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Do add material to Tech News! Any additions are always very welcome. Add information, even if you are not sure they are not vital or important. It is easier to remove something than miss something that should have been included. Keep in mind while editing:
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Check the following sources of information. Choose those you understand and are comfortable with: if you understand code, you can look at the commits, for example, while summarizing mailing list discussions may be more appropriate for someone who doesn't code:
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Add material to the next summary. Any contribution is useful, even just adding a link. Other contributors can help write or simplify a longer description later. There are more ways to add information to Tech News. |
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The next issue is scheduled for publication on 2020-04-27.
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All weekly summaries are translatable. If you can write in more than one language, please consider translating summaries, for the benefit of your fellow editors. Translate the next issue. |
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