I’ve completed (more or less) a first draft of the release announcements. There are some technical issues I’m not fully aware or don’t fully understand, so it will need to be checked and corrected by someone who does understand them (particularly the paragraph explaining details of new federation and migration).
I haven’t done a changelog for 0.7.0.0, but have added a list of changes in versions 0.6.1.0 to 0.6.7.0, as suggested by fla.
Thank you goob for your work. I’m leaving tonight for one week of vacation, I will have my computer with me but have no idea how much I will be able to help. I focused on the update of the help section of diaspora* #7528, as this was blocking the code freeze. Unfortunately I had no time to work on the announcement but I think there is no rush: the code itself is not even frozen at the moment.
Fla if you’re not going to have time to finish your work on updating the help section, let us know as I’m sure we can finish it. I’ve reviewed it, and I’ve only suggested changes to the en locale strings, plus combining the public_profiles and private_profiles sections into one.
Hope you have a really enjoyable vacation!
Thiago has created an image I really like. It’s hosted here: https://goblinrefuge.com/mediagoblin/u/lacaster/m/diaspora-0-7-0-0-918d/
What do you think? Do you think this is one we can use? Any further changes to request? The discussion is happening on fla’s post yourpodname.org/posts/6b0607a060cb013535a4457cf5a075a6
I know that someone else may be working on an image. I guess we can make the decision last-minute.
Sneak peek in what the stream might look like: https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/taeS6via-diaspora-stream-contents - please note that this document is subject to change, and nobody but me has action items right now. This is more… informational for you. 
Sure – I wasn’t suggesting we make a final decision now. I just thought I’d post it here so people can see what they think, and whether it might be a contender. We should certainly wait until everyone’s had a chance to submit their artwork before deciding.
Aaaaand the code is frozen. This is going to be a GO for 0.7.0.0 during the stream.
A befriended artist made this:
which I am going to use as a theme for the stream, because I really like it. If there are no objections, I’d make that our release theme.
I like it too; it’s quite different from images we’ve used for previous versions. I’d quite like to also use the image from Thiago I posted upthread (which I also like) in some way. But no objections from me to using the one you’ve posted in the stream and release announcement.
I’m going to be away from tomorrow until Tuesday, so I’ll miss the stream (I’m so upset!). I will have computer access and might be able to tune in, but can’t guarantee as I’ll have to prioritise socialising with people in the same room as me over people not even in the same country… (I know; awful, isn’t it?)
The agenda for the stream looks good; lots of structure.
Things remaining, apart from fixing bugs and merging the release, that I know about:
– Finish the release announcement (needs checking by someone who really understands the changes).
– Merge updates to the project site if they are acceptable.
– I think that’s it! Most things have already been ticked as complete.
Great work, everyone. I wish you a happy stream and a pain-free release.
Too bad that you are away, but please check the mail I sent you some hours ago, it’s kinda important.
@denschub do you have the image in a bigger resolution? And also a with a bigger width? (So more like a rectangle).
That’s for the twitter wallpaper.
Thank you that’s better but I would still see something more stretched, with the logo and the text smaller and more spaced.
So… now that everything worked out as planned, any objections against moving this post into a publicly visible area?
no objections from me 
Nor me…[20 char limit]
Thanks, but I am allergic to smilies…
(I was tempted to put a sticky-out tongue one at the end of that, but…)
I know that problem, that’s why 
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