On https://notes.kde.org/p/applications_18.12_new_features we collect features for the announcement text.
Proposed Schedule
Nov 28: All features collected
Nov 29: Start writing announcement text
Dec 05: Announcement text finalized
Dec 06: Announcement text committed for translation
Dec 08: Images/other media planning
Dec 12: Images/other media committed
Dec 13: Release!
@jriddell I think it would be great if we could use the modern theme for this, what needs to be done to make this happen? It would make it visually consistent with the Plasma release announcements (which already use the new theme) and works much better on mobile than the current theme.
here's a template you can use for the announcement
https://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-applications-xx.yy-rc.php
The RC announcement is up with the new theme, thanks @jriddell!
I have yet to check the themed template for 18.12.0; I will report issues - if any - in the coming days.
I've added a bunch of stuff to https://notes.kde.org/p/applications_18.12_new_features, and it's now pretty well fleshed out. Might be time for the #promo folks to have at it and produce the final English text.
The new template doesn't seem to have a link to the full changelog.
I'll try to finish my "release annoucement" video (it's pretty bad, but whatever) this weekend, thanks @ngraham and all others for collecting all the new features :)
Anything available for reviewing? As an emergency fallback, I could also commit the new_features collection page.
https://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-applications-18.12.0.php is now online for review.
Images (and video?) have not been added yet.
We scrambled a bit, but the announcement is now out. Thanks for your efforts, everyone!
Going forward, we should think about the proposals from this task - https://phabricator.kde.org/T7926 - and maybe revive that discussion to avoid scheduling issues.