1--- 2layout: default 3title: Announcements 4parent: Release & Milestone Tasks 5grand_parent: Contributors 6nav_order: 10 7--- 8 9<!-- 10© 2021 and later: Unicode, Inc. and others. 11License & terms of use: http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html 12--> 13 14# Announcements 15{: .no_toc } 16 17## Contents 18{: .no_toc .text-delta } 19 201. TOC 21{:toc} 22 23--- 24 25## First milestone/candidate for a release 26 27We write drafts of announcements in the ["ICU announcements" Google 28doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rSVKZaus2K3rF66bMfDjYZnA2KTSJZUBz4C58GQMHsQ/edit). 29 30When there is no section yet for the upcoming release, then copy the whole 31section from one of the previous two full releases and adjust the version 32numbers everywhere in the copied headings and text. 33 34### Announcement for a release candidate 35 36Adjust the release candidate announcement subsection with a very brief summary 37gleaned from the download page. 38 39Share the draft as a link to the doc heading with the ICU team, invite comments 40and edits. 41 42When ready, send to the mailing lists as indicated in the doc. Make sure to use 43bcc as noted for the "announce" lists. 44 45### Announcement for a new major version 46 47Adjust the final-release announcement subsection with a very brief summary 48gleaned from the download page. Adjust the blog & tweet texts as well. 49 50Share the draft as a link to the doc heading with the ICU team, invite comments 51and edits. 52 53Share the draft as a link with the Unicode editorial committee, invite comments, 54discuss, adjust as agreed. 55 56When ready, send to the mailing lists as indicated in the doc. Make sure to use 57bcc as noted for the "announce" lists. 58 59Notify Rick McGowan for the Unicode blog posting and Ken Lunde for tweeting. 60 61Notify Ken Whistler (Unicode) to update the ICU version & date on 62<https://www.unicode.org/releases/> 63 64Put a News item on the ICU project site. 65 66### Announcement for a maintenance update 67 68Same as for a release candidate, but start by copying the section for the last 69maintenance update in the doc. 70 71## Update the reference for ICU in the external sites 72 73**For freshmeat.net** 74 751. <http://www.freshmeat.net/> 762. Login under the correct account. 773. I usually search for: icu unicode 784. Click on the project returned 795. Under the 'project' drop down, choose 'Add release' 806. We have (thankfully) only one branch of development- choose Default 817. Release info 82 * release focus: Choose the one which best fits 83 * Version 84 * Changes: be VERY brief, and include links if needed. 85 Please read the other ICU4C/ICU4J updates to get an idea for how we are 86 wording these. DO NOT use bulleted lists. DO use short 'sentences'. 87 Remember they can go to the release list and/or bug DB for the full 88 scoop! 89 Put the URL to the 'release notes' (i.e. 90 http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/download/(version)/ ) in the changes 91 list. 92 * tar/gz, zip: Put the FULL URLs to the actual files, here 93 * Changelog: Leave BLANK. This is for a single page of ALL release changes 94 (Actually: http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/download/ fits this fairly 95 well.) 96 * License - leave at MIT/X 97 * mailing list: I set this to the main mailing list page. 98 (http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/archives/) 99 Click 'go on..' 1008. PREVIEW. 101 Very important- Check: 102 * SPELLING 103 * links!!!!! Make sure they go where we want 104 * accuracy - version number is OK? 105 Remember that this is an important PR face for ICU4C and ICU4J. 1069. Submit! 107 108That's it. Submissions take some time (<24 hrs) to go on. I guess they check the 109accuracy as well- not sure here. (Steven Loomis, 2001-06-14) 110 111**Other sites**: 112 113[slashdot](http://slashdot.org/), [newsforge](http://newsforge.com/), 114[developerWorks unicode zone](http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/unicode/), 115[developerWorks open-source 116zone](http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/), [developerWorks java 117zone](http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/) (send email to `dWnews <at> 118us.ibm.com`) 119 120[ICU sourceforge News](http://sourceforge.net/projects/icu) - login here, go to 121News, Admin, and submit a news item as an administrator. 122 123--- 124 125#### LanguageTech Net News (tm) 126 127"LanguageTech Net News" features the latest news for language technology and 128multilingual computing. It is prepared from materials compiled and maintained by 129the research editors at "[MultiLingual Computing & 130Technology](http://www.multilingual.com/)" and the Language Technology Research 131Center. 132 133Press releases and submissions are always welcomed and encouraged. 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