I would prefer if this discussion forum is hosted at an official domain, e.g. solr.apache.org/discussions or something like that. That's the only right way to support an official solution.
Can ASF help us here in any way? On Tue, 16 May, 2023, 2:09 pm Alessandro Benedetti, <a.benede...@sease.io> wrote: > We have been working for the last few months on an upcoming Information > Retrieval forum: https://ir-relevant.net > > This will be a fully free forum, sponsored by my company. > We have an Apache Solr section: > https://ir-relevant.net/forums/forum/search-technologies/apache-solr/, and > I would be happy to donate it to the Apache Solr project, I can add all the > committers that are interested as moderators. > The forum already implements gamification, a modern UI, and easy archive > (and SEO for Google and searchability of topics) > It will be live in the next couple of weeks, we are fixing some final bugs! > > Let me know! > > Cheers > > -------------------------- > *Alessandro Benedetti* > Director @ Sease Ltd. > *Apache Lucene/Solr Committer* > *Apache Solr PMC Member* > > e-mail: a.benede...@sease.io > > > *Sease* - Information Retrieval Applied > Consulting | Training | Open Source > > Website: Sease.io <http://sease.io/> > LinkedIn <https://linkedin.com/company/sease-ltd> | Twitter > <https://twitter.com/seaseltd> | Youtube > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDx86ZKLYNpI3gzMercM7BQ> | Github > <https://github.com/seaseltd> > > > On Mon, 15 May 2023 at 22:12, Ishan Chattopadhyaya < > ichattopadhy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > This is a great idea! I think this is a much better alternative than > > current user and dev lists, which are handicapped by an atrocious UX for > > browsing archives (PonyMail). > > > > On Tue, 16 May, 2023, 1:34 am David Mackey, <d...@davemackey.net> wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > At yesterday's meeting I suggested that discussion forums might be > useful > > > for managing tension in communications and increasing the visibility / > > > popularity of the Solr project. At the time this didn't seem viable due > > to > > > the centrality of mailing lists to ASF's communications but Eric > > suggested > > > that if other projects where using forums that Solr could as well. > > > > > > *(ASF Projects Using Discussion Forums)* > > > I did some research and discovered that a number of ASF projects are > > using > > > forums: > > > > > > - Airflow <https://airflow.apache.org/community/>, Pulsar > > > <https://github.com/apache/pulsar/discussions>, RocketMQ > > > <https://github.com/apache/rocketmq>, ShardingSphere > > > <https://github.com/apache/shardingsphere>, StreamPipes > > > <https://github.com/apache/streampipes>, and Doris > > > <https://github.com/apache/doris> are all using GitHub Discussions > > > <https://github.com/apache/airflow/discussions>. > > > - TVM <https://tvm.apache.org/> uses Discourse > > > <https://discuss.tvm.apache.org/>. > > > - OpenOffice.org <http://openoffice.org/> uses phpBB > > > < > > > > > > https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/index.php?sid=b4a0ff493ecb816d6a05cceaeee19283 > > > > > > > . > > > > > > *(Refined Role Proposal for Discussion Forums)* > > > Understanding better the fundamental nature of mailing lists to ASF > > > projects I'd like to suggest a more tightly scoped implementation of > > > discussion forums for the Solr project: > > > > > > - As an adjunct to, not replacement of, mailing lists. > > > - With a focus on answering questions that users/developers have > that > > > are informational rather than decision making. > > > - And perhaps some early stage idea discussions before they are > ready > > > for a serious proposal. > > > > > > (*Advantages of Discussion Forums to Solr Community)* > > > I think this would offer the Solr community a few different advantages: > > > > > > - *Visible Vitality *- The Solr project has vitality but it isn't > > > entirely visible. An active forum (discuss.elastic.co) can provide > > this > > > visibility. > > > - *Redundant Question Reduction* - Forums provide a way for users to > > > find answers to questions that might otherwise be asked repeatedly > in > > > Slack > > > chats or on the mailing lists. > > > - *Content Creation* - Users create valuable content (which is > indexed > > > by search engines) through their discussions. > > > - *Noise Reduction* - If at least some informational / idea > > discussions > > > were occurring in the forums the volume of emails on the mailing > list > > > would > > > be reduced. > > > > > > *(Recommended Implementation)* > > > While GitHub Discussions would be the easiest to implement I would > > > recommend Discourse. GitHub is developer-centric and as such would > likely > > > exclude most (non-dev) users. > > > > > > Discourse (the org) offers Discourse (the software) as a hosted service > > for > > > free < > > https://blog.discourse.org/2018/11/free-hosting-for-open-source-v2/> > > > to open source projects. > > > > > > I'm happy to help if this is something the Solr community would be > > > interested in. Thanks for taking the time to read and consider. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > Dave Mackey > > > > > >
