I recommend proceeding in one of these two ways: * Start by writing the first 1-2 articles, without referencing a series. When the 3rd article is published, we can start talking about it as a series. The articles can be pitched one at a time and you don't need to have it plotted out in advance. * If you want to introduce it specifically as a series, make a plan for what the individual articles cover, and draft at least 3 articles to start. Then you can reference "next article in this series" and things like that, in each article. I recommend these options because we've received numerous series pitches in the past where the author has not been able to deliver the content promised. This leaves the Magazine looking like it is under-delivering, which we should avoid. I'm confident this series is a good idea, and would be happy to see either approach above -- they're equally valid IMHO. Paul On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 07:37:48AM +0000, Michal Konecny wrote: > Hi, > > I think this is a great idea for series of articles about Fedora. > You are right that most of our users probably don't know how much work is done for each release, how many people are working on Fedora and how they can repay. > > I support this idea and I can help with it if needed. > > Regards, > mkonecny > > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > On Wednesday, May 22, 2019 12:02 AM, Ankur Sinha <sanjay.ankur@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I was wondering if any one was interested in joining me to writing a > > series of "Fedora: under the hood" posts (if the editorial team permits, > > of course) with the aim being to: > > > > - show that Fedora is a FOSS community with the OS being our mode of > > choice to work towards the community mission. > > > > - discuss the work that goes into the creation of each release: > > including programme management, design, rebuilds, QA, websites, > > announcements---all of it. > > > > The hope is that by speaking actively about why, who, and how we do > > things, we improve the general understanding of how we tick. In > > addition, that improved understanding will hopefully encourage more > > "users" (to use the "vendor <-> user" terminology explained later) to > > > > > > join the community and contribute to FOSS---in whatever way they choose. > > Finally, it will also make people aware of the resources that the > > community has or does not have access too, and why some things are done > > and others aren't. > > > > Rationale: > > > > Based on my personal experiences, so this is anecdotal evidence, it > > seems that most people outside the community have little or no > > understanding of how the Fedora community does things. They seem to > > apply the "vendor <-> user" development model to Fedora too: someone, > > somewhere, for some reason, is doing all of this for "users" instead of > > the "community" paradigm: where there isn't a clear distinction between > > "developers" and users---all contributors are also users, and we're all > > part of the community and contribute in whatever ways we can often in > > our free time. > > > > Mostly, the magazine includes posts on how to use software: "to do > > things with Fedora". The new website also says "Make the most of using > > Fedora" next the Fedora magazine bit. So, users get to learn about all > > using the tools and the software, and not much about why, who, how, all > > of this software (and the accompanying information) is > > developed/integrated/provided to them. > > > > PS: Of course, the primary aspect of the "vendor <-> user" paradigm is that > > > > the user pays in exchange for the service. This enables the "vendor" to > > maintain the resources required to continue providing the service and > > further improve it. How users "pay" to use Fedora if we also follow this > > model does not seem to come up often somehow. > > > > Thoughts? _______________________________________________ Fedora Magazine mailing list -- magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to magazine-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
