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Re: Promoting Git developers

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DLDavid Lang <david@lang.hm>
Date
Mar 16, 2015, 23:39 UTC
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On Sun, 15 Mar 2015, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I wrote something about a potential Git Rev News news letter:
>
> I read it.  Sounds promising.
>
> Just one suggestion on the name and half a comment.
>
> How would "Git Review" (or "Git Monthly Review", or replace your
> favourite "how-often-per-period-ly" in its name) sound?  I meant it
> to sound similar to academic journals that summarize and review
> contemporary works in the field and keeps your original "pun" about
> our culture around "patch reviews".
>
> I obviously do not know how the actual contents would look like at
> this point, but depending on the quality of the publication I might
> be able to steal some descriptions when keeping the notes on topics
> in flight that appear in my "What's cooking" report.  And it can go
> the other way around, too.  The publication may want to peek my
> "What's cooking" report for hints on how to characterize each topic
> and assess its impact to the evolution of Git.

I'll bet that LWN would publish, or at least link to, such articles on a regular basis, and if you end up doing an in-depth writeup on a particularly discussed topic, they would probably give it pretty good visibility.

David Lang
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  5. Junio C HamanoMar 10, 2015
  6. Christian CouderMar 10, 2015
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 10, 2015
  8. Jason St. JohnMar 11, 2015
  9. Duy NguyenMar 11, 2015
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 11, 2015
  11. Duy NguyenMar 12, 2015
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2015
  13. Fredrik GustafssonMar 12, 2015
  14. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2015
  15. Junio C HamanoMar 11, 2015
  16. Jeff KingMar 11, 2015
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  19. Junio C HamanoMar 11, 2015
  20. Andrew ArdillMar 11, 2015
  21. Jeff KingMar 12, 2015
  22. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2015
  23. Jeff KingMar 12, 2015
  24. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2015
  25. Jeff KingMar 12, 2015
  26. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2015
  27. Christian CouderMar 15, 2015
  28. Christian CouderMar 11, 2015
  29. Junio C HamanoMar 11, 2015
  30. Christian CouderMar 15, 2015
  31. Junio C HamanoMar 15, 2015
  32. Randall S. BeckerMar 15, 2015
  33. Christian CouderMar 16, 2015
  34. David KastrupMar 16, 2015
  35. Stefan BellerMar 16, 2015
  36. Christian CouderMar 17, 2015
  37. Junio C HamanoMar 17, 2015
  38. David LangMar 16, 2015
  39. Junio C HamanoMar 17, 2015
  40. David LangMar 17, 2015
  41. Christian CouderMar 17, 2015
  42. Thomas Ferris NicolaisenMar 17, 2015
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