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Revision as of 03:35, 22 April 2009
This announce planning page is based on AnnouncePlanning046 - What you see below has been copied from there and edited. Refer to the ReleaseNotes047 for details on what's new, different and improved.
Tasks
| Task | Performer | Projected Date of completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Informal PR text | Collaborated on this wiki page | 5th May 2009 | 0% |
| Formal PR text | Collaborated on this wiki page | 5th May 2009 | 0% |
| Interviews | user:user | TeamInterview047 | 0% |
Announcement Process
- Create News posts (using the small overview below) on all the relevant social bookmarking sites: digg, slashdot, delicious, stumble etc.
- Create a new Page on the Inkscape website that has the Formal Announcement on it (for linking purposes) have links back to the social bookmarking stories for the release.
- Post the official announcement to the Inkscape News on the website, and on all the relevant Inkscape lists (eg. announce, user, developer)
- Send out the informal announcement (include a link to the web page with the formal announcement)
- Send out the formal announcement. (include a link to the web page with the formal announcement)
Press Release Translations
Once the English Press Release text has been finalised, translation can start into other languages.
The current goal for this PR text is to have the english version finished by 5th May 2008.
Please Create a new Wiki page for planning / translating the 0.47 PR in your language here:
etc...
Press Release Text
Small Overview
The Inkscape project is proud to announce a new release of its world class open source vector graphics editor. Version 0.47 includes major updates to core features and introduces powerful new tools.
New Tools
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Major Updates
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Informal
Inkscape Announces 0.47 Release :: http://www.inkscape.org :: Draw Freely.
Download Inkscape 0.47 for Linux, Windows or Mac OS X
For More Information
About Inkscape
Formal
The Inkscape Community Releases Inkscape 0.47
Download Inkscape 0.47 for Linux, Windows or Mac OS X
For More Information
About Inkscape
Places to Announce
Receive small overview
| Web Site / Media | Who will contact / post | Notes... |
|---|---|---|
| http://digg.com | user | digg.com someone needs to post a short excerpt announcing the release, and link it to inkscape.org. |
| http://slashdot.org | user | submit a new news item. |
| http://newsvine.com | user | submit a new news item. |
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| (1 Web Site / Media) | (2 Who will contact / post) | (3 Notes...) |
Receive Informal PR
Open Source Community
| Contact Name | Who will contact / post | Notes... |
|---|---|---|
| gnome office list | who? | gnome-office-list at gnome dot org |
| svg developers yahoo group | svg-developers at yahoo dot com must join the list to send (rejon is on) | |
| SVG.org | antoine at graougraou dot com, svg at steltenpower dot com | |
| svgfaq.org | maxdunn at siliconpublishing dot com | |
| svgfoundation.org | michael (at) svgfoundation.org | |
| cairo list | cairo at cairographics dot org | |
| gnome-list | gnome-announce-list at gnome dot org | |
| Scribus List (mrdocs) | scribus at nashi dot altmuehlnet dot de | |
| osnews.com | http://osnews.com/submit.php | |
| desktoplinux.com | http://desktoplinux.com/contactus.html | |
| Freshmeat.net | a new release has to be added to inkscape's freshmeat profile | |
| gnome footnotes | http://gnomedesktop.org/node/add/story | |
| scale-a-vector | kukofka at scale-a-vector dot de http://www.scale-a-vector.de/cont.htm | |
| http://dot.kde.org | http://dot.kde.org/addPostingForm | |
| revelinux.com | theobroma at revelinux dot com |
Broader Inkscape & Art Community
| Contact Name | Who will contact / post? | Notes... | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inkscape deviantart group | ScislaC | http://inkscape.deviantart.com/ | |
| the inkscape forum | ryanlerch | http://www.inkscapeforum.com/ run by microUgly | |
| inkscape tutorials blog | ryanlerch | http://inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com/ | |
| open clip art library list | ryanlerch | clipart@freedesktop.org | |
| open clip art library news | ryanlerch | ||
| artdc.org forum | johncoswell | http://www.artdc.org/ | |
| bittbox.com - vector art blog | ryanlerch | contact(at)bittbox.com | |
| The Daily Ubuntu - Daily Ubuntu Applications | ryanlerch | http://www.contactify.com/35b54 | |
Other Inkscape Users
Inkscape is attracting growing numbers of users in different fields such as scrapbooking, craft-makers, fabric designers and people creating a range of technical drawings. How can we get the word out to these groups?
| website / magazine | Who will contact / post? | Notes... |
|---|---|---|
Receive Formal PR
| Contact Name | Who will contact / post? | Notes... |
|---|---|---|
| http://linuxformat.co.uk/ | login and submit news via top of page link | |
| http://linux-magazine.com/ | pr(at)linux - magazine (dot) com | |
| http://linuxmagazine.com/ | jbrockmeier at linux hyphen mag DOT com. | |
| http://www.tuxmagazine.com/ | editor at tuxmagazine dot com | |
| http://cmykmag.com/ | ||
| http://www.computerarts.co.uk/ | dom dot hall at futurenet dot co dot uk http://www.computerarts.co.uk/contacts | |
| http://www.theopensourcereport.com/ | ryanlerch | contact at theopensourcereport dot com |
| http://www.builderau.com.au/ | ryanlerch | Chris Duckett, editor at builderau dot com dot au |
| http://www.zdnet.com.au | ryanlerch | edit at zdnet dot com dot au |
| http://lwn.net | ||