DataStax has had requests for something like this. It seems like something that would be generally useful for the community though.
Regarding twitter, I'm not sure a twitter account should be required to get that information. I think you can follow a twitter account as an rss feed though, so that might be a solution. That and the google alert or email filter solutions just seem to be introducing more difficulty for anyone trying to get that information. Perhaps the demand for this isn't as high as I am imagining though. My opinion on the list if we decide to go with that is that only committers would be able to post to it and yes it would go to the users list as well. On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Sylvain Lebresne <sylv...@datastax.com> wrote: > I have mixed feeling about that. > > On the one side, I agree with Gary that it doesn't add any real value. > There is twitter, > and we use consistent tagged subjects for release email, so it's easy > to subscribe > to the user list and set up a filter. > > That being said, I could understand that some people may find it > cleaner to have a > separate announce list and it is not something unheard of, so I'm ok > with that if enough > people thinks it's a good idea. But I think there is at least 2 > questions that come along: > - should it be moderated ? > - should announces still be sent to the user list ? > > -- > Sylvain > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Gary Dusbabek <gdusba...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Following @cassandra on twitter or a google alert would be simple enough I >> think. >> >> Gary. >> >> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 14:26, Nick Bailey <n...@datastax.com> wrote: >> >>> What do we think about having a separate mailing list for just >>> cassandra related announcements. The main purpose being announcing new >>> releases once they pass a vote and are put up on the website. I think >>> there is a desire for a way to be informed when new releases are >>> available without sifting through the dev or users mailing lists. >>> >> >
