On Sunday 27 January 2013 09:50:57 Roger Luedecke wrote: > On Mon, 2013-01-21 at 17:56 +0100, Jos Poortvliet wrote: > > On Monday 21 January 2013 08:32:49 Bryen M Yunashko wrote: > > > On Mon, 2013-01-21 at 12:06 +0100, Jos Poortvliet wrote: > > > > Meanwhile, the OBS is getting close to 40.000 repositories and > > > > 200.000 > > > > packages!!! It would be cool to do an article on that in the coming > > > > weeks/months (when we reach the threshold). It could have a bit of > > > > history > > > > and where we are now, with quotes from a few of the involved people. > > > > Anyone > > > > interested in doing this? I know Helen is real good at articles like > > > > this... > > > > ?? > > > > > > > > We'd give it some decent exposure, do a press release on it etc - > > > > OBS > > > > deserves some fresh attention. > > > > > > If I may make a suggestion, a news release of sorts = read once and > > > forget. > > > > > > Instead, perhaps, build some excitement so that it generates ongoing > > > conversation and interest. Create some sort of campaign event where > > > we're all watching the countdown as it reaches the X-goal. > > > > > > After all, the main goal for talking about OBS and packaging is to get > > > more people involved and contributing. If we're in a reactive > > > position, > > > where we are announcing a passed-milestone, it lessens the motivation > > > for people to say "ooh, I want to be a part of this!" > > > > > > This will generate sustained noise over a period of time rather than a > > > one time "Yay, we did it" and be done with it article. > > > > A quite good suggestion. Yeah, we can probably do that... I'd still > > need > > help with writing but we can release the article in a few parts, have > > the > > countdown, do a 'OBS quick course for newbies' in Google Hangout etc... > > > > Henne, what do you think, feasible? > > Agreed. I can write some articles too since my blog gets rather good > circulation.
Good! doing an overview of the articles from last week, for example, could be cool - the reports on the release and oSC12 and hackfest and the upcoming oSC13 make for a good set of articles. > I've been much more active with the Google+ page management > lately, and can probably be available to host some hangouts with the > openSUSE page. That is awesome. I can tell you - activity like this is really visible. A few months ago, we were bigger than Fedora, but they were growing faster. Now - we're still bigger than they are! I really think that's due to the hard work of you and a few others posting there. Thanks!
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