On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:30:28 -0600 Jeff Hoogland <jeffhoogl...@linux.com> said:
this is "live". it can happen any time today - likely later on for those on gmt or eastern times. for you in the last part of the timezone world it may happen sometime during the day or afternoon/evening - either way... i encourage you to be on-line and regularly polling your inbox. i am sure zmike/lfelipe will mail out pings prior to "go time" and give people some reasonable time to respond (maybe an hr or 2 might be good). > Fantastic. I just want to say it is amazing how much this desktop has grown > in the last few years. Do you have any ETA for a time today when these will > be released? I've got my package servers ready to build :) > > > On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com>wrote: > > > As the subject says... > > > > Today (21st of December 2012) is the long awaited day. The day that users > > in > > the doom of the world as we know it... and means that E17 gets released. > > > > zmike (discomfitor/zmike/mike - mr. blumenkranz) is the front-man for > > this. He's > > there to do the release (and take all the blame :)). > > > > lfelipe (luis/felipe... mr. moraes) is the chosen bringer of doom for EFL > > 1.7.4. > > > > i want you 2 to coordinate today. make sure that EFL 1.7.4 comes out and is > > ready on or before when E17 is ready. ensure any and all last fixes are in > > EFL > > for E17 release. ensure all the README's, changelogs, NEWS etc. files are > > good. > > ensure configure.ac's have the right version. distcheck gets passed etc. > > you > > know the drill. don't forget anything. pass around a pre-release amongst > > your > > fellow devs for verification before you get it out. make sure that there > > is a > > news item in the www tree. make sure your send the email announcement with > > the > > right versions and links (re-read it 3 or 4 times before you send it out). > > > > for translators... this is your last chance. zmike will try pick up what > > last > > patches he can. massimo will too (seriously - massimo is like an unsung > > hero of > > the intl stuff in e17... we undervalue him way too much!). at this stage > > small > > patches that fix things go in.. big stuff is just going to be punted most > > likely. even then small patches can break stuff, so re-read the patches > > several > > times and test them heavily or rip them back out again at the slightest > > sign of > > something fishy. we can ALWAYS do 0.17.1 and 1.7.5 etc. > > > > if you can - please be on irc ALL day until you can't stay awake anymore. > > for > > me - that will be early, then again i may just pull an all-nighter as i > > have to > > be up at 4am tomorrow anyway. unknown right now. please make sure your mail > > client is checking mail often today (preferably every few minutes or more). > > today is the day. tomorrow you can rest. if there is a tomorrow. :) > > > > i have been pulling together an about page on e17: > > > > http://www.enlightenment.org/p.php?p=about/e17 > > > > it's in svn. it has scary stuff... like content. this is not a tweet. > > (throw in > > some laments here about the abysmal attention span of todays generations > > here, > > then some grumbling about how everything was better in my day etc.). > > > > it wont cover everything... but it'll be a good start that's current with > > todays release. it's in svn. people can commit improvements to it over > > time. if > > you do - please ensure that any screenshots are consistent. ie default > > theme/setup. i have been using a xpehyr 1025x600 and scaling down to 50% > > size > > for the shots (dropshadow is a identical sized rect, dragged 2 pixels down > > below the shot and then blurred gaussian blue 8 pixel radius and that > > shadow > > layer at 75% transparency in gimp fyi). > > > > to everyone - now is a great time to clean up anything else. the rest of > > the > > website in svn probably needs some going-over for content, links and facts. > > this is a job that is easily distributed and parallelized - the website is > > in > > the www tree. in trunk of svn. also don't forget trac wiki - there are > > pages. > > edit/fix/delete/etc. ... divide and conquer. > > > > and then when the release is up.. mail is out... it's publicity time. > > everyone > > can take part. post to your favorite news agregators (reddit, digg, > > slashot, > > whatever). poke your favorite tech reviewers. write blogs. burn cd's with > > efl > > +e17 on them and give them out as christmas presents to your family and > > friends. prod your local package maintainers to update packages for your > > distribution. go to the pub and buy a round of beer for everyone to > > celebrate > > "e17 release day" (and then get odd stares where they realize they can't > > make > > fun of you because you just bought them a beer, and they either think this > > is > > a joke or don't even know what e17 is, but yet need to appear grateful for > > the > > beer). > > > > good luck toops. pants on. :) MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAH > > > > -- > > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. 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