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On 1/3/21 3:34 PM, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> On Sun, 2021-01-03 at 14:48 -0500, Aisha Tammy wrote: |
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>> On 1/3/21 3:35 AM, Michał Górny wrote: |
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>>> Hi, everyone. |
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>>> |
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>>> I think it would be really great if we could publish a summary of |
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>>> (good) things that happened in Gentoo in 2020. We weren't able to |
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>>> maintain Gentoo Weekly Newsletter, nor Monthly. However, we might be |
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>>> able to manage at least a yearly Newsletter ;-). |
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>>> |
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>>> I know I'm going to regret this but I volunteer to take care of |
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>>> combining and publishing the data. Nevertheless, I'd really appreciate |
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>>> if you could reply to this mail with ideas of what you think would be |
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>>> worth listing. I'd also use a native English speaker for editorial |
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>>> help. |
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>>> |
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>>> |
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>>> Please reply with your ideas in the form of: |
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>>> |
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>>> [sort-key] **A short sentence summarizing the change.** 1-3 sentences |
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>>> of detailed explanation. |
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>>> |
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>>> I think we'll publish this on the website, so please use Markdown |
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>>> and possibly link to the relevant projects. The idea is that the users |
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>>> can skim through the changes in bold, and decide whether they want to |
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>>> read on. |
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>>> |
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>>> |
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>>> Example: |
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>>> |
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>>> [dist-kernel] **The [Distribution Kernel](https://...) project was |
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>>> launched to install kernels directly from ebuilds.** To lower |
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>>> the entry barrier and maintenance effort, the project also provides |
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>>> a stock configuration for popular architectures based on Fedora. |
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>>> |
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>>> I think we'll then split it into a few groups. I'm thinking of: |
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>>> |
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>>> 1. New developers (yay!). |
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>>> 2. Major changes (focused on things impacting end users). |
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>>> 3. Other changes. |
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>>> |
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>>> |
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>>> WDYT? |
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>>> |
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>> |
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>> Getting the science overlay into a much better and almost usable |
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>> state. There are now enthusiastic people who are starting |
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>> to contribute to the overlay and adding a lot of fixes. |
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>> So I'd say, getting a new life for the science project is also |
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>> something nice that has happened :D |
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>> Special thanks to chymera and andrew for being super enthusiastic |
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>> in fixing the overlay :D |
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> I do appreciate it but I'm not sure if this is something specific |
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> enough to be mentioned in 'major changes'. I'll see how other things |
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> go and we'll see then. However, if you have something more specific |
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> like 'we added these super useful packages' or stuff like that, I think |
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> it would be more interesting PR-wise. |
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Ah, my brain glossed over the *impacting end users* part :P |
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Yes, this is not a good fit for that, my bad. |
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Aisha |
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