RE: [PEAR-DEV] Weekly News proposal

> -----Original Message----- > From: Pierre-Alain Joye [mailto:paj@pearfr.org] > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 12:21 AM > To: Mika Tuupola > Cc: pear-dev@lists.php.net; alan_k@php.net > Subject: Re: [PEAR-DEV] Weekly News proposal > > On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 01:16:53 +0200 (EET) > Mika Tuupola <tuupola@appelsiini.net> wrote: > > > > > We had a short discussion about this on irc, but thought > > i'd drop a line on pear-dev too. Since weekly news is > > no more like bi-monthly-news because Alan has been > > extremely busy I though about solution. > > > > Weekly news is basically 3 different parts. > > > > 1) pear-dev traffic > > 2) cvs activity > > 3) releases > > Point 2 and 3 can be automated, with a short resume that includes > "important" commit, or special things. > > The point 1 is the most important and the longer to write, from february > I should take care of it, in collaboration with the pearfr team (I write > quit faster in fr than in En ;-). > > A good thing that can be in pwn is a kind of 'package of the month' or a > special focus on a package, a longer description with a word from the > author. A good way to put him in the front of the scene and thanks him > for his contribution. > maybe to add to the incentive to help out with this very important bit i would allow the original author plus all translators to add a sentence about themselves, where they can promote themselves or their employer. Also I would still suggest renaming weeklynews to something now mentioning a specific period of time like "pear report", "pear summary" ... Regards, Lukas