Activity
From 2014-10-01 to 2014-10-30
2014-10-30
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15:46 action #4232 (In Progress): tell nvidia packager to upload drivers
- mailed Stefan to remind him about Nvidia drivers
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- sent mail to doc-team, fs is on vacation
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- notified maintenance&security about GM
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15:17 action #3670: Trigger an online update for pullin-flash
- 258946 State:new By:dimstar When:2014-10-30T10:05:54
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- The last time around we seem to have published pullin-flash-plugin as an update was with 12.2; it was skipped with 12...
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action #4038 (Closed): make counter.o.o/link point to new portal
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- not going to happen anways
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- Gerhard, can I assign this task to you? If you have questions you can ask cwh
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- IPRQ finished and sent
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09:54 action #4064 (Resolved): Write Press Announcement for openSUSE 13.2
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- The press kit is almost finish
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08:54 action #4168 (Rejected): update freecode entry
- Effective 2014-06-18 Freecode is no longer being updated
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08:30 action #4126 (Resolved): translate social media messages
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-translation/2014-10/msg00022.html
2014-10-29
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16:48 action #4136 (In Progress): translate snippet
- Text committed to i18n svn and mail sent to translation ML.
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- New snippet (and .po) committed in a new release132 branch.
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- Snippet for www.opensuse.org written.
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10:19 action #4150 (Resolved): create basic wiki structure for new release
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- https://en.opensuse.org/Release_announcement and pinged translators
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-translation/2014-10/msg00021.html
2014-10-28
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- Darix?
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- Flavio and Robert confirmed that they target GA for availability of their images
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- The draft is almost complete now (with current screenshots and all that). Only one section and the quotes missing. I ...
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- Draft improved and sent to marketing ML desperately asking for help https://news.opensuse.org/?p=18707&preview=true
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- https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/openSUSE:Maintenance:3082 is not released
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- wtf, I submitted kernel update weeks ago. where did it go?
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- we didn't use that process much this time
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-translation/2014-10/msg00016.html
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- done
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- meanwhile I can be happy we have branding at all ;(
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- I offered it to OSP, but they didn't give feedback. So assuming it's exactly what they need
2014-10-27
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- pinged Robert,Alex,Flavio
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- alanbortu (the same guy writing the Gnome sneak peak) did it. One or two screenshots still missing, but I consider th...
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- ok, please ping me or update here when social media content ready
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- ok, please ping me or update here when release announcement ready
2014-10-24
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- We just need those broken links fixed and we are good to go
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- got EULA from Jami, submitted to obs
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2014-10-22
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08:20 action #4120: Create social media messages
- Are there any recommendations you guys could provide me. Should I just get rid of the "fully and leave the statement ...
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- "openSUSE 13.2 fully supports HDTV and cards for DVB-S2 and DVB-T2."
I'm not sure that's such a good idea to promo...
2014-10-21
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- The social media plan is complete, but still needs some translating. English, Czech, Spanish and Russian are complete.
2014-10-20
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- I have a OSP promo now in openSUSE:13.2, but I have no idea if it's what expected
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- If they touch openSUSE only during hackweek, I rather have their stuff only in Factory and not in 13.2. Feel free to ...
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- for some people hackweek might be the opportunity to work on openSUSE things. it can't hurt to remind people of opens...
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- I won't interfere with hackweek
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- https://github.com/openSUSE/kiwi/pull/411
2014-10-17
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- Some time invested taking care of www.o.o, including new translations (and flags). The deploy mechanism worked like a...
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- This comment is for tracking a problem in progress.o.o
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- I tested a GNOME live and it worked - what exactly does not work?
2014-10-16
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- talked to OSP. No special content on the DVD. so just the same as on 13.1 needed.
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- I think this can be considered done. OSP is in contact with docu and Karl put the release notes on github.
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- Max, could you take care of this please?
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- was already done
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- done
2014-10-15
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action #4128 (Closed): Adapt http://mirrors.opensuse.org/ to list the 13.2 mirrors
- done
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- sent mail to martin
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- the nvidia drivers need to be uploaded once GM is ready
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- Stefan said it's prepared
2014-10-14
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- seems to work now
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- The most important languages in the distro, esp those on the DVD need to be translated. Remind translation teams.
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- There used to be poster for release parties to be used in e.g. universities:
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- Actually I don't know what I'm supposed to tell them. I only cherry pick from factory anyway. if I tell them to submi...
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- release notes are on doc.opensuse.org meanwhile
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- the promo DVDs look good in general. if there are bugs, openqa will hopefully soon be able to tell us
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- done - good thing we have these issues :)
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- now pending for 13.2
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- The promo dvd is the worst medium to upgrade from, so we need to patch it out
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- sent reminder to Stefan
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- sent 13.2 eula request form to Jami
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- job templates adjusted
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- https://en.opensuse.org/Screenshots_13.2
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06:34 action #4200 (In Progress): create test plan for manual testing
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- Test plan created and sent into the mailing list:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgNkaGiuxpjxdFdIaGx...
2014-10-13
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- this was already done for RC1
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- the slide show needs to be adjusted for each release
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- the totest part is done
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- shim is pending to factory
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- There is a number of clouds/3rd party hosting out there where openSUSE is
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- security@suse.de and maintenance@opensuse.org should know that the new release is in maintenance mode now. Also remin...
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- the test updates need to be removed from the update channel at some point before GA. Ask opensuse-maintenance@opensus...
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- follow instructions in Sync-Opensuse.txt
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- adjust the knapsack for GM
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- check knapsack is working
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- On the release day, most work is already done. We usually switch the wiki pages to the new release and prepare the po...
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- We have rsync-160hotstuff module and we need to make sure 13.2 ISOs and repo is included. at least the popular parts ...
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- several parties need access to the GM images
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- Update http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Product_highlights_writing
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- change symlink openSUSE-current in distribution/ and update/ to point to new release
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- Remind darix to switch the cron job that renders the countdown to hourly if not already done.
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- install google alerts in order to measure press impact later
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- put torrent in separate directories, ask for volunteers to seed => darix
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- http://freecode.com/projects/suselinux
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- remind opensuse.org admins about the upcoming release and to verify that the HA proxy can handle the load
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- create a hangout with all the marketing guys to come up with creative things how to promote the release (to find idea...
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- If there are any known issues in GM marketing needs to know about them to decide how to communicate them
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- doc.opensuse.org
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Official_documentation
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- deploy software.opensuse.org release date at exact time using
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- verify all links work
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- adjust the page in git to $VERSION
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- Create the portal page https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:13.2 and template pages for pages that are expected to change. ...
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- make sure all 13.2 pages are in good shape and the links between pages work
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- move e.g. https://en.opensuse.org/Features_13.2 to https://en.opensuse.org/Features
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- Make sure all pages reference $VERSION correctly
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- move all $VERSION-1 articles to Archive
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- www.opensuse.org requires several steps:
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- deploy landing page 12:00 UTC
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- translate the text for https://github.com/openSUSE/landing-page
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- push the new text to git repo
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- Write a piece of text announcing 13.2 for www.o.o. This can be based on the first 2 paragraphs of the announcement, s...
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- Adapt the mirrorbrain "markers" and the index header template to list which mirrors provide 13.2
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- Organize release parties!
* Write release party invitation article
* Update release party wiki pages
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- Start kicking the artwork team: we need the release counter updated!
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- Creation of social media messages about the openSUSE 13.1 Release and SUSECon / openSUSE SUmmit.
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- call for translators for the social media messages
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- Main task for Release Marketing:
* Social media marketing
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- Wiki page with social media contact people:
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- Create a social media plan and social media messages; and get them translated. Also, prepare our social media channel...
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- Create social media messages based on our release announcement & top features. See the openSUSE wiki:
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- Create event pages for the release on facebook, G+ and other social media!
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- Update https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Launch_parties
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- Base it on the article(s) in the last years.
https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Launch_parties
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- Write sneak peeks about various subjects. Ideas:
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* KDE
* Server
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- Write an article like https://news.opensuse.org/2013/10/07/help-promote-opensuse-13-1/ and promote our badges, backgr...
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- We need a series of badges and social media backgrounds. Think twitter, facebook, G+ and website banners in various s...
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- We need some promotional artwork, to be pushed to our websites and social media accounts as well as spread through th...
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- The screenshots in the landing page need to be updated
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12:01 action #3444: add 13.2 to OBS distributions
- On Montag, 13. Oktober 2014, 09:06:46 wrote redmine@opensuse.org:
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- Adrian, could you please take care of this?
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- as usual, we need ping translators to translate release announcement, e.g.
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- tell Rudi which build is GM. He will sign the isos and create deltas
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- send the information that 13.2 is Gold to opensuse-factory
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- create IPRQ document
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- ping docu team and ask if the pdf was generated and sent to OSP
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- Take the feature highlights and use them to compose a press announcement. Look at earlier announcements for the how
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- This is the thing which gets us awesome reviews and "blogs like this":http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-...
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- Get our list of press contacts and create SEPARATE mails for each of them. If you know them personally, try to add a ...
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- Gather everything and put it in a zip file in github (or somewhere else)
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- We send the press a 'personalized' email. It contains some personal notes from whoever sends it (usually Jos/the CM)....
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- Release team, board members etc.
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- We usually quote one 'important' SUSE person first, putting the release into perspective. The second quote is usually...
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- After this it should be really ready to get into the press kit... No more changes!
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- Show the announce to people both engineering and in SUSE marketing for feedback. Incorporate changes.
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- Take the feature highlights and use them to compose a first draft press announcement.
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- Main task for everything around the release announcement:
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- Bug the openSUSE Artwork team and get help from the openSUSE team: we need screenshots. See https://en.opensuse.org/S...
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- This is about creating a short-list of the best, most awesome, coolest features in openSUSE 13.2. It is CRUCIAL in wr...
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- Based on the announcement and the feature guide & esp highlights, write a draft announcement for news.opensuse.org. T...
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- The Feature Guide forms the base of our release marketing. It is a large list of the most important features in openS...
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- Check the packages from http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=suse and add what's new. Check other sources, s...
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- The technical people in the openSUSE team need to go over the feature guide, check if it is correct and tell you what...
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- Move content from https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Major_features to https://en.opensuse.org/Features_13.2. Make sure...
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- the non-oss repo needs to have repo-md meta data as well
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- Done on time.
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- prepare software.opensuse.org for the release
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- https://counter.opensuse.org/link/ should point to https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:13.2?pk_campaign=counter
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- maintenance updates from the update project need to be merged back into the main repo
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- Ask Legal to review and potentially adjust the EULA
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- http://en.opensuse.org/Upgrade needs to be adjusted for new release
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- add the link to opensuse-community to the repos at
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- http://opensuse-community.org/openSUSE_132_Community_Additional.xml
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- release notes should be hosted on www.opensuse.org instead of suse.com
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- before each milestone it needs to be verified that piwik works on all relevant sites:
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- do a test deployment of www.opensuse.org to make sure it works
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- closing as rc1 is done
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- we should announce the GM deadline internally just as SLE does
2014-10-10
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- Already published
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- public now
2014-10-08
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- the artwork looks pretty much outdated, but it says 13.2 at least
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- Docu is working together with open source press to update the docu
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- the osp addon dvd needs to be created/updated
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- the promo dvd needs to be fixed and synced to openqa
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- the biarch dvd needs to be available for openqa to test
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- Added all components
2014-10-01
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- it was part of the announcement, but there was nothing done in specific
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