Re: A Zine/Newsletter for ELPA

[Philip Kaludercic]

orzodk <orzodk@fastmail.com> writes:

> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>
>> orzodk <orzodk@fastmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>>>
>>> As far as scope goes I think it wouldn't be too hard scrape the
>>> Gnu/NonGnu package pages then compare what's changed since the last
>>> newsletter. There was even a blog post about scraping with org-mode[1] a
>>> few days ago (via irreal). (The frequency of the newsletter seems best
>>> based on how often interesting changes land in these packages.)
>>
>> There wouldn't be any need to take that route, all the new packages are
>> documented in their respective repositories:
>>
>> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/elpa.git/log/?qt=grep&q=New
>> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/nongnu.git/log/?qt=grep&q=New
>>
>>> So I think what you're asking is if there is interest in the
>>> review/commentary aspect of the newsletter? I'd be interested in
>>> following along on SourceHut (as I'm sure other fellow lurkers would be)
>>> but I can't say that I have any great insight to contribute. If it's
>>> just helping groking the CHANGELOG since the last version that's
>>> something I'm more capable of.
>>
>> I don't think there are going to be great insights going on here.  My
>> plan would be to start a mailing list that contributors could sign up
>> onto, where new packages would be announced, and people could respond
>> with their comments, however brief or detailed, perhaps even in whatever
>> format (org, markdown, blog posts, video, etc.).  These would then be
>> collected into a article.
>
> Ah, understood.

I have created a mailing list here: https://lists.sr.ht/~pkal/elpa-zine
(~pkal/elpa-zine@lists.sr.ht) for anyone interested.

>>> As another note: Emanuel mentioned an Emacs newsletter would be an
>>> interseting idea as well but scope was a concern[2]. As a way to boot
>>> strap this whole process it might be worth while approaching some of the
>>> bloggers in the community to see if they'd be interested in writing
>>> "guest posts" or even giving you permission to "cross post" some of
>>> their older articles.
>>
>> Hmm, do you have any concrete people in mind?
>
> I don't know either of these people but I enjoy Mickey Peterson's
> Mastering Emacs (https://www.masteringemacs.org/all-articles) and Vernon
> Grant's Discovering Emacs podcast.
> (https://github.com/VernonGrant/discovering-emacs/tree/main/show-notes) 

Hmm, I don't know if that would help reach a wider audience than just
going through planet emacslife would to begin with.  But it is something
that can be kept in mind.

-- 
Philip Kaludercic