Re: A Zine/Newsletter for ELPA

[orzodk <orzodk@fastmail.com>]

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.

>> 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)