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The rOpenSci newsletter is a Jekyll site. Each newsletter entry is in _posts/
, with name pattern like 2020-04-02-update-2020-04-02.md
.
Note that we're constantly moving towards more automation; the below process will be updated as changes occur.
Steps for producing each newsletter entry:
make pkg_versions_prep
to prepare data for new packages and new package versions. Once that's done it updates the files in data/newpkgs.csv
and data/newversions.csv
.
b. Run make pkg_news
to prepare actual text for package news section. The output is put in the console - copy/paste that to the appropriate section in the newsletter. A few edits may have to be made, and if there's no entry for the package in question in data/pkg_metadata.csv
an entry will have to be made.data/citations-to-use.txt
(making sure to use tab-indentation, then run make citations_prep
, which spits out a bulleted list of citationsmake check
to check the URLs. the command automatically checks the most recent post that you just created to make sure the urls are okay in the postThe makefile
has the following make commands:
- check
- citations_count
- citations_prep
- pkg_versions_prep
- pkg_news
- pkg_narrative
- checklist
make checklist
rOpenSci News Checklist
❯ rOpenSci HQ
Any rOpenSci announcements? Check for issues at https://github.com/ropensci/biweekly/issues
❯ Packages:
new packages: ⓧ
new versions: 12
❯ Software review (new submissions/approved)
Check https://github.com/ropensci/software-review/issues manually
❯ On the blog (new posts): 3
post title: 2 Months in 2 Minutes - rOpenSci News, August 2020
post title: Developing dittodb
post title: Scientific Name Parsing: rgnparser and namext
❯ Citations (new schol articles)
22 citations in the last newsletter; use citations after: Davis, Z. (2020). Leaf the kids outdoors: approaches and enquiries in quantifyin ...
❯ From the forum (new topics): 1
topic: Bar chart portraits
❯ Call for maintainers
Any packages need a new maintainer? If so, add them to the list in this section
❯ In the news
Any must read (non-rOpensci) blog posts we should tell readers about?