On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Owen Taylor <otay...@redhat.com> wrote:
> I think launching quietly and assuming that it won't be picked up by > Phoronix/LWN/Slashdot could leave us scrambling if (when!) that happens. > > It might be better to try and set expectations up front: when we are ready > to launch, send a mail to gnome-shell-list, setting expectations for what > works, and what is still being worked on, link to that mail from > extensions.gnome.org (Like have a "learn more" link next to the > Alpha/Beta banner on the web site), fix the problems that come up. > > I'm *sure* we don't want to send out a press release for a site that has > been tested by about 5 people so far, however. > > I think Owen is right. I think people are going to know very quickly. We should set everything up and set all the expectations especially in regards to stability. I can't help but think some kind of message that "GNOME supports the 1%" would be humorous. (if you don't get the reference, it was something Greg K-H coined in a G+ thread regarding GNOME 3. eg the 1% that supports GNOME with bug reports, feedback and what not. Anyways, I"m eager to see this get into operation. sri > - Owen > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jasper St. Pierre" <jstpie...@mecheye.net> > > To: marketing-list@gnome.org, "Owen Taylor" <otay...@redhat.com>, "Olav > Vitters" <o...@vitters.nl> > > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 1:05:37 PM > > Subject: Re: extensions.gnome.org release > > > > Sure. Just know that from checking the website's error log, there's > > 15-20 people trying to guess random passwords each day, so I doubt > > there would be a shortage of people noticing. Launching quietly also > > gives us enough freedom in case we want to take it down for > > maintenance or wipe all the data, which isn't excluded as a > > possibility at this point. > > > > When the website becomes more mature, we can announce it then. > > > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Olav Vitters <o...@vitters.nl> > > wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 12:01:34PM -0500, Jasper St. Pierre wrote: > > >> My current plan of attack is to launch quietly and see how many > > >> people > > >> notice it. I'm expecting that the release will still be a bit > > >> buggy > > >> and broken, so I don't want to launch too triumphantly and then > > >> fail > > >> completely. > > > > > Can't we call it a beta release? > > > > > > -- > > > Regards, > > > Olav > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jasper > > > -- > marketing-list mailing list > marketing-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list >
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