[Sugar-devel] Weekly Progress Blogs of GSoC

[Sumit Srivastava]

I agree with James.

On Sat, May 9, 2020, 3:19 AM James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:

> G'day,
>
> Thanks.  I've been careful not to mention blogging until now.
>
> Please use mailing list instead of a blog.  Use a shortened project
> name in the subject.  If composing mail is a problem, find a better
> mail client.
>
> Lionel and I agreed we would not require a student to host a blog.
> (On 5th May, Lionel, Walter, and I had a discussion about student
> blogging.  We considered whether a blog was needed or helpful.  Nobody
> else at Sugar Labs blogs about their work at Sugar Labs, so we have no
> standard to hold up.  Blogs haven't facilitated or concentrated
> discussion.  Blogs can be edited.  Blogs don't stay available.  Blogs
> are a lot of work that is sometimes not seen or used.)
>
> Please check with your mentor if they want you to use a blog, or some
> other method like Wiki or mail.  Lionel told me Sugarizer team will
> use Slack for this, with a weekly summary to mailing list.
>
> Mentors, please think about whether you want your student to spend the
> time writing a blog.  Tell your student what your decision is.
>
> While it is a useful skill, it is not a necessary skill for a
> developer.  You won't get as much engagement as you will get with
> mailing list posting.
>
> On Fri, May 08, 2020 at 07:56:01PM +0530, Aviral Gangwar wrote:
> > Hello James,
> >
> > Could you please help me out with this.
> >
> > Which service do you recommend for writing the blogs that also complies
> with
> > the community standards? I wanted to run through you if it was feasible
> to use
> > a separate service such as [1]Medium or use a wiki page instead. ( Or
> any other
> > service you could suggest )
> >
> > Thank You
> >
> > References:
> >
> > [1] https://medium.com/
>
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