...From an archival and broader reach point of view, I do think there's something to be said about using the mailing list. It's also easier to link to Q/A threads from the mailing list archives and do searches... https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1aa85bc13d41e04a1f85c3100c2b803abe35d79b54062bbeaab83ace@%3Cdev.metron.apache.org%3E
How very Inception. On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 1:32 PM Michael Miklavcic < michael.miklav...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just want to point out that we currently have 32 members in the Metron > Slack channel which I personally think is a great sign. This is good from a > community perspective and helps foster interactive sessions where required. > From an archival and broader reach point of view, I do think there's > something to be said about using the mailing list. It's also easier to link > to Q/A threads from the mailing list archives and do searches. As such, I > would also go along with Nick's suggestion and urge members to prefer the > user/dev list where possible. > > On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 10:51 AM Justin Leet <justinjl...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> If we want to push more discussion to the dev list, my obvious follow up >> question then is "What are we hoping to get out of Slack/irc/other >> interactive medium?". What discussion would we even want on there, if we >> can't have decisions and don't want usage/support? >> >> On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 12:44 PM Casey Stella <ceste...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > I am of 2 minds, but I tend to agree. On the one hand, it's definitely >> the >> > preference that we use the mailing lists for the reasons you stated (and >> > also because not everyone has access to slack generally). On the other >> > hand, I think an interactive medium like Slack has a lot of advantages >> in >> > terms of user satisfaction. Ultimately, though, we may satisfy 1 user >> at >> > the cost of not persisting the discussion and satisfying many users. >> > >> > I'll go along with a specific preference to drive more discussion to the >> > mailing list. >> > >> > Casey >> > >> > On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 12:18 PM Nick Allen <n...@nickallen.org> wrote: >> > >> > > It seems that we are seeing a lot of Metron usage and support >> questions >> > on >> > > the Slack Channel. >> > > These are questions that previously would have been directed to the >> User >> > or >> > > Dev mailing lists. Since this is occurring in the Slack Channel, the >> > > conversations are not archived. >> > > >> > > In my opinion, this is not good for the Metron community. Having this >> > > persisted in a discoverable form (like a mailing list archive) not >> only >> > > helps support current users, but also helps *potential* users >> understand >> > > how Metron is being used. >> > > >> > > Does anyone else agree or disagree? At a minimum, I feel we need to >> do >> > > something to direct these conversations back to the mailing list. >> > > >> > >> >
