IMO, that is the wrong way to look at it. A users@ mailing list is a great, easy, low-cost and low-overhead way of *increasing* the user community and providing an extra level of support. Unless there is "strong evidence" that this is NOT the case, I would recommend we create the list.
> On Jun 16, 2018, at 12:28 AM, Tianqi Chen <[email protected]> wrote: > > So unless there is a strong evidence that our community users prefers the > mail-list, I would recommend we keep the current way > > Tianqi > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 9:25 PM, Sergio Fernández <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Are we targeting just Seattle as our community? I really hope we are >> thinking a bit beyond that... >> >> On Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 21:22 Tianqi Chen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I remember last time during the mxnet meetup in Seattle, we did a survey, >>> and most users preferred the current discuss forum. So I would say we >> stick >>> with that given the user community prefers that >>> >>> Tianqi >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 9:13 PM, Sergio Fernández <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Then, if everybody agree, let's request the mailing list creation to >>> INFRA >>>> ;-) >>>> >>>> Marco, I wouldn't do that. Typically developers are also subscribed >>> there, >>>> since they may be the most informed people for answering users' >>> questions. >>>> But the topics discussed there may not be of the interest for pure >>>> development purposes. Some discussions will jump from users@ to dev@, >>> but >>>> at a different level. So I wouldn't forward one mailing list to the >>> other. >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 21:01 Marco de Abreu >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I think nobody was opposed to it in the past, right? >>>>> >>>>> I'd propose that all emails automatically get copied to dev@ to >> ensure >>>>> high >>>>> visibility initially. What do you think? >>>>> >>>>> Sebastian <[email protected]> schrieb am Fr., 15. Juni 2018, 20:51: >>>>> >>>>>> I have already proposed this many times in the past and would >>> strongly >>>>>> encourage it. >>>>>> >>>>>> -s >>>>>> >>>>>> On 15.06.2018 21:56, Sergio Fernández wrote: >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> is there any good reason why the podling doesn't have a users@ >>>> mailing >>>>>> list >>>>>>> yet? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Honestly speaking, I'm not a big fan of the other tools the >> podling >>>> is >>>>>>> using. Slack and Web forums a cool tools, and I used them a lot >> in >>>>> other >>>>>>> contexts. But when it comes to transparency and community, >> mailing >>>>> lists >>>>>>> play a crucial role in the Apache Way. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Users are the most important asset a project can have. Even more >>> than >>>>>>> developers, believe me. So I think it's time to create a users@ >>>>> mailing >>>>>>> list for to helping MXNet grow its community beyong the core >> team. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>
