F20 Alpha announcement & release notes

[Pete Travis]

On Sep 23, 2013 7:40 AM, "Jaroslav Reznik" <jreznik at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Hi!
> As the F20 Alpha is tomorrow, we need final text ready today to hand it
over
> to people who do announcement (this time it's nirik). I'm not sure I'll
make
> today's marketing meeting, so quick recap:
>
> I've done a quick review of current version - changed final release to
early
> December, removed Vagrant change as it's not yet ready. The other Changes
> should be ok - marked as MODIFIED in Bugzilla. IRC chat posted down on the
> page is commented out now.
>
> One question - how do we want to reference Changes? When it's clear we
talk
> about Changes (reference to ChangeSet), we should use it but we also talk
a lot
> about features in the text...
>
> Otherwise I think it looks good, thanks a lot. Formatting for email is
still
> needed, Robyn usually does it.
>
> Fedora_20_Alpha_release_notes already points to
F20_Alpha_release_announcement.
>
> Thanks
> Jaroslav
> --

If we are discussing Changes, we should call them Changes. The word
"feature" is natural in this context, but carries with it the connotation
of the now-defunct Features process.  I have a similar tendency to use the
word "runlevel" for example, and make a conscious effort to use "target" as
the correct term.

The Changes process in and of itself is a notable organizational
accomplishment.  I see no value in obscuring our process for the sake of
using the familiar and overloaded "feature." Let the readers find it
strange if need be; it is a new thing, and this is the way of all new
things.

--Pete
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