Great release! and other thoughts

Sun Apr 23 13:46:23 UTC 2017

There may be a way to discover the URL for the Kubuntu Calendar and then
publish that.
I then think Google Calendar users can go to Other Calendars drop-down and
add by URL.

On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 7:29 PM, Valorie Zimmerman <
valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've added this list address to the Kubuntu calendar, but perhaps I
> have to add specific google-connected email accounts so that you can
> see it? If you use google calendar and want to overlay all the Kubuntu
> dates and can't now add it, send me your gmail address or so and I'll
> add one by one. -v
>
> On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 1:08 PM, Valorie Zimmerman
> <valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I remembered after I hit send that I forgot to add in the Kubuntu
> > Podcasts, which have been one of the highlights for me of this past
> > year in Kubuntu. Also, we need some parties, and LFNW, SeaGL, and
> > where-ever other fests and cons are they we are attending. I'm
> > thinking a Google calendar just for Kubuntu would be nice, so each of
> > us who wants to can easily overlay it to our personal calendars. We
> > could color-code events that way too.
> >
> > Also: birthdays -- but people should add their own if they want it.
> > Not everybody likes that.
> >
> > I'd really like to see some parties and dojos and some of the other
> > cool gatherings we've had in the past.
> >
> > Valorie
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 12:47 AM, Valorie Zimmerman
> > <valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi folks,
> >>
> >> 17.04 in released, and technically it is great! Perhaps the best we
> >> have ever done. Well done, team! Great thanks to Rik, who carried much
> >> of the load as a brand-new Kubuntu Developer.
> >>
> >> On the other hand, I think we didn't promote it very well. I take
> >> responsibility for part of that, and want to prepare better for the AA
> >> release. Walter (wxl) was our actiing Release Manager this round, and
> >> deserves a round of applause! He'll be stepping back however, and I'd
> >> like to see a small team take over that job, and promotion as well,
> >> since so much of the RM job is promotion and communication.
> >>
> >> I would like to see a password-protected document with all of our
> >> social media account names and passwords, and all members of the team
> >> have access. We were very patchy getting the word out this cycle.
> >> Perhaps we can have a checklist somewhere showing who is doing what,
> >> so that all the bases are covered each time. Walter and I both made
> >> guides to doing RM; both worth looking at if you are interested.
> >> [1,2].
> >>
> >> I spent the evening putting together a calendar of planned events -
> >> the cycle dates are just calculated, not yet published. The KDE
> >> Applications, Frameworks and Plasma dates are from the published
> >> release schedules. I've added in some other events that we should
> >> promote via social media.
> >>
> >> Who knew the calendar could be so full, already?
> >>
> >> Valorie
> >>
> >> Probable 17.10 cycle dates
> >> =====================
> >>
> >> note on Yakkety calendar: October releases follow a 25-week schedule,
> >> while April releases follow a 27-week schedule, to compensate for
> >> year-end holidays
> >> https://community.kde.org/Schedules/Plasma_5 - schedule can change
> >> https://community.kde.org/Schedules/Frameworks (tagging happens the
> >> first Saturday of every month, and the public release is one week
> >> later)
> >> https://community.kde.org/Schedules/Applications/17.04_Release_Schedule
> >>
> >> Document Freedom Day 2017: Last Wednesday of March, 29 March 2017
> >> <http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/>
> >>
> >> * Framworks 5.33: Sat April 8th, 2017
> >> * Plasma 5.9.5 Bugfix: Tue 2017-04-25
> >> * KDE Applications 17.04: Thursday, April 20, 2017
> >>
> >> Hardware Freedom Day 2017: 3rd Saturday of April, 15 April 2017
> >> <http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/>
> >>
> >> Document Freedom Day 2017 - 2nd chance!: Last Wednesday of April, 26
> April 2017
> >>
> >> week 1: April 27th - Toolchain Uploaded
> >>
> >> May 2017
> >> week 2: May 5th - UOS (Tuesday - Thursday)
> >>
> >> * KDE Applications 17.04.1: Thursday, May 11 2017
> >> * Frameworks 5.34: Sat May 13th, 2017
> >> * Plasma 5.8.7 LTS Bugfix: Tue 2017-05-23
> >> * Plasma 5.10.0 Release: Tue 2017-05-30
> >>
> >> week 5: ~May 26th - FeatureDefinitionFreeze
> >>
> >> June 2017
> >>
> >> * KDE Applications 17.04.2: Thursday, June 8, 2017
> >> * Frameworks 5.3.5: Sat June 10, 2017
> >> * Plasma 5.10.2 Bugfix: Tue 2017-06-13
> >> * Plasma 5.10.3 Bugfix: Tue 2017-06-27
> >>
> >> week 10: June 29 - Alpha 1 (for opt-in flavors)
> >>
> >> July 2017
> >>
> >> * Frameworks 5.3.6: Sat July 8, 2017
> >> * KDE Applications 17.04.3: Thursday, July 13, 2017
> >> * Plasma 5.10.4 Bugfix: Tue 2017-07-18
> >>
> >> Akademy 2017, Almería, Spain: 22nd - 27th July
> >>
> >> week 14: July 27th  - Alpha 2 (for opt-in flavors)
> >>
> >> August 2017
> >>
> >> * Frameworks 5.3.7: Sat August 12, 2017
> >>
> >> week 17: August 17th - FeatureFreeze,  DebianImportFreeze
> >>
> >> * Plasma 5.10.5 Bugfix: Tue 2017-08-22
> >>
> >> week 18: August 24th - Beta 1 Freeze (Monday), Beta 1 (for opt-in
> flavors)
> >>
> >> September 2016
> >> week 20: ~September 8th - UserInterfaceFreeze
> >>
> >> * Frameworks 5.3.8: Sat September 9, 2017
> >>
> >> week 21: ~September 15th - DocumentationStringFreeze
> >>
> >> Randa Meetings 2017:  2017-09-10 - 2017-09-16
> >>
> >> Software Freedom Day 2017: 3rd Saturday of September, 16 September
> >> 2017 <http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/>
> >>
> >> * Plasma 5.11.0 Release: Tue 2017-09-26
> >>
> >> week 22: September 21st - Final Beta Freeze,  Final Beta
> >> week 23: ~September 29th - KernelFreeze, 
> NonLanguagePackTranslationDeadline
> >>
> >> October 2016
> >> week 24: October 5th - FinalFreeze,  ReleaseCandidate, 
> >> LanguagePackTranslationDeadline
> >>
> >> * Plasma 5.11.1 Bugfix: Tue 2017-10-03
> >>
> >> Ada Lovelace Day: second Tuesday of October, 10 October 2017
> >> <http://findingada.com/about/>
> >>
> >> week 25: October 12th - FinalRelease  Ubuntu 17.10
> >>
> >> --
> >> http://about.me/valoriez
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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>
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