On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 3:01 PM, Robin Chan <[email protected]> wrote:

> Because I just don't know, and because it might help with this
> proposal consideration...could we list out the types of updates that
> belong in the demo?
>

In theory, the demo is an opportunity to highlight anything at all that
might be of interest to the Pulp community. Mostly the event serves as a
chance to demo work that was completed in the prior three weeks, and
receive questions or feedback about it. But even with that as the main
focus, it's also a good time to keep people informed about what is
happening that could affect them sooner. Work that gets demo'd often does
not get released for a substantial period of time, so interesting as it may
be, users have to wait to take advantage of it. Thus we take a couple of
minutes to highlight releases, important upcoming changes, deprecations
they should start planning for, current known problems, things that need to
be tested, key problems that need to be solved, etc. Likewise it is a
chance to set expectations about what is likely to come in the future: big
new features or changes being planned, what is the release cadence, what
direction is the project going in general, what is being prioritized or not
and why, etc. On the community-specific front, it's a good chance to invite
and encourage people to participate by highlighting other participants,
events such as conferences or meetups, new or improved documentation,
channels of communication, "case studies" of how people use Pulp
successfully, etc.

At a high level, we want to take a few minutes to help people feel
connected to Pulp as a living project they can engage with.

Ok, so putting that in list form, and remembering that not all of this
should be a part of every demo:

releases
important upcoming changes
deprecations to start planning for
current known problems
things that need to be tested
key problems that need to be solved
big new features or changes being planned
what is the release cadence
what direction is the project going in general
what is being prioritized or not and why
highlight community participation
events such as conferences or meetups
new or improved documentation for contributors
highlight channels of communication (email list, twitter, blog posts, etc)
how are other people using Pulp

I'm sure there are more items that could be added to that list.
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