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Note that github discussion are NOT to be used for anything other than user
help. As is the policy of the Foundation, all code-related discussions and
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What do you'll think now? I saw we keep slack as it is and accept that this
will replace  [email protected] list.

If we have some interest I can start a VOTE.

On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 9:27 PM Kaxil Naik <[email protected]> wrote:

> I mean I wouldn't want to drop Slack, it is so convenient for quick
> conversations, especially between committers too. I think Slack can
> co-exist with Github Discussions (GD), GD just replaces
> [email protected]
>
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2020, 21:14 Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I am all for moving especially looking at the roadmap:
>> https://github.com/github/roadmap/issues/104 (Q4 2020).
>>
>> The question is whether it will serve all the purposes that slack serves
>> now and whether we can just abandon slack in one go?
>>
>> J,
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 7:30 PM Tomasz Urbaszek <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > We had a small chat about this on slack:
>> > https://apache-airflow.slack.com/archives/CCPRP7943/p1598111138037700
>> >
>> > I personally think that if our request for paid Slack is not accepted
>> > we should consider moving to Github Discussion. Even if we got paid
>> > plan, I would be in favor of migrating as we don't know how long it
>> > will be avaliabe for us.
>> >
>> > I saw a few projects using it already and I like keeping discussion
>> > close to code (all this features of linking and nice code snippets!).
>> > If we decide on migration then I would also suggest to consider using
>> > StackOverflow for handling troubleshooting.
>> >
>> > My only concern is that it's even more Github-locking. But I do not
>> > expect Github to request open-source projects to pay for anything.
>> >
>> > Tomek
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 7:18 PM Kaxil Naik <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > I agree and I share the same concern. But I see it as a drop-in
>> > replacement
>> > > for the [email protected] list and is mostly similar to a
>> forum
>> > > which will be indexed by Search engine unlike Slack.
>> > >
>> > > Also as we are on a free plan with Slack, we can't see history :( --
>> We
>> > > have asked Slack if they can upgrade us since they are also Airflow
>> > Users,
>> > > we will see what happens with that.
>> > >
>> > > Regards,
>> > > Kaxil
>> > >
>> > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 6:14 PM Deng Xiaodong <[email protected]>
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > The only concern I can think of is it seems serving identical
>> purpose
>> > of
>> > > > what Slack is serving at this moment (correct me if I’m wrong
>> please).
>> > > >
>> > > > Then attentions (especially from folks who nicely volunteer to
>> answer
>> > > > questions in community) would be distributed unnecessarily.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > XD
>> > > >
>> > > > > On 24 Aug 2020, at 7:06 PM, Kaxil Naik <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Hi all,
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I know most of us might have already heard or read about Github
>> > > > Discussions
>> > > > > <
>> > > >
>> >
>> https://github.blog/2020-05-06-new-from-satellite-2020-github-codespaces-github-discussions-securing-code-in-private-repositories-and-more/
>> > > > >
>> > > > > .
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I noticed Apache Couchdb has been already using it:
>> > > > > https://github.com/apache/couchdb/discussions
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Thought we could also it for the Airflow community.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > What do you all think? If most of us agree I will raise an Issue
>> with
>> > > > > Apache INFRA team to enable it for us.
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Regards,
>> > > > > Kaxil
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>>
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>>
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