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>Any reasons (beyond PR) that these highlights are posted on the blog of GitHub instead of on the main website of Git itself? Probably the most obvious reason
by jasode 5y ago
>Any reasons (beyond PR) that these highlights are posted on the blog of GitHub instead of on the main website of Git itself?
Probably the most obvious reason is that author Taylor Blau is employed by Github. If Github funds his work on Git, it doesn't seem strange at all that he posts on his employer's website.
Also, if you're referring to "git-scm.com" as the "main website of Git", there may be practical reasons such as TB not having any authoring privileges there to write a blog type of post. I notice that Git contributor Junio C Hamano who wrote the Git release notes doesn't post blog articles there either. JCH's blog-style posts seem to be at a different url: https://git-blame.blogspot.com/ https://git-blame.blogspot.com/
You didn't ask but a related question people wonder about is why HN users (such as ossusermivami in this thread's case) submit Github links more often than the Git mailing list release notes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28207811 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28207811
- williamdclt 5y ago> but a related question people wonder about is why HN users (such as ossusermivami in this thread's case) submit Github links more often than the Git mailing list release notes: I'd wager because it's more discoverable, more readable and contains very useful layman-readable explanations of what is going on in this release
- ossusermivami 5y agothat's correct :) It's much easier to follow by RSS the GH blogs than following the ML. And even if I was following it, it's not very trivial to find the mailing list archive html url (and I use Gnus to read mailing list)