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[Satoru Matsumoto <helios_reds@xxxxxxx>]

Hello mates,

as you may already noticed, openSUSE Weekly News (OWN) have been going
through several changes including format, layout, etc.

But still, I think current OWN are not best and perfect yet. About 1 and
half years have passed since our last simple survey [1]. Now, for
further improvement of OWN, we need your feedbacks. Please let us know
your opinions and thoughts on OWN.

# Although Sascha has placed another poll on connect.o.o about the
  formats of OWN, I'd like to ask you again here.

= Let us know your opinions and thoughts about followings in READERS
  point of view =

* Do you read OWN (almost) every week?

* Do you like current look & feel of OWN in HTML format on
  news.opensuse.org [2]? And let us know the reason.

* Do you like current look & feel of OWN in PDF format on
  news.opensuse.org [3]? And let us know the reason.

* Which do you like to read more, HTML version on news.o.o or PDF
  format (or Wiki format [4] as once they were)? Which is more
  convenient for you?

* What kind of articles do you think more important? How do you think
  the order of priority should be?

  a. Official announcements from openSUSE project
  b. Status reports from sub projects and community
  c. Tips and Howtos on openSUSE
  d. Personal blogs related to openSUSE
  e. Genaral information and news on broader Linux/FLOSS comminity,
     which aren't aggregated on planet.o.o

* What kind of articles and informations do you want to read in OWN
  besides those in current OWN?

* Are there any sections which you don't need in current OWN?

* Do you have any idea to improve OWN from readers point of view?


[1]
http://forums.opensuse.org/forums/english/other-forums/community-fun/surveys-polls/416228-how-opensuse-news.html
[2] http://news.opensuse.org/2011/01/22/opensuse-weekly-news-159-is-out/
[3] http://www.saschamanns.de/pub/OWN/PDF/OWN-159.pdf
[4] For your reference: http://en.opensuse.org/Archive:Weekly_news_150


[Background]

Up until a few months ago, we prepared the Weekly News in the Wiki
first, and posted an announcement to other translation sub teams, so
that they can start translating. After finishing the Wiki version,
Sascha, the editor in chief reformatted the wikicode into HTML in order
to provide HTML/RSS versions of the OWN. However, that was a
time-consuming process for Sascha, because most links had to be fixed
manually.

Initially, Sascha started a new XML based process flow for OWN as his
personal (just for fun) project. After the Conference 2010, the idea
(migrating over to XML code based process flow) was born and brought up.
Sascha found it interesting, because once the source will be written in
XML code, we can produce files in a lot of various formats like HTML or
PDF with that XML source.

At first, the migration was not planned to start so hastly. But
unfortunately, the provider who helped Sascha to convert the wikicode to
HTML was going down. So, Sascha has switched the editing process of OWN
form Wiki base to XML base earlier than expected.

This is why OWN have changed recently.

...

We are looking forward to your feedbacks. And, if you are interested in
being a part of OWN team, don't hesitate to step forward.

Best,

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