Philip Kaludercic <phil...@posteo.net> writes: > orzodk <orz...@fastmail.com> writes: > >> Philip Kaludercic <phil...@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. >> 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)
