I think "News" or "Release and security announcements" just deserve to be a separate category. Apart from that, reading the category descriptions, I don't see where this would fit as a sub-category.
I'd be pragmatic here - start with a new major category "Announcements" being at the top and later devide it into subcategories if it becomes too convoluted.
Maybe still allow users to reply to topics? This is nice to gather feedback about a release in a single topic. If feedback goes too much into a specific subject, I guess it could be split to another topic in an existing category?
For new announcements (like a new stable release), it would be useful to have simple user comments with links to more detailed posts/threads as required, as keep the main announcement thread easy to read and on topic.
For example:
Upgrade successful on < router model >, all running smoothly.
Upgrade failed on < router model > from 18.06.x to this new build
< package name> appears to be broken on this new release using < router model >, troubleshooting thread: < link >
Is there any way we can enourage this (or as admins, split/move the issue and with a link from the original thread). It would be unfortunate if we have 20 replies in a given announcement thread that is dedicated to troubleshooting each issue that arises. I think we want to have user replies in the announcement threads to indicate success or issues, but it would be great if it can be a focused thread with resources/links that users can follow for resolution of individual issues.
I can still add a second post with guidelines about creating new topics, and this post could be used to collect links if needed.
Everything is ready for 19.07.4 except for the https://downloads.openwrt.org/ homepage (I think both @ynezz and @jow have access to that). I plan to post the announcements tomorrow morning.
