On 12/01/2015 07:16 AM, Amit Shah wrote: > Ping. > > I haven't received any responses so far, please let me know if you're > planning on doing this. > > Thanks, >
I did amend the changelog on the wiki for my part, but I don't have anything better than a webcam. I have hunches that hewn together grainy webcam footage won't make for a very compelling video... --js > On (Tue) 24 Nov 2015 [10:28:25], Amit Shah wrote: >> Hello, >> >> The 2.5 release is close - and I'm collecting a list of notable >> changes and features once more. The video made for the 2.4 release >> [1] was popular, and I'm volunteering to make one for 2.5 as well. In >> addition, we need more feature pages, and there's a template at [2] >> that you can use to base feature pages off. >> >> I've CC'ed maintainers whose pull reqs got merged for the 2.5 cycle, >> but this is not restricted to maintainers only - feature owners are >> welcome to submit their videos and author feature pages as well -- >> please coordinate with the maintainers who sent pull reqs so there's >> no duplication of content for the video. >> >> Please get me the videos before Monday, 7 December, and I can then get >> the final video ready in time for the 10th December release date. >> >> For the feature pages, please link them to the ChangeLog page at [3]. >> >> Details: >> >> This time, we can actually put the video out on release day (even >> within the release announcement?) since we have a bit of time on >> hands. Can you please go through the notable enhancements in your >> subsystems for the 2.5 release, and send me a short (max. 2 mins) >> video highlighting the changes in 2.5, and optionally something about >> where we're headed in the future with those changes? A brief note on >> how those changes impact users (directly, or via higher level >> software, e.g. openstack) will be useful. >> >> The video can be shot using a phone camera (preferably the main >> camera), or a webcam / laptop cam. For consistency, it's better if >> the videos are at least 720p (higher the better!), and have as less >> background noise as possible. I can remove the background noise using >> audacity, but that makes the main voice sound robotic, so it's better >> not to resort to that. >> >> Please upload to some file sharing service (preferably no login >> required), and send me a pointer. >> >> >> Additionally, more search-friendly text-based feature pages help >> users, testers and future contributors a lot, so please create feature >> pages for major changes, and include as much information as possible. >> The template at [2] should be a good start to help thinking about what >> information to include. >> >> >> [1] http://log.amitshah.net/2015/09/qemu-maintainers-on-the-2-4-release/ >> [2] http://qemu-project.org/NewFeatureTemplate >> [3] http://qemu-project.org/ChangeLog/2.5 >> >> Thanks, >> >> Amit >> >> > > Amit >
