On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Edwin Sharp <el...@mail-page.com> wrote: > IMHO don't implement new icons. If beta is not general public then increase > RC-final duration. >
One approach would be to have a "quiet" beta release, announced only on dev, qa, users mailing lists and forum. That will attract users who are already somewhat familiar with the product. Some users might see it as well on our download webpage, but it would not be the default choice. So we might get 1000-2000 users of the beta. If we think we want more, then we can promote it via blog, social network, website home page, etc. This will get more users, potentially 100,000 or more. But that does not mean we get more good quality bug reports in BZ. It could be messy. So it is a trade-off. If we wanted we could start small and then increase the publicity after a week. -Rob > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014, at 17:50, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: >> Hi, >> >> we are still verifying some fixes to identify the Beta as real beta, >> means some branding elements, names etc. And we are working on some >> serious bugfixes that we have identified already. >> >> The current plan is to start the build tomorrow and do the upload over >> the weekend. That means we should have a RC for AOO 4.1 beta available >> at the beginning of next. >> >> The new icons are still not complete and I am not sure how we can or >> should continue here. Replacing them for the final release is probably >> not a good idea. >> >> Work remaining before beta >> >> 1) Defect verification >> >> 2) Release Notes >> check, update and finalize the release notes [1] >> >> 3) Communications >> Clarify the communication/promotion for the beta. For example how many >> users do we want to reach with the beta. >> >> 4) Release vote >> >> Based on this a possible schedule can be >> >> March 4th: availability of AOO 41. Beta RC + start vote >> March 10th: public availability of AOO 41. Beta (until March 31th) >> ...: additional snapshot builds based on the beta including showstopper >> fixes >> April 2th: availability of AOO 4.1 RC >> April 7th: public availability of AOO 4.1 >> >> Any opinions or feedback >> Juergen >> >> >> [1] >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.1+Release+Notes >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: qa-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: qa-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: qa-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: qa-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: qa-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: qa-h...@openoffice.apache.org
