Hi John, all!

You can Bcc or Cc me and I can look up the web link for the message/thread
so that I can include it in Emacs News. Bonus if you can include a one-line
summary if it's not obvious from the subject line or the body. :) For
example, Corwin recently Bcced me on the clang off tip, so I was able to
include that.

Andrés Ramírez has been sending me links to emacs-devel threads of
interest, which is much appreciated as y'all talk about so many interesting
things that I can't keep up on my phone given my limited computer time
(hence the top-posting on this email, sorry sorry sorry). I usually jump
around in the threads to see what's up or which message is good to link to.
Sometimes it's a little hard for me to summarize things in a line or two.

For emacs-devel, we've mostly been keeping an eye out for:
- help wanted
- braindumps on how parts of Emacs work or weird things people might need
to know about different platforms
- progress on various parts (tree-sitter modes, etc.)
- proposals that could use a variety of perspectives, etc.
- the occasional glimpse of the vast breadth and depth in Emacs (supporting
obsolete systems, odd edge cases, etc.)
- very busy or long threads

I tend to skip threads that are very specific or are quickly resolved, and
I try to not embarrass people when they're having a hard time getting along
in public.

Emacs News takes me about an hour to do all in all, which is mostly
grouping/deduplicating and categorizing links, and skimming videos or
captions when available. (I try to not link to lots of those lower-effort
StackOverflow readalouds...) Could be something worth replicating on a
weekly or monthly scale for someone more immersed in emacs-devel.

Sacha

On Fri, Sept 1, 2023, 09:20 John Yates <john@yates-sheets.org> wrote:

> Writing new content (à la Linux Weekly News) is a massive effort.  I
> would expect any attempt at such a product to peter out in short order.
>
> A big, big +1 for Sacha's weekly Emacs News.  I find it just the right
> level of detail.  It directs one to Emacs mail threads, upcoming events and
> get togethers, blogs and Reddit posts, Youtube videos, etc.  And, IIRC, she
> is even set up to accept contributions from others.  Let's support her.
>
> /john
>