >> Playing devil's advocate here: does it make sense to actually post a blog >> article about this and then, maybe a week later, have the article >> moot with the actual release? > > Yes I think it is worth it and we should train to do such things more often. > > First of all we prepare our community on the patch. It will be the first time > that we tell them what we did and why. > > The second benefitial point is we will set a expectation. Currently it is > still fuzzy one, but people will be looking for an update more frequently, so > if we deliver a week later that would be awesome. > > On third: In the blogpost is we invite for testing. So maybe m,ore people > will show up to look at the Release Candidate. > > My last pro argument is we need also to link other channels to the blog post. > On facebook it takes some days untill a post reaches the people. > > So in case we extend the range it would be great. Just as a reminder, we > usually do not say anything, and people are used that the dev team works more > behind the scene. > >> >> Maybe it is better to address the issue with the release announcement...? >> >>> On Dec 27, 2020, at 1:26 PM, Dave Fisher <w...@apache.org> wrote: >>> >>> Hi - >>> >>> I made extensive edits for consistency and language. >>> >>> Patricia, please take a look if you wish. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Dave >>> >>>> On Dec 27, 2020, at 9:20 AM, Jörg Schmidt <joe...@j-m-schmidt.de> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Dave Fisher [mailto:w...@apache.org] >>>>> Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2020 5:59 PM >>>>> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org >>>>> Subject: Re: [Consensus Building] What we should do now (was: >>>>> [lazy consensus] ... Big Sur) >>>>> >>>>> Please put Peter’s text in a cwiki page so that it can be >>>>> edited. We cannot promise a release by the end of the year. >>>>> We should not imply that macOS Big Sur is the only reason for >>>>> 4.1.9. All platforms will benefit. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for your efforts. >>>>> >>>>> +1 once the text is properly edited. >>>> see: >>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=173080814 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> <mailto:dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org> >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> <mailto:dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org> >> > -- > This is the Way! http://www.apache.org/theapacheway/index.html > <http://www.apache.org/theapacheway/index.html> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > <mailto:dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > <mailto:dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org>
