Re: A Zine/Newsletter for ELPA

2022-10-15 Thread Marcin Borkowski
On 2022-10-14, at 23:13, Philip Kaludercic wrote: > I have recently been thinking if creating a little monthly±n zine > (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine) or newsletter for {GNU,NonGNU} ELPA > would be a nice idea. Somewhere where new packages and releases can not > only be announced but als

Re: melpa.org down?

2022-10-15 Thread Stefan Kangas
[Forwarded from emacs-devel.] Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez writes: > Thx... since it is down, I have no references of whom to reach. Do you have > any emails? You can contact them here: https://github.com/melpa/ I've also put Jonas and Steve in Cc, in the interest of letting them know as

Re: A Zine/Newsletter for ELPA

2022-10-15 Thread Emanuel Berg
Philip Kaludercic wrote: > I have recently been thinking if creating a little monthly±n > zine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine) or newsletter for > {GNU,NonGNU} ELPA would be a nice idea. Somewhere where new > packages and releases can not only be announced but also > commented on and "reviewe

Re: A Zine/Newsletter for ELPA

2022-10-15 Thread Emanuel Berg
Marcin Borkowski wrote: > I certainly don't have time to help with that - sorry - but > I like the idea. Perhaps someone could work with Sacha (who > I'm CC'ing now) and expand the corresponding section of her > Emacs News? Shouldn't there be stuff to read as well you think? -- underground expe

Re: A Zine/Newsletter for ELPA

2022-10-15 Thread Philip Kaludercic
Emanuel Berg writes: > Philip Kaludercic wrote: > >> I have recently been thinking if creating a little monthly±n >> zine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine) or newsletter for >> {GNU,NonGNU} ELPA would be a nice idea. Somewhere where new >> packages and releases can not only be announced but al

Re: A Zine/Newsletter for ELPA

2022-10-15 Thread Lars Ingebrigtsen
Philip Kaludercic writes: > Starting and organising such a project doesn't sound easy, and I don't > know if it is worth it to begin with. I am wondering if anyone else > things this is a good idea and would be interested in participating to > initiate something more concrete? I think it sounds

Re: A Zine/Newsletter for ELPA

2022-10-15 Thread Sacha Chua
Hello, Philip, all! On Sat, Oct 15, 2022, 05:41 Philip Kaludercic wrote: > That project is greater in scope, and would require more effort. The > idea I had was really just to highlight and promote ELPA packages. > That being said, perhaps it wouldn't be out of place to mention changes > and ne

Re: A Zine/Newsletter for ELPA

2022-10-15 Thread John Yates
These goals seem to conflate multiple wishes: > Somewhere where new packages and releases can not only be announced Announcements have limited shelf life. They should be handled via some form of notification mechanism. Perhaps an ELPA section in Sacha's Emacs News would suffice. > but also comm

Re: A Zine/Newsletter for ELPA

2022-10-15 Thread Sacha Chua
On Sat, Oct 15, 2022, 11:25 John Yates wrote: > mechanism. Perhaps an ELPA section in > Sacha's Emacs News would suffice. > I have a list of new packages at the end of the newsletter, and I've recently started indicating their package archive as well. In addition, I email info-gnu-em...@gnu.or

Re: A Zine/Newsletter for ELPA

2022-10-15 Thread Emanuel Berg
John Yates wrote: > Announcements have limited shelf life. They should be > handled via some form of notification mechanism. Perhaps an > ELPA section in Sacha's Emacs News would suffice. They are already/still automated such announcements appearing on gmane.emacs.sources (gnu.emacs.sources) I th