Hi Everyone, Thanks to Paul and Máirín for taking time out of their schedule to meet on Friday using Fedora Talk and Gobby. I think we've got a pretty solid schedule now, though there are sure to be a few last goofs to fix. So if you see any let me know. Some of the key ideas for the planning and schedule for this release are to focus on the importance of the wallpaper and iteratively improve it.... making sure it is in the alpha and then releasing updated packaged versions in rawhide each week. In addition to releasing new versions Máirín thought it would help get the word out if people blog about the updated wallpaper each week. So after each of the wallpaper refreshes there is a also a separate task for blogging. I had to remove the individual entries for EACH splash screen. It got too unwieldy when we added an extra iteration for the splashes. Does the design team have a place on their wiki where the keep SOPs or lists of standard work items for each release? I'd be glad to put them there for you. I would also suggest that you create tickets for each of these splash screens so there are clear work items interested people can work on. For ease of reference here is the list: Fullscreen splash for syslinux Fullscreen grub splash kdm login screen theme Square splash for anaconda and firstboot gnome splash screen kde splash screen gnome screensaver lock dialog Anaconda horizontal header Firstboot vertical header Start Alpha Freeze Software String Freeze Create Alpha Website Banner Alpha Release Readiness Meeting Alpha Public Availability Package Splash Screens I also noticed that comparing this schedule to Fedora 11 the time frame is a little tighter. For Fedora 12, splash screens are not targeted for completion until the Beta release (previously known as "Preview Release"). I believe the intention here is to target the splashes a little later when hopefully the wallpaper is almost frozen so that splashes don't have to be reworked multiple times. Here is the latest version of the design schedule: http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-12/f-12-design-tasks.html Often it is easier to get a better view of the flow of tasks by loading the iCal version to your favorite calendaring application and browsing from there. It is also a great way to keep reminders handy of important dates: http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-12/f-12-design.ics NOTE: the iCal file does not contain ALL tasks. It only shows milestones (tasks with duration less than or equal to one day). I'm here to help. If there are other tasks or periodic reminders I can set up for your team, let me know. Thanks, John _______________________________________________ design-team mailing list design-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
