Add: Blog post about sausage making

[michicc]

I've done some rambling about how a release is made.

To me, this doesn't read that well so far, but I'm kinda stuck, so I'm hoping for tiny to radical ideas to make it better.

It contains all the things I wanted to talk about, but it feels a bit all over the place.
In some places I've probably been much too detailed while others are skipping way too fast ahead.
And someone really needs to cut my overly long sentences down a notch :)

Ever wondered how a new OpenTTD release is made?

How we decide what features to include and what to reject or how some people seem to know the "future" before you?
Curious what it means that OpenTTD is Open Source?
Or maybe you've even wondered what it takes to get your idea included in OpenTTD?

Find out more: https://www.openttd.org/news/2024/03/09/how-its-made

[michicc]

Proposed steam image:

sausage-steam.zip

[nielsmh]

I guess the overall impression is that the prose gets lost in details at times, so it can be hard to get the bit picture.

[frosch123]

Nice write-up. I kind of miss a section about "Discord", though:
The interactive chat is quite essential for discussions. I had considerable worse experiences with projects, who only do delayed interactions via PRs or issue trackers.

[michicc]

Where would you put such a section? A new paragraph above the "How a feature is born" header after the GitHub stuff? Or somewhere in the "How a feature is born" section itself?

[frosch123]

Maybe between OpenTTD is purely developed by volunteers, there’s no company, foundation, or other controlling central entity behind it. and Now let’s assume that the person is in fact developing a feature .

• Discord chat is busy about 20h/day.
• You can lurk, and learn not only "what" is discussed, but also "how" people discuss things.
• Social culture and such.

[michicc]

Maybe like this?

[michicc]

Teaser added, steam image change to the proper number.

Re-dating the post is still missing, but I'll leave that for later in case someone still wants to look at the preview.

[michicc]

Post redated to 2024-03-09.

Let's not push the button too early.