On 22 Jan 2013, at 22:02, Olemis Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/22/13, Joachim Dreimann <[email protected]> wrote: >> Our Release Process Wiki currently only states that we should announce it on >> the Apache mailing lists: >> >> To: [email protected], [email protected] >> Cc: [email protected] >> I reckon we need to do more. We've had very little outside interest as far >> as I can tell. >> >> Our potential users and contributors may not listen to these lists at all, >> but they are active elsewhere on the 'net. >> >> I've had a few small successes getting people interested using Twitter >> (@apbloodhound), just announcing releases and asking for feedback really. I >> will continue to promote Bloodhound that way, and I'd be happy or someone >> else to chip in (I'll share the password with a person committed to >> helping). >> >> Release managers should have some responsibility in promoting releases in my >> opinion. Blogs/Forums/Mailing lists.. >> >> What do others think? Do you have suggestions on where to promote Apache >> Bloodhound? > > The most obvious place that comes into my mind is trac-users ML ... > but I don't whether that might considered *subversive* , spam-ish and > / or inappropriate .
Trac-users didn't seem to mind last time, I believe it's common for plugins to announce their releases there too. > > Beyond that I write articles for TuxInfo magazine (Argentina) . It's > published on a monthly frequency . Last article published in December > . > > Other mags I am familiar with are : > > - The Python Papers (English language , Australia or New Zealand afaicr) > - Programmez (French language, France) > > Another approach could be python and similar mailing lists . I could > forward the announcements to python-es@... but I guess the third IPMC > vote for release in general@... should come first > ;) > > -- > Regards, > > Olemis. > > Blog ES: http://simelo-es.blogspot.com/ > Blog EN: http://simelo-en.blogspot.com/ > > Featured article:
