Same would be interesting for plugin developers that should receive the Platform changelog: http://developer.piwik.org/changelog

Would be a link to the changelogs enough?

ping @mattab

I would suggest :

1. In the changelog (each one of them from now on)
2. Link under "See what’s new in this release" there: http://piwik.org/download/
3. Link In the "About Piwik" dialog that check for new version
4. In the Piwik installer interface.

When I say link, I mean invitation to subscribe.

It's also important to indicate that the list is low traffic and managed by Core Team so people are not turned off by fear of spamming.

While looking at a screenshot of the installer (last time I saw it was 2 years ago...) I came across this screenshot that tend to say # 4 is already there... But I don't recall getting such email...

See Super User section there :
http://piwik.org/docs/installation/

Hi @MagicFab

thanks for the suggestion. Currently we offer the changelog RSS feed.

Do you think it would be enough to the announcement mailing list a copy of the new version changelog once it is published? we could use a RSS -> Email list script or service to make email announcements automated.

While looking at a screenshot of the installer (last time I saw it was 2 years ago...) I came across this screenshot that tend to say # 4 is already there... But I don't recall getting such email...

@gaumondp Fyi users subscribing during the installation process are added to the general Piwik newsletter which has low volume, our last letter was 9 months ago: http://piwik.org/newsletter/

yep I think it'd be enough to post "new piwiki version x.y.z" as subject and the relevant changelog section as body, that would be really great!

Yes, pushing this to the announcement mailing list would be great. I know about the RSS feed, however email is something easier/faster to deal with in this context.

Madmimi our newsletter provider has a feature called RSS to email - it looks like we can create an automated mailing list from the RSS feed! this would be ideal. I setup this as a test for now.

you can subscribe here: http://madmimi.com/signups/139168/join

not sure if it will work but it's enabled already, so we can see what happens after next release

@mattab What is the url of the RSS? I'm using an RSS to email service on my own, so probably it would also be an option for other guys...

Merci @mattab ! I've subscribed and will be commenting here when the next update shows up.
@xuhdev it's in @mattab 's comment Feb. 6: http://piwik.org/changelog/feed.

Hi @MagicFab - I received the email for 2.13.0 so it looks like it's working!

As next step we could update the changelog pages to show a link to subscribe to this email newsletter.

maybe you have other suggestions?

I got emails for the last 3 updates, so this effectively works for me(tm) now :) I do hope that at some point this would not rely on a third-party service (madmimi). Perhaps Piwik could use PHPList free service offer in the future. It may also be useful to get some inspiration from http://wpvulndb.com/ regarding security announcements (which also involve plugins in this context).

@mattab regarding suggestions, yes, the changelog pages is a good spot. I would also expect to see such a link at these places:

• http://piwik.org/download/ under "See what's new..."
• https://github.com/piwik/piwik under the "Changelog" section

I can file separate bug reports to track progress if needed, later today, just let me know.

Added link to changelog newsletter to How do I know when new versions are released?

We'll communicate in the blog instead