request for review of Ubuntu 10.04 beta1 release announcement

[Robbie Williamson]

On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 16:27 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: 
> Hi all,
> 
> Here is a draft for the Ubuntu 10.04 beta1 email announcement:
> 
>   https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidLynx/Beta1Announcement
> 
> Please review and advise me of any problems.


*  Rick and Gerry will know better, but I think we are calling it
"Social from the *Start*", not "Social by default".

* I'm surprised to see no mention of Ubuntu One's tighter integration
into the desktop...was Online Services asked for input?

> 
> The text on new features for desktop/server/netbook is also a little thin -
> I realize this cycle is focused on stabilization, but maybe we should also
> include "the best of the best new features since 8.04" here?  
Sure.  I'm all for it, if you can find someone who's willing to pull
that together.

> Suggestions
> for additions are welcome.
> 
> I'm surprised that https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidLynx/TechnicalOverview has
> no mention of the Ubuntu Software Center, which I believe has been a major
> area of development this cycle?
Well, there have been noticeable improvements to the UI, as well as the
overall look and feel of it (plus some backend enhancements), but the
real "bang" was to be the support for Ratings and Reviews..which was
thought to be deferred because LP could not deliver the server-side
support.  However, there has been some recent work/discussion with barry
and mvo around their alternate Django server solution.  The go/no-go
decision is based on whether they can get the server-side and moderator
webpage in a good enough state to role out the client feature in time
for beta 2.  Let's just wait on trumpeting anything about software
center, until Beta 2.  

> 
> Thanks,


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