The importance of release announcements

In an FLOSS project development, where the main goal is to provide the best functionality to a certain project or product, it is key important to advise the releases that are taking place.

Taking Calligra as example, who released less than one month ago its version 2.6, it can be observed the different statements that come together with the announcement, such as:

- New Applications / New Functionality
- Improvements on existing applications (in terms of productivity, capabilities, etc.)
- New Supported Formats (also applicable to standards, protocols, etc).

In terms of advertising, it is also mandatory, above all, to announce the new releases on a visible and/or easy reachable part of the main project web. The case of Calligra is a good example, where the released version number, 2.6, appears on the main title of the project:

Together with this state of their intentions, Calligra also focuses on wide spreading the new released versions in different manners, such as, for example, on a highlighted place of their "Announcements" section.

Apart from previous considerations, a deep SEO (Search Engine Optimization) task is also welcomed. In the case of Calligra Open Source Project, the search of "Calligra 2.6 released" key words on Google throws more than 118000 results, which is a considerable search index return.

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