[Live-demo] draft 8.0 press release

[Cameron Shorter]

I've added:
Post release glitches collected here: 
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc/Errata/8.0

On 24/08/2014 1:23 am, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks Cameron for the draft, I also made some minor edits.
> I agree with Hamish that we need a link to the errata page and/or trac instance.
>
> Best,
> Angelos
>
> On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Cameron Shorter
> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 23/08/2014 5:22 pm, Hamish wrote:
>>> Cameron wrote:
>>>> I've taken a first cut at our 8.0 press release. (Trying to keep it
>>>> brief so that it gets read).
>>>>
>>>> Am I missing anything? Any extra we need to mention in the Release
>>>> Highlights:
>>>>
>>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_54#Release_Highlights
>>>
>>> Hi, thanks for doing that. I've just fixed a few small typos & such.
>> Thanks
>>
>>> some small comments:
>>>    - a direct link to the download page?
>> added link to http://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html
>>
>>>    - some quantification from Alex's stats about how hundreds of people are
>>> downloading and using it every week?
>>
>> Good idea. Alex?
>>
>>>    - maybe it's not the right place to link to the errata page*, but what
>>> is?
>> Probably here: http://live.osgeo.org/en/contact.html ?
>>
>>>    - mention somewhere/expand on that it runs on a wide array of PC and Mac
>>> hardware with no drivers or anything else to install, not touching your
>>> existing hard drives at all? unless you want it to.
>> Tweaked "About OSGeo-Live" slightly to say can be "trialed without
>> installing anything".
>>
>>>
>>> Today I've tested some with a burn to a DVD (I got an i/o error verifying
>>> the disc but I think it's a burner/media issue not one with the iso), and
>>> also tested on a 4gb usb without persistence space (we are big this time, so
>>> no hope for that unless you have an 8gb+ usb).
>>>
>>>
>>> [*] Errata page established, testing keeps turning up little things..
>>>      http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc/Errata/8.0
>> Thanks, I suggest providing a link to the problem report, so people can
>> check to see the progress of the issue (maybe even fix it for us).
>>>
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> Hamish
>>
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