[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] Corrected date for Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement: Linux Changelog Project

Russell Senior russell at pdxlinux.org
Tue Jun 4 10:20:18 UTC 2024


As Kevin helpfully pointed out, I missed fixing up the date. It was 
correct on the website and calagator, but I screwed up the email. I'm FIRED!

On 6/3/24 21:08, Russell Senior wrote:
> Who: Ben Koenig
> What: Linux Changelogs - quantifying package updates for Linux 
> distributions
> Where: 5500 SW Dosch Rd, Portland
> When: Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 7 PM

Correction:

When: Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 7 PM

> Why: The pursuit of technology freedom
>
> http://calagator.org/events/1250481105
>
> Ben's description:
>
> Ever wondered how many package updates were released for your
> favorite distro in the past month? Or how many times you have had to
> upgrade Firefox?
>
> The Linux Changelog Project is an attempt to present statistics for
> the development and maintenance of Linux Distributions based on publicly
>  available changelog data. By creating a distro-agnostic view of all
> changelog updates for a given project, we can see how the size and
> activity of a given distribution compares to its peers. At the moment
> only Fedora and Slackware are supported, but over time more
> distributions will be added. The end goal is to provide a web interface
> that will allow people to search for and browse the millions of package
> updates across all major Linux distributions.
>
> As someone who is largely self-taught in the world of GNU/Linux,
> projects like this are how I learn about the Linux ecosystem and
> practice skills that I apply to my career in IT support. While my
> experience goes all the way back to the dark days of HAL I'm still
> surprised by what I find hiding in the various corners of the Linux
> world. Working with the changelog formats of different distributions has
>  challenged hat I thought I knew, and I hope other users (new and old)
> will find it interesting as well.
>
>



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