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Summary
* Announce via mailing list
* It happens in our community
* It makes it easy to respond
* It makes it easy to forward
* We can keep our website minimal for now (landing page)
* Announcements seem to be relatively short
* Max 500 words is probably a good rule of thumb
* Shorter if you have a few polished links to reference
* Possible points to make, also based on what we discussed before
* What type of project are we
* What is the project about
* What is the purpose of project announcement
* What is the timeline leading up to announcement
* What is the current project status
* What are the next steps
* Who is involved, people and funders
* Relevant links to help the reader navigate sigsum
* (Get feedback from a communicator)
Other things to keep in mind
* Double check that what we are linking is in good enough shape
* E.g., small TODOs in sigsum-log-go README.md (fix links)
* We should think about what questions people might have in response to announcement
* Perhaps it would be a good idea to give design.md FAQ some love
* Try to avoid too much detail, we can make sigsum blog posts at a later stage
* The fact that we are aware of sigstore should probably be clear
* Let people ask, that's fine
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Warning: I have not spent much time verifying if there were other announcements
than the ones specified below. It is the result of a v. quick search / analysis.
(Some of the below links are not even project announcements, but rather
announcement of 'we are developing or developed cool thing XXX'. I kept
everything I found useful as inspiration in case it helps anyone else.)
Debian
* https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/project-history.en.pdf
* See §1.1
* How: mail
* Points
* This is a work in progress
* It is cool because XXX
* Purpose of anouncement is XXX
* It is better than XXX because A,B,...
Tails (back then amnesia)
* https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2009-August/002667.html
* How: mail
* Points
* This work is about XXX
* Licence is XXX
* Purpose of announcement is XXX
* We prefer if you get in touch via XXX
Qubes
* https://blog.invisiblethings.org/2010/04/07/introducing-qubes-os.html
* How: post on website
* Points
* Timeline before announcing project
* Project is about doing XXX
* Current project status is XXX
* Learn more via resources XXX
Signal
* https://signal.org/blog/signal/
* How: post on website
* Points
* Timeline leading up to announcement
* Mision and work is about XXX
* Next steps
* Who is involved
* "Give it a try!"
Wireguard
* https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/wireguard/2016-June/000002.html
* How: Mail
* Points
* Been at this for a while, confident enough to launch now
* Purpose of launch is XXX
* Link relevant resources (paper, website, git, mailing list)
* One paragraph primer (118 words)
Firecracker
* https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/11/firecracker-lightweight-virtualization-for-serverless-computing/
* How: post on website
* Points
* We are launching product XXX
* Key concepts are XXX
* How it is used / can be used
* Visit XXX to learn more
System Transparency
* https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2019/6/3/system-transparency-future/
* How: post on website
* Points
* Key questions and background that motivated this work
* We believe that ST gives you the ability to XXX
* Call to action
* Little detail, link to ST white paper
Sigstore
* How: press releases on partner websites
* https://security.googleblog.com/2021/03/introducing-sigstore-easy-code-signing.html
* Points
* What is the problem
* Announcement project with goal/mission XXX
* Problem space is related to XXX, involved tehniques are...
* Collaboration is between XXX
* Request for feedback
* Next steps
* https://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/press-release/linux-foundation-announces-free-sigstore-signing-service-to-confirm-origin-and-authenticity-of-software/
* Points
* Collaborators XXX want to achive XXX
* Quotes from involved people that explain idea and purpose
* Refer to website for more information
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