[drupal-docs] Drupal Newsletter #3 - Draft 1

[Robin Monks]

Oh my O_O.  Thanks for the findings!

Draft 2 in a few minutes...

Robin

On 7/18/05, Steven Wittens <steven at acko.net> wrote:
> I noticed that we don't actually have an unsubscription form at
> /newsletter. I added one.
> 
> Some content notes:
> - I don't think we should market the Portland Drupalcon as "Mini"...
> remember, when we did the FOSDEM thing, we were unsure of how many
> people would attend. We ended up having about 80 people in the room at
> all times.
> - Killes is quite modest about the revisions patch: it does affect
> end-users in that it improves the revisions UI, and also makes it vastly
> easier to make revision-enhancing modules :P.
> 
> More specifically: (not sure about some of the corrections)
> 
> >  The big news this month is out large scale outage lasting over 3
> >days which caused a severe disruption in the Drupal services
> ><http://drupal.org/node/26545>.
> >
> out -> our. Also, to my (non-native) ears, "big news" sounds positive.
> Perhaps "important" is a better phrasing.
> 
> >  It appears our downtime was a blessing in disguise; raising over
> >$10,000 USD, setting up a long term hosting plan with OSL
> ><http://drupal.org/node/26707> and getting server and service
> >donations!
> >
> This sounds like a good place to add in "Every cloud has a silver lining" ;)
> 
> >Server Infrastructure – Get an inside viewpoint on the upcoming Server upgrades.
> >
> >
> Server -> server
> 
> >OSCON Portland August 1-5, 2005
> >
> >
> Like in the last newsletter, I think we should expand OSCON to "O'Reilly
> Open-Source Conference" at least once in the text.
> 
> >GK: Not too bad.  I am known as a anti-JS zealot, but I was actually
> >
> >
> a anti -> an anti ?
> 
> >RM: So, you mentioned a revision system, could you share some more
> >about this for our readers?
> >
> >
> share ... for -> share ... with ?
> 
> >RM: Ok, so how will the help administrators and developers?
> >
> >
> how will the help -> how will this help
> 
> >GK: Admins will have the benefit that I also added the "log" field,
> >which is currently reserved for book nodes, to the node table, making
> >it generally available.  Also, the logs are stored alongside the
> >revision they belong to allowing for better workflow.  Etc.
> >
> >
> Maybe "etc" should be replaced with something more meaningful like "This
> opens up more possibilities for future modules as well."
> 
> >RM: So, do you feel that the development is slowing down on Drupal?
> >Or are there still some big features in the works?
> >
> >GK: No, development cannot possibly slow down Drupal.
> >
> >
> You asked "development is slowing down on Drupal" but Gerhard replied
> with "cannot possibly slow down Drupal". Could be a typo?
> 
> >round robin DNS.  The third Dell will host CVS (future SVN) and all
> >
> >
> "future SVN" should be clarified, as there is currently no official
> decision on whether we will move to SVN or simply use SVN to complement
> CVS. "possibly SVN in the future as well" is probably a better phrasing
> that will raise less questions.
> 
> >Moving forward, the next step is look into implementing Linux Virtual
> >
> >
> the next step is look -> the next step is to look ?
> 
> >yourself?  That what this Cafepress site wants to happen, so why not
> >
> >
> that -> that's
> 
> Steven Wittens
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