Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for August 10, 2017 [LWN.net]

This edition contains the following feature content:

An alternative device-tree source language: is it time to move on from the venerable DTS language used to describe device trees?
Escape from QuickBooks (with data in hand): ...in which your editor liberates LWN's accounting data from a proprietary tool and figures out the GnuCash Python bindings.
The coming WebKitGTK+ 2.4 apocalypse: An old and unmaintained embedded web browser is finally going away.
The kernel's genpool subsystem: An overview of an API for the creation of special-purpose in-kernel memory allocators.
The NOVA filesystem: A proposal for a new filesystem designed for non-volatile memory from the outset.

This week's edition also includes these inner pages:

Brief items: Brief news items from throughout the community.
Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.

Please enjoy this week's edition, and, as always, thank you for supporting LWN.net.

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Anticlimax :(

Posted Aug 10, 2017 17:13 UTC (Thu) by dw (subscriber, #12017) [Link] (1 responses)

I've been reading LWN since.. sometime around 2003 and it's been my Thursday staple almost every single week since then, however since the re-organization and early posting of articles, I'm finding myself disappointed every week when I realize I've already read everything by the time Thursday comes around.

I know it's a bit of a silly complaint, but I doubt I'm alone.. Thursdays used to be the day I'd open LWN the moment I got in from work, and that special day of the week where as I fell bored and looked for stuff to do, would have a little shot of excitement when I realized I hadn't checked LWN yet, but that's all gone.

Of course, I could try to self-regulate, but that means unsubbing from LWN RSS / Twitter and attempting to ignore links to any articles I see posted elsewhere (e.g. member links to HN, etc). Chances of that succeeding are basically zero.

Posting a comment since that little Thursday feeling is the only thing that's kept me subscribed over the years.

Anticlimax :(

Posted Aug 14, 2017 16:52 UTC (Mon) by wtanksleyjr (subscriber, #74601) [Link]

Maybe I should start doing what you do -- I only get the all-at-once email, I find myself often not having time to read the whole issue.

Not that I'm complaining, and personally I love the new format; it's nice to be able to quickly open each article in a tab (so I can read the news and any comments) without having to hunt for the right place to click.