This is the
first time there was
a lot of PR around Trinity. Previously
the new releases had been more silent and because
the
Trinity project
has a lack of manpower, it seemed like a good
idea to
make the new
release some headline news.
This seems to be the resounding statement for
PR. Next time I suggest we have someone "in
charge" of writing up and sending out something to give
to slashdot, osnews, reddit etc.
I imagine Tim submits press releases. Or possibly one or two online editors are members of
one of the mailing lists and that is how they know.
I have been involved in technical writing for almost three decades. Regardless of how much
effort anybody exerts into word smithing, somebody will interpret the words in a manner
never intended or imagined. This is the nature of communications. There is no way to avoid
that from happening.
A peer review of the web pages and press releases before publication will eliminate most
misunderstanding. An easy solution is to prepare the release web pages but keep the links
to the pages hidden until the official release. Notify everybody on this list with the
links and ask for feedback and comments.
Darrell