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