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Django News/Update Podcast
https://github.com/elena/django-news-podcast (Project Source)
December 2013
This project has been on the mind of the author for several years and is motivated at this time because of the following:
- Recent discussions by DSF about how to effectively disseminate news.
- Recent revival of Django Updates posts.
- Recent cessation of most recent incarnation of Django podcast: Django Roundup.
Transferred from bitbucket project here: https://bitbucket.org/elequ/podcast-project/wiki/Home
General Podcast guidelines
- Purpose
- Schedule
- Format
- Discussion Guidelines
Purpose
Purpose:
- Release information
- Official news
- Major* community projects
News reportage style.
Effectively reading official blog out loud.
Format
Natural priority:
- Security Releases
- Major Releases
- features
- deprecations
- Minor Releases
- features
- deprecations
- Updates
- Upcoming Conferences/Events
Community requests
-
other "important" packages? Criteria for "important" could be something like:
- potential to be integrated
- was once part of project
- major work by core contributor
Schedule
Very clear schedule and format.
Timing
- Regular "period" -- to synchronise with every second official update email.
- Major release special with Release manager?
Discussion Guidelines
- Assume "Intelligent Listener"
- Sparse rather than chatty
- Provide technical background:
- design decisions
- details about decision-making process
- friction about the decision and its resolution (or not)
- Deference to author:
- person who created/worked on the feature
- has greatest depth of knowledge
- Speak to personal expertise
- As a Reference:
- "like a dictionary": won't teach you to read, but doesn't assume exaustive knowledge
- Don't speak if you don't have experience/expertise
- Stay "en piste"
- Minimal editorialising
- Minimal hyperbole