Desktop release notes

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

On 2015-03-24 00:27, Stephen M. Webb wrote:
> On 15-03-23 07:01 PM, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote:
>> In the desktop guide we used to include a very condensed "What's
>> New" page. This is the 14.04 version of it:
>> 
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/14.04/ubuntu-help/whats-new.html
>> 
>> We skipped that page in the 14.10 version of the desktop guide due
>> to a lack of (to us) known visible changes, and up to now skipping
>> it has been the plan for 15.04 as well.
> 
> I was not aware the plan was to skip it for 15.04.

Well, "the plan" is just a reference to my personal thoughts. ;)

> I did not submit an update for it for 14.10 because there really was 
> nothing new other than some updated package versions and
> miscellaneous bugfixes.
> 
> I apologize for not associating string freeze with the desktop guide
> translation. I would have pushed for 15.04 release notes earlier if I
> had thought it through.

OTOH I could have asked, but for various reasons I haven't been able to
spend much time on the desktop guide this cycle.

>> It would be great if we could work out a proper 'channel' to feed 
>> the team members with relevant info on an ongoing basis.
> 
> Yes. Also a plan for the Desktop-Next/Unity8-Desktop user guide,
> which we should probably target for 15.10 since as far as I know is
> still in the plan for at least non-default general availability in
> that timeframe.

To be perfectly honest, that plan scares me, since we (the docs team)
are short of people who are ready to contribute. Does Canonical have a
plan B?

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson
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