Re: [Devil-linux-develop] 1.0 release date! Duh! :-)

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

> >The perfect release date for DEVIL Linux 1.0 is Oct 31, or Halloween!
> >Or the evening of Oct 30th (Devil's night)!  :-)
>
> I think Halloween  is more commonly known then Devil's night (though I 
> would prefer it).

True.  I would advertise the release date as Halloween, but really
upload the ISO's the night before.  Kind of a "sneak preview".  :-)

> >It's a little less than two weeks, and will give us a chance to do some
> >publicity.  I think news sites will be more apt to pick up our press
> >release(s) if we make a big deal about it happening on Halloween.
> >
> >Heiko, approve the date and I'll write up something.  Other people
> >should feel free to write articles too.
> >
> Approved ! Release date will be October 31 !

Great! 

> Yes please write something up, your english is much better then mine.

OK, if you (or others) could give me a list of items that should be
mentioned, (like Friedrich did), that would be very helpful.

> Anybody else wants to write something ?
> The only request we ( I ) have is, that it is ready for review by Bruce 
> and myself on October 29th.

We might want to post some blurbs before then too.

> >Heiko, you should compile 1.0-final a few days in advance so it's ready
> >to go, just don't post it for download until 10/31.  What ya think?  
> >
> Fully agreed.
> It's better to do it a few days earlier, since I had some problems with 
> the build machine last time.

If you want help uploading, I have access to a lot of bandwidth.

Or I can help compiling too, let me know ...

 - BS