Hi,
As I noted in the last marketing meeting could have done a better than
with the release notes for the Alpha release than we did. I just ran out
of time. The Beta release is schedule at 2009-10-13. So we don't really
have too much time. As promised, here are more details.
The Beta release notes is a important source of information for our
users, testers, ambassadors, even fellow developers and press for that
release. So I am asking you all to help you a bit. Here is how:
I have "open sourced" my process of finding information and my notes and
copied over all that information to
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Beta_release_notes
If you don't have much time, take one item in this list and add more
information. I will also help you avoid even clicking on a link and copy
the same information below:
Quick notes:
* Hybrid ISO - earlier revision in Alpha release notes history. Confirm
that it works well before adding it here
* Status of
http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf/ in Fedora? How well does
it work?
* Moblin - Explain in detail with potentially a screencast
* GNOME Shell - Ogg Screencast possibly with voice over
* Yum Presto - In GNOME and KDE groups. What about delta rpm generation?
*
http://live.gnome.org/GTK%2B/ClientSideWindows - Eclipse and Adobe
Reader needs a workaround
* Abrt - whats the status?
* Anaconda MDRaid - Explain in detail
* Lower Process Capabilities
* Contact KDE SIG and gather important changes. Phonon has changed to
gstreamer backend in Alpha release and was not mentioned. So call it out
in the Beta release.
Additional sources:
* Look at F11 Preview release notes and use it as a template. It matches
the beta this release because of rel eng decision to tweak the release
process a bit
* Read rawhide reports in between alpha and beta release for new
packages as well as import changes worth noting here
* Quickly skimp through all threads in fedora-devel and fedora-test list
for note worthy changes
* Read Planet Fedora and reference developer blogs when important
changes are mentioned
* Consult with QA team and make sure note worth issues are mentioned. If
anything needs explicit testing, highlight it
* More details at
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/12/FeatureList. Read the release
notes section of each of the approved feature
Thanks.
Rahul