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diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news.mdwn index 4edd491a..54fa788d 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -8,34 +9,28 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] -[[!meta title="""How to prepare and publish "a month of the Hurd" for the last +[[!meta title="""How to prepare and publish a "Month of the Hurd" for the last month"""]] -We prepare *A Month of the Hurd* in the file [[contributing/web_pages/news/news_moth_next]]. The idea is +We prepare a *Month of the Hurd* in the file [[moth_next]]. The idea is to record to-be-published changes in that file at they time they arise, and -then publish them en bloc at the end of the month. +then publish them en bloc at the end of the month. There are instructions for +[[writing_the_moth]]. -* At the end of the month: prepare for publishing the news + * At the end of the month: prepare for publishing the MotH, then send the raw + Markdown text to the mailing list, asking for feedback. - Edit the news entry's *meta date* value to the timestamp when the news - entry is [[published|news]]. We have to set that one manually, as - otherwise the timestamp of the news entry file's creation will be taken, - which is (much) earlier, and not what we want. We do not set the *meta - updated* value, as it's correct to update that one upon further - modifications of the news entries. - -* Then send it to the mailing list, include all feedback ... + * ..., and publish. -* ... and publish + $ git mv contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn news/YYYY-MM.mdwn - $ git cp contributing/web_pages/news/news_moth_next.mdwn news/yyyy-mm.mdwn - $ git commit -m "Added MotH yyyy-mm" + Edit the news entry's *meta date* value to the timestamp when the news + entry is published. We have to set that one manually, as otherwise the + timestamp of the news entry file's creation will be taken, which is (much) + earlier, and not what we want. We do not set the *meta updated* value, as + it's correct to update that one upon further modifications of the news + entries. + + $ git cp contributing/web_pages/news/skeleton.mdwn contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn + $ git commit -m 'MotH YYYY-MM.' $ git push origin master - -## Information for *writing* the Month of the Hurd - -[[!inline -pages="contributing/web_pages/news/*" -show=5 -feeds=no -actions=yes]] |