On 8/3/07, Ken VanDine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would view 2.19.x as something for the enthusiast/power user/version > chaser, but 2.20 will be a stable release. Therefore suitable for the > masses, not bleeding edge.
Erm, sorry. 2.19 is something just an elite of GNOME hackers and other developers working on bleeding edge distros are tasting and testing (directly or through the development versions of the small group of distros caring about building GNOME before it's released. The 2.20 release notes will be suitable for the masses... ... that understand what a desktop is and understand that GNOME is a desktop, but i.e. Beryl has nothing to do with GNOME. ... that understand that Abiword and Epiphany are GNOME but not Firefox or OpenOffice(.org). ... that understand that Inkscape, Gaim and even GIMP are not GNOME either. ... that understand that they can't download and install GNOME, and the release we announce today include a bunch of features they won't enjoy till later (in some cases really a lot later) though their selected distro. ... that understand that the list of features we are listing are worth a release. The masses, even the masses of free software users, are used mostly to releases of new products or heavy revamps. Only the fact of explaining why 2.20 is something good for them is difficult. To me the users that understand the previous points are power users with a very good grasp of what GNOME is. This corresponds to a minority of users, not the average profile. Comparing minorities, I personally prefer to write release notes that will satisfy first the developers and the minority of people that fit in the profiles detailed before. If developers like the release notes power users will love them as well. But this is just an opinion of someone that won't take part in the writing of the release notes. :) As soon as you try to keep everything in a single, very visual page I'm pretty sure the rest will be fine/great. -- Quim Gil /// http://desdeamericaconamor.org -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list