Re: Draft of Git Rev News edition 6

From: Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen <tfnico@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 6, 2015, 22:18 UTC
Message-ID: <CAEcj5uXJnZ+3R+CWoUnpqixrKiiWMQMVjq2YrXYd2brbP9URQg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 10:49 PM, Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen <tfnico@gmail.com> wrote:

> I hope we can attract more contributors in the future, so the weight
> of this doesn't lie too much on his shoulders. Perhaps we should send
> out the draft earlier next time, and beckon for more contributions
> from the list.

Just to follow up on this point: The draft for the next edition is available here (still empty):

https://github.com/git/git.github.io/blob/master/rev_news/drafts/edition-7.md

Suggestions and comments can go here: https://github.com/git/git.github.io/issues/94

> We could also add a call-for-help at the bottom of the respective
> section, asking people who are trawling the mailing list to
> contribute.

You may have spotted that I added this in the recently published edition, but I think it can bear repeating here for git@vger:

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> Before we move on to the link section of this edition,
> we want to make a "call-to-arms" for people reading
> the Git mailing list. We didn't get enough material in
> this edition on what was really discussed on the list
> the last month. In order to to be the window into the
> Git community that we set out to be, we need your help.
>
> So please, the next time you read through an interesting
> discussion on the mailing list, note down a few lines
> about it and share them with us.

So, thanks in advance for the contributions we get for #7 and later editions!