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Updating the news site to show rakudo builds as well #34

Closed rba closed 3 years ago

rba commented 4 years ago

Feature request:

On the news site should be the rakudo builds visible as well. Maybe linked to the release information on github. E.g. https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/releases/tag/2020.01

rba commented 4 years ago

@patrickbkr Maybe something for you?

patrickbkr commented 4 years ago

@rba I want this to happen too. Actually my recent changes to the Changelog Draft and release announcement templates are in preparation for that.

Technically getting a news post out is as easy as dropping a respective file on the server.

It's just a question of deciding if we want to do it again. Currently https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/blob/master/docs/release_guide.pod step 20. advises against doing news posts for compiler releases.

rba commented 4 years ago

@patrickbkr Which brings us back to the original discussion of what to promote, the Rakudo release or the Rakudo Start release...

AntonOks commented 3 years ago

@patrickbkr As there is no news in the news, I think this section / tab should be removed... right now it more discourages new people from considering RAKU as if it wouldn't be there at all...

Xliff commented 3 years ago

@rba, @AntonOks

I disagree, we should be showing more than just compiler releases. All ecosystem releases should be shown on this page. The community is just as relevant, if not moreso, than the compiler.

@AntonOks, this should hopefully address your issue, yes?

patrickbkr commented 3 years ago

@Xliff rakudo.org is the website of the Rakudo compiler, not the Raku language. As such it'd be strange to put module updates in that news area. On raku.org that'd make more sense. The issue that this ticket tries do address - a lack of news - is a result of only anouncing Rakudo Star releases (which happen rarely). If we decide to also anounce compiler releases, that would already provide enough content to not give the impression of "unmaintained".

Given the primary place people are guided to is raku.org (which also has something similar to a news area), I don't find it strictly necessary to also have a news area on rakudo.org.

So all in all I'd be fine with both, removing the news section or also announcing compiler releases.

@Altai-man I'd value your opinion as the current release manager.

Xliff commented 3 years ago

@patrickbkr - Given this, I think removing the news on the compiler site and pushing release to raku.org makes the best sense.

Altai-man commented 3 years ago

@Altai-man I'd value your opinion as the current release manager.

I am pro announcing compiler releases whether it is considered appropriate instead of removing the news.

patrickbkr commented 3 years ago

The issue is fixed by rakudo/rakudo#4431