Re: Apache Spark chat channel

2016-10-16 Thread Dean Wampler
Okay, here is a Gitter room for this purpose: https://gitter.im/spark-scala/Lobby If you use the APIs, please join and help those who are learning. I can't answer every question. dean Dean Wampler, Ph.D. Author: Programming Scala, 2nd Edition

Re: Apache Spark chat channel

2016-10-06 Thread Dean Wampler
Since I'm a Scala Spark advocate, I'll try to get a Scala Spark Gitter channel created, one way or another. Dean Wampler, Ph.D. Author: Programming Scala, 2nd Edition (O'Reilly) Lightbend @deanwampler

Re: Apache Spark chat channel

2016-10-06 Thread Sean Owen
Yes this come up once in a while. There's no need or way to stop people forming groups to chat, though blessing a new channel as 'official' is tough because it means, in theory, everyone has to follow another channel to see 100% of the discussion. I think that's why the couple of mailing lists,