1) email gnu (check admin page for gnu) http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Announcements.html#Announcements
2) email chess servers (ICS, FICS) and other web directories
3) email linux distributions/update opensuse (Arun can handle OpenSUSE)
- 4) email info-gnu-chess
+ 4) email info-gnu-chess
- update freshmeat.net (Tim can do this, email him)
- newsgroups add short discription of xboard to news item
1) gnu.chess, info-gnu-chess
2) rec.games.chess.computer
3) comp.os.linux.announce
- 4) WinBoard forum web page (HGM does this one)
-- update git to the next pre-release
+ 4) WinBoard forum web page (HGM does this one)
+- update git to the next pre-release
** Template for emails
Subject: release of XBoard version <...>
-Hello,
+Hello,
A new version of XBoard is available. Here are some details:
Short description:
-XBoard is a graphical user interface for chess in all its major forms,
-including international chess, xiangqi (Chinese chess), shogi Japanese chess)
+XBoard is a graphical user interface for chess in all its major forms,
+including international chess, xiangqi (Chinese chess), shogi Japanese chess)
and Makruk. Many variations of chess are also supported.
Web page:
Windows binaries will be available at:
-http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewforum.php?f=19
+http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewforum.php?f=19
Development at:
https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/xboard/
-News:
+News:
<list of most important new features>
See the NEWS file in the distribution or git for more details.