I don't know that it is the same kind of searchable. Is it being indexed by the major search engines? I have never used a search engine and uncovered the answer to my problem in a Slack archive.
On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 5:05 PM Otto Fowler <ottobackwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > According to Greg Stein, an infra admin on the NiFi slack, the ASF slack > that metron is in IS the standard plan, not the free one and is searchable > past 10,000 messages. > > > > On October 22, 2018 at 15:35:51, Michael Miklavcic ( > michael.miklav...@gmail.com) wrote: > > ...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. > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >
