On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 7:11 PM, 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.
Making this an alpha release (with an 'Alpha' sticker on the website) seems prudent. Allan -- IRC: aday on irc.gnome.org Blog: http://afaikblog.wordpress.com/ -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
