Thanks, Andreas for sharing the idea and Daniel, Radu, and Nicolas for the inputs.
Hi team, IMHO, Slack is a very good option for quick communication. Various Apache projects (approx. 130+) are efficiently using it in ASF Slack space for quick communications. As Andreas mentioned Slack is not the replacement of the list. Because, as we say in Apache, "If it doesn't happen over the list, it never happened!" :) Slack may bring the following opportunities to expand our community. 1. Some users need very quick help on small things, so they generally not subscribe to the list. 2. Many of the Apache members (contributors/committers) are available on Slack, so it opens up the opportunity to have chat with them. 3. Also, our Sling users/contributors/committers can also have one to one chat to discuss anything. Slack will bring all of us in a common chat platform. Also, we add similar information in our channel description to encourage users to use mailing list. e.g. Currently done by Apache OFBiz project slack channel description =========== For technical questions and discussion, you should better subscribe and then ask to user ML, see https://ofbiz.apache.org/mailing-lists.html. You will have better chances to get answers... =========== These are just some of my thoughts because I had a good experience in using Slack for other Apache projects. Thank you! Best regards, Saurabh Tiwari Enterprise Software Engineer HotWax Commerce http://www.hotwax.co On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 4:36 PM Nicolas Peltier <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 to what Radu said. I just see an opportunity to dilute information here. > The only value i could find in instant chat here is operational > discussions, and the only operational discussions we have are mostly beers > at adaptTo :-) > > > Le mer. 8 janv. 2020 à 10:46, Radu Cotescu <[email protected]> a écrit : > > > Hi Andy, > > > > > On 8 Jan 2020, at 00:46, Andreas Schaefer <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > I do not see Slack as a replacement of the mailing list but rather an > > additional way to quickly discuss ideas, problems and to build a stronger > > community. > > > > I much prefer email over anything, since it forces people to think a bit > > through before sending a message. Besides, the email lists are archived > and > > it’s easy to search through them. The search functionality on Slack is a > > joke. > > > > Cheers, > > Radu
