Re: announcing things like Mike's tour in News column?

[Janek Warchoł]

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 11:56 AM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> Janek Warchoł <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> What about a news item about Enseble 101's tour?  It seems reasonable
>> to me; a short notice without "advertisement content" (i.e. without
>> that Kickstarter part i guess) shouldn't be offensive, and it could
>> link to appropriate productions entry and/or Ensemble 101 website to
>> give more info.
>>
>> Actually, i think it would be a good change for the news column
>> itself.  Currently it contains dozens of "new unstable/RC XYZ" notes
>> and almost nothing else.
>
> It reflects the news entries in the repository.  When a new LilyPond
> Report appears, it _is_ announced there.

Yes, it is.  However, in the last 20 months only 2 out of 80 items
were neither a release note nor a Report announcement.  That's not a
wide variety; personally i find this quite boring (however, i
appreciate that the announcements are made regulargly - this ensures
our website doesn't appear dead!).

> The LilyPond Report is the
> place for more transitory news items of non-technical interest.

I don't agree that LilyPond Report is a place for non-technical /news/
of this kind.  It's a place for interviews, articles, essays, funny
quotes etc. - in general, longer and rather loosely written texts.
It's something you read because you're a part of the community, not
because you want to inform yourself.  Additionally, it is released
monthly - most of the /news/ are not new anymore after a month.
Of course, i think that it's perfect to publish an article about
Mike's tour in LilyPond Report - but an article and a news item are
two completely different things.

cheers,
Janek