[Bf-committers] Official announcement on Siggraph?

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,

The quick reactions in IRC told me that the statement could be  
elaborated better, to explain that the '2.5 series' is a process in  
which we validate & improve.

So, we can flatten down expactations, and say:

"The first official release to validate the 2.5x series is expected to  
be available in
october 2009."

-Ton-

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Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation   ton at blender.org    www.blender.org
Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The Netherlands

On 30 Jul, 2009, at 13:33, Ton Roosendaal wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> (Cross posted to 2 lists)
>
> You know, the press loves good statements, and at the Siggraph exhibit
> we'll have a lot of good attention. We will print nice 'spec sheets'
> for Blender 2.5, and spread an official press release too.
>
> Just mentioning how great 2.5 is won't make good headlines... so we
> better just announce a real release date! :) So I'd like to propose to
> add this statement in our communication:
>
> "The first release of the 2.5x series is expected to be available in
> october 2009."
>
> We actually should move in august to make official testing builds
> available anyway, and open up a bugtracker for people to post reports
> in.
> I don't expect 2.5 is "ready" in october... but software is never ready
> anyway! Better release often, and improve by each step.
>
> Sounds like a plan? Serious objections should be posted quick, we will
> make our sheets and press releases sunday, in New Orleans.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Ton-
>
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