SoaS engineering just proposed a major change-in-direction for the upcoming (Mirabelle) release. See http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/soas/2010-March/000906.html
Some questions for the Marketing group about this idea, based on discussions with Sean today (Sean, are we missing anything?) 0. Sanity check - what do you think about this notion in general? We apologize for the time crunch, but Beta Freeze is coming up on Tuesday, March 23rd, and we need to have a clear notion of our forward path by then. 1. There was concern expressed that a SoaS image that doesn't have a lot of Activities "out of the box" would be less optimal for demo purposes. Is there a need for instructions on how people can make their own "demo sticks" with more Activities (any Activities they want)? Can this need continue to be filled by Strawberry and/or Blueberry until the next release (in November 2010)? 2. How can SoaS engineering keep track of development releases in a way that makes sense to us (for instance, this change would be a significant departure from the past releases, and would therefore warrant a full version number) while not interfering with Marketing's plans? (We realize this release would not be marketed to users - it would be used as a recruitment tool for contributors instead.) Feedback? Questions? Comments? Firestorm? We'll be tinkering further on this over the weekend - we can do another kickstart on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, so we have 3 drafts left to figure this out with. Please join us (sdziallas & mchua on #sugar) and ask questions if you have any, or join in and help if you have ideas on how to improve this. Thanks, --Sebastian and Mel _______________________________________________ Marketing mailing list Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing