On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 3:03 PM, Kenneth Knowles <k...@apache.org> wrote:
> Yes, user@ cannot reach new users, really. Twitter might, if we have > enough of adjacent followers to get it in front of the right people. On the > other hand, I find testimonials from experience convincing in this case. > I agree I am not sure how much additional input we will get from a twitter poll. Started one anyway ( https://twitter.com/ApacheBeam/status/1055598972423684096). I used Thomas's version as the basis and had to shorten it to fit the character limits. > > Kenn > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 2:59 PM Ahmet Altay <al...@google.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 9:16 AM, Thomas Weise <t...@apache.org> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 2:42 PM Ahmet Altay <al...@google.com> wrote: >>> >>>> We attempted to collect feedback on the mailing lists but did not get >>>> much input. From my experience (mostly based on dataflow) there is a >>>> sizeable group of users who are less interested in new features and want a >>>> version that is stable, that does not have security issues, major data >>>> integrity issues etc. In Beam's existing release model that corresponds to >>>> the latest release. >>>> >>>> It would help a lot if we can hear the perspectives of other users who >>>> are not present here through the developers who work with them. >>>> >>> >>> Perhaps user@ and Twitter are good ways to reach relevant audience. >>> >> >> We tried user@ before did not get any feedback [1]. Polling on twitter >> sounds like a good idea. Unless there is an objection, I can start a poll >> with Thomas's proposed text as is on Beam's twitter account. >> >> [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7d890d6ed221c722a95d9c77358345 >> 0767b79ee0c0c78f48a56c7eba@%3Cuser.beam.apache.org%3E >> >> >>> >>> A poll could look like this: >>> >>> The Beam community is considering LTS (Long Term Support) for selected >>> releases. LTS releases would only contain critical bug fixes (security, >>> data integrity etc.) and offer an alternative to upgrading to latest Beam >>> release with new features. Please indicate your preference for Beam >>> upgrades: >>> >>> 1) Always upgrading to the latest release because I need latest features >>> along with bug fixes >>> 2) Interested to switch to LTS releases to obtain critical fixes >>> 3) Not upgrading (using older release for other reasons) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>
