From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2001-12-06T15:22:19+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:27645] Re: Do we need something like Python-URL?

Holden Glova <dsafari@xtra.co.nz> writes:

> Hmm...this list does get a lot of traffic so I had hoped that we 
> could automate some of the gathering of what to put in this sort of 
> thing. Here is my thinking...
> 
> Gather all email into one folder each week.
> 
> Scan email subjects in that folder with a script for subjects that 
> start with "ANN", these are announcements, no? And they could go into 
> an announcements section.
> 
> Scan email subjects in the folder keeping count of the number of 
> times a topic appears. When they reach a pre-defined threshold (say 
> 10?) they are labeled as "Hot topics", or "Fiery Red Gems". A short 
> description of the general topic will be provided.
> 
> The information that we will deliver, i thought could be put into XML 
> with translations applied for different formats? Not sure if 
> different formats are needed - I have a tendency to like playing with 
> technologies and but of course there usage is always applicable *lies 
> through his teeth*.
> 
> Thoughts, suggestions, rants, raves, and criticisms, all welcome.

That sounds like a great start. Also, don't forget about other sources
of Ruby news too: the other mailing lists, Ruby mentions at
conferences, and so on. Perhaps a wiki page could be used to jot these
down during the week?

If you generated XML, it certainly would be easy to integrate into
things like RubyGarden. I could also publish RSS and RDF feeds for
it. (Have folks tried Evolution yet? It's very cool having the
RubyGarden wiki and main news available on the summary page).

While we're talking about news... a reminder. If anyone comes across
anything interesting about Ruby, or just or interest to a Ruby
audience, consider posting to RubyGarden.


Thanks


Dave