Re: RFC - Git Developer Blog

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 7, 2019, 17:15 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqef1wj3r4.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20190807170735.GA61464@syl.local>

Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:

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>> It would also be helpful to have a post for every major release
>> highlighting new features and giving users examples of how to use them.
>> Taylor has been writing these on the GitHub blog [1], but maybe he
>> would be interested in writing them for this new venue?
>>
>> [1] https://github.blog/2019-06-07-highlights-from-git-2-22/
>
> Yes, I generally try and publish a blog post once-per-release, and
> generally with the following two goals in mind:
>
>   - talk about and publicize some of the new features in the latest
>     release (or releases, if I've missed a blog post or two)
>
>   - share some interesting tidbits about existing features.
>
> I think it would be good to have these blog posts in both places, should
> this proposal materialize. I would have to ask about whether or not
> GitHub would be comfortable about cross-posting to a new venue, and I'd
> be happy to raise the question when it comes up.

Yeah, I find these blog postings at GitHub quite helpful. Thanks for writing them.

I wonder if a semi-automated republication (ala "Planet"), instead of cross-posting, is an option that is easier to manage, though.