+1 Ralph
> On Aug 24, 2023, at 4:01 AM, Christian Grobmeier <grobme...@apache.org> wrote: > > +1 > > >> On Thu, Aug 24, 2023, at 09:26, Volkan Yazıcı wrote: >> Piotr shared a very good observation (in a private Slack post >> <https://the-asf.slack.com/archives/C4TQW0M5L/p1692821047719209>) that >> users ask questions in GitHub Issues, we point them to the mailing list, >> and they disappear. See this ticket >> <https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/1722> for an example. >> Consequently, Matt proposed using GitHub Discussions. Robert added Pulser >> already has it enabled <https://github.com/apache/pulsar/discussions>. I >> think many users are more keen on forums, GitHub, StackOverflow, etc. We >> should position ourselves where our users expect us to be. In that >> regard, *GitHub >> Discussions sounds like a great idea and I propose experimenting with it*: >> >> - Enable GitHub Actions >> - Update our support page accordingly >> - Update README >> >> One would think this should be a matter of a `.asf.yaml` one-liner, but >> it >> is not >> <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?spaceKey=INFRA&title=Git+-+.asf.yaml+features#Git.asf.yamlfeatures-GitHubDiscussions> >> : >> >> *"GitHub Discussions is currently a beta feature and does not have an API >> endpoint. Until this is addressed, please open an Infra Jira ticket with a >> link to a consensus discussion thread for your project."* >> >> >> Hence, *I need your approval in the form of a reply to this post*.