- Announcement (computing)
In computing, an Announcement (ANN) is a
Usenet ,Mailing list , orE-mail message sent to notify subscribers that asoftware project has made a newsoftware release version.Newsgroup announcement recipients often have a name like "comp."somegroup".announce".Mailing list announcement recipients often have a name like "toolname"-announce". Most software projects that make announcements areopen source .In an announcement the
subject line commonly contains the abbreviated prefix ANN:.The contents of an announcement usually contain a title line which contains the tool name, version, release name, and date. Additional contents often fall into the following message sections:
* "About" - a short paragraph summary of the tool's purpose
* "Changes" - a list of the highest impact changes since the last release (should be brief since thechangelog comprises the definitive list)
* "Resources" - links to project pages of interest, such ashomepage , where to download,bug tracking system , etc.Some additional, optional fields might include "Highlights", "Author(s)", "License", "Requirements", and "Release History"
Announcement messages are usually sent in
plain text form.Example
Example announcement message
subject line :ANN: fooutils 0.9.42 beta released
Example announcement message contents:
=Fooutils 0.9.42 Beta Released -- 2006 Feb 16 =
ANNOUNCING Fooutils v0.2.12beta, the first beta release.
About Fooutils -------------- Fooutils are a set of utilities that...
Changes ------- Improved the searching facility by including... Fixed bugs: #123, #456, ...
Resources --------- Homepage: http://fooutils.org
Documentation: http://fooutils.org/docs
Download: http://fooutils.org/download
Bug Tracker: http://fooutils.org/newticket
Mailing Lists: http://lists.fooutils.org/
Try searching the
newsgroup comp.lang.python.announce to see examples of real-world announcements.
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