[sakai2-tcc] Draft announcements - Re: 2.8.3 release is ready, just needs announcement

[Neal Caidin]

Feedback appreciated.  See below.


Draft Announcement for QA and Dev lists
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Dear All,

I am pleased to announce, on behalf of the community, the release of Sakai CLE 2.8.3 

For source code - https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/sakai/tags/sakai-2.8.3/

For 2.8.3 general release information - http://source.sakaiproject.org/release/2.8.3/

For detailed release notes - https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/Sakai+CLE+2.8+release+notes

The 2.8.3 contains 100+ bug fixes merged in across the entire codebase. If you plan on upgrading, please look for the database conversion information in the release notes.

 

Draft General Release Announcement - to Announcements and several non-technical communities (prod, documentation, etc)
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Dear All,

I am please to announce, on behalf of the community, the release of Sakai CLE 2.8.3 . Sakai CLE 2.8.3 contains 100+ bug fixes merged in across the entire codebase, relative to the 2.8.2 release. 

As of the release of Sakai CLE 2.9, the two versions of CLE supported by the community are CLE 2.9 and CLE 2.8. 

Thanks for your attention.