[Mageia-marketing] Communication about the alpha and the ISO 0 release

Sun Jan 30 18:50:28 CET 2011

Hi,
+
+On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 19:19, DjeZAeL <djezael at gmail.com> wrote:
+> I am worried that some people will be awaiting for Mageia and will be
+> disappointed (about the way they could use the distribution) because they
+> were told that they would be able to try it quickly.
+
+No need to worry about that anymore: it is going to happen anyway. :)
+
+We just have to endorse this and stress out the message better. That
+will still not prevent people to download, test, yell and post a
+somehow angry blog post saying that it is "way below their
+expectations" and "this project is dead or going the wrong way". We
+can't do anything about this, but explain better what we do (and why).
+
+> I think it would be great if someone could publish a short note about what
+> will be and WON'T be the alpha and the ISO 0 (as written on the wiki) and
+> what each kind of users (beginners, experienced users, developers, ...)
+> could expect about it.
+> The note could also include a brief schedule of the planned released and
+> specify that this schedule may change.
+
+We can do that. Will raise the point on Monday founders/Council meeting.
+
+Actually, I would love some reaction to my Jan. 24 mail about this
+alpha release, as the message would greatly benefit from your (all of
+you who joined the marcom team) work and as its different incarnations
+(blog, as noted here, and everywhere else) may be of this team
+operational responsibility shortly.
+
+> I'm also wondering which page to believe/to recommend :
+> - http://www.mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=roadmap#march  << ISO 0 announced
+> for March.
+> -
+> http://www.mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=iso_0_specifications#expected_milestones
+> << ISO 0 announced for April.
+
+The latter is better. The whole roadmap page needs some work (input
+from here welcome as well).
+
+Cheers,
+
+Romain
+