On 5/15/20 4:56 AM, Jonathan Riddell wrote:
Announcing the release service releases is what makes it shift date each month. We could separate them but then would the release service announcements go back to being a product which is what the intention is to avoid. What's strange about the decision to debrand it from being a product into just a service with lots of products is one anyone feels too strongly about rather than just being one that nobody objects to. My preference was always to rebrand it as KDE Apps Bundle or similar but that had objections and with KDE decision making is often taken as the option that nobody objects to. If you want to re-open the debate you'd need to work out how to come to a new consensus.
Personally I agree with Carl's concerns about these announcements and your view that it would have been better to have a "KDE apps bundle" product. Perhaps our experience with the de-brand option can drive a new conversation about the alternative option.
On 5/15/20 1:57 PM, Ben Cooksley wrote: > Is there any reason why the Release Service needs to have a separate > announcement if the Monthly App Updates is going to go out a few days > later? > Would there be much harm in the packages being released and our > announcement following a few days later? > > If you think there is harm, then I'd suggest that the Release Service > always release on the same day every month (even if that means it > moves from being mid-week to happening on a Sunday to a Friday > depending on the month). Note that the tarballs can always be ready a > different number of days before hand if the concern is the packaging > process. > > I suspect from a Promo perspective there is some benefit to knowing it > will always happen on X day (giving those interested a given day to > look forward to they don't have to reference our calendars to find) This makes a lot of sense to me. Nate
