Release Process - Announce the Release
Create release news item
Post a news item on the project website (http://fluidproject.org) announcing the release. The news item should include:
- the version number
- instructions for obtaining a copy of the release
- a description of what's new in the release
Send release e-mails
Send an email announcing the release to any communities that might be interested. These will likely include:
- infusion-users@fluidproject.org
- fluid-announce@fluidproject.org
- fluid-work@fluidproject.org
- architecture@lists.gpii.net
- e-mail integrators:Â Infusion Integrations
The email should include basically the same information that is in the release news item:
- the version number
- instructions for obtaining a copy of the release
- a description of what's new in the release
See below for a sample announcement email template.
The Fluid community is pleased to announce the release of Infusion 1.3!
Infusion 1.3 is a major new release of Fluid's JavaScript application framework. This version includes substantial accessibility improvements, plugin-free HTML 5 support for the Uploader component, and variety of new framework features including the Inversion of Control system for creating highly adaptable and easy-to-test applications.
Download the entire package of Infusion 1.3 at: http://fluidproject.org/index.php/download-infusion or through NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/package/infusion
What's new in this release?
- Sneak Peek at the new Inversion of Control (IoC) system
- Uploader support for HTML 5
- Flash-free for modern browsers!
- Substantially improved keyboard and screen reader accessibility
- Comprehensive automatic progressive enhancement based on browser capabilities
- Tons of accessibility improvements
- Better feedback for the Progress component
- Enhanced screen reader support for the Inline Edit component
- Location and movement announcements for the Reorderer component
- No wrap option for the Reorderer component
- The new Infusion Builder site, which allows you to create custom builds
- Renderer improvements
- ChangeApplier now supports transactions
- Bug fixes
- Many improved demos
We have updated our supported browser matrix to harmonize it with the latest Yahoo! A-Grade support. For more information, see our Browser Support documentation at http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Browser+Support
A huge thanks to all our users and everyone in the community for their hard work on this release!