Reminder to folks who participate in open source projects and want those projects to get coverage / eyeballs:
- Release announcements should describe whatever the project/release is/does. Don't assume readers know this.
- Release notes should be human-readable. That means describing new features and changes in a way that makes sense to potential users, not just contributors and existing users.
- Screenshots: If your application has a GUI, include some! Users want to see before downloading.