Set up some way for users to sign up for Module specific updates

[stpaultim]

As a relative newcomer to maintaining projects, I would love for some way to contact people using a module I am maintaining. I would love to ask for feedback announce an update or ask for people to test a new feature.

GOAL:

Provide a better way for project maintainers to communicate with the users of their project.

RATIONAL:

For some projects, this might help build a small community around a specific module or theme. It is also another entry point into the larger community AND a way for folks interested in the development of a specific module to sign up for updates (without having to follow the issue queue for that project).

This could be a way to both support contributors and make their job easier, while building the over all community by adding additional doors to get in.

OPTION:

My suggestion - and this might be too ambitious, but I'll throw it out for thought and discussion.

What if every project on BackdropCMS.org had a sign-up for updates. This would be a way to sign up to get project (module/theme/layout) specific updates from the project maintainer on an opt-in basis.

Signing up for updates on a specific project could come with some caveats such as the following:

• Use of the list would be optional for project maintainers and many projects are unlikely to ever use the list.
• For those projects that do use the list, they would be limited to month/y or even quarterly communications (except in emergency - security related situations).

[serundeputy]

seems useful to me. we'd just need to work out tech specs.

[stpaultim]

This inspired me to suggest an initiative on finding better ways support contrib projects
https://forum.backdropcms.org/forum/initiative-proposal-better-support-contrib-project-maintainers