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| This is a page that will explain how developers can notify other developers of small things, such as upcoming transitions, new tools, changes in practice, where the item doesn't warrant a mail to ubuntu-devel-announce on its own. The items will be collected and sent on to the announce list every so often. This is inspired by Debian's DeveloperNews service that does just this. |
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| The items will come from various fora, notably direct submission, and being picked up from mailing lists and IRC. Anyone is free to submit an item, and everyone is encouraged to pass along things from other channels that they think would be appropriate. |
= Developer News = == General == === Concept === |
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| The aim would be to aid people in keeping up with Ubuntu development when they do not follow every source of information slavishly. The wiki page would also serve as an archive so that if someone takes a break from development they can use this page as a starting point when trying to catch up with the changes. |
We aim to get weekly news out about Ubuntu Development. With such a huge variety of teams and efforts going on, it's important that we do our best to * keep everybody up to date * celebrate excellent work that is going on * provide insight into Ubuntu development * invite new developers in |
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| There are competing proposals for how this process should work, so until that is decided this page will document the proposals and provide a place for discussion of how this will work. |
=== Examples === |
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| The way to proceed will be decided by looking at the comments on this page at the next MOTU meeting, on the 28th Nov 2008. |
* http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2011/09/08/ubuntu-11-10-development-update-10/ * http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2011/09/15/ubuntu-11-10-development-update-11/ * http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2011/09/25/ubuntu-11-10-development-update-12/ * http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2011/09/30/ubuntu-11-10-development-update-13/ |
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| == Proposal 1: collect items on the wiki page == | |
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| This proposal follows that of Debian's [[http://wiki.debian.org/DeveloperNews|DeveloperNews]]. | == Outreach == |
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| This wiki page would be the place to collect the items. They would then be sent on when there were a few outstanding, or some amount of time had passed since the last mail. |
Currently the weekly development update is posted on: |
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| Anyone would be encouraged to submit items by adding the text to the page, and anyone could send the mail when needed. |
* http://fridge.ubuntu.com * http://omgubuntu.co.uk |
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| The wiki page would naturally form an archive of old items for people to easily browse. | Also is it mentioned by the @ubuntudev account on social networks: * http://twitter.com/ubuntudev * http://facebook.com/ubuntudev * http://identi.ca/ubuntudev * http://gplus.to/ubuntudev |
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| == Proposal 2: Use the ubuntu-news-team mailing list == | == Help out == We need help to write these updates and collect great information. If you are interested in joining a young team interest in Ubuntu development, please join the [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-news-team|ubuntu-news-team mailing list]] and introduce yourself. We're happy to have you on board! |
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| As there is already a news team interested in collecting news items and sending them out, information of interest to developers could also be handled by this group. | === Writing === Up until now the guides had this or a similar structure: |
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| To avoid adding an undue extra burden on this team, it would be appropriate for developers interesting in administering the developer news to also participate in the news team. | 1. Dev update 1. News from Ubuntu development 1. Quick look at the ReleaseSchedule 1. Upcoming Events 1. Call for help 1. Welcoming new contributors / new uploaders 1. Interview with contributors / Spotlight on a team or initiative 1. Closing with instructions to get involved / get in touch |
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| The advantage of such a system would be that the UWN, Fridge, and developer news announcements would all be sourced from the same base of information. | == Submit news == If you have development news you want us to include, get them to ubuntu-news-team@lists.ubuntu.com (and prefix the subject with "[dev]") until Thursday. We are interested in almost every story. If you want to * highlight some great work done by somebody else * explain some changes that are upcoming * ask for help on a project * give a bit of background about something your team is working on * an interview you did * ... |
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| The disadvantage of such a system would be a need for greater editorial review of presented items, and active filtering so that editors could best direct things to the audiences most likely to be interested. If this proposal is selected, this wiki page becomes interesting only as the point of decision for this change, and would not contain an archive of previous postings. == Comments == Please add your feedback here. |
Thanks a lot in advance! |
Developer News
General
Concept
We aim to get weekly news out about Ubuntu Development. With such a huge variety of teams and efforts going on, it's important that we do our best to
- keep everybody up to date
- celebrate excellent work that is going on
- provide insight into Ubuntu development
- invite new developers in
Examples
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2011/09/08/ubuntu-11-10-development-update-10/
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2011/09/15/ubuntu-11-10-development-update-11/
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2011/09/25/ubuntu-11-10-development-update-12/
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2011/09/30/ubuntu-11-10-development-update-13/
Outreach
Currently the weekly development update is posted on:
Also is it mentioned by the @ubuntudev account on social networks:
Help out
We need help to write these updates and collect great information. If you are interested in joining a young team interest in Ubuntu development, please join the ubuntu-news-team mailing list and introduce yourself. We're happy to have you on board!
Writing
Up until now the guides had this or a similar structure:
- Dev update
- News from Ubuntu development
Quick look at the ReleaseSchedule
- Upcoming Events
- Call for help
- Welcoming new contributors / new uploaders
- Interview with contributors / Spotlight on a team or initiative
- Closing with instructions to get involved / get in touch
Submit news
If you have development news you want us to include, get them to ubuntu-news-team@lists.ubuntu.com (and prefix the subject with "[dev]") until Thursday. We are interested in almost every story. If you want to
- highlight some great work done by somebody else
- explain some changes that are upcoming
- ask for help on a project
- give a bit of background about something your team is working on
- an interview you did
- ...
Thanks a lot in advance!
UbuntuDevelopment/News (last edited 2011-11-21 11:02:24 by dholbach)