+1 that's a great idea
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Jonathan Ellis <jbel...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd love to put a "Planet Cassandra" aggregator together. > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Ed Anuff <e...@anuff.com> wrote: >> I think that what's being asked for isn't so much announcements as >> some sort of way of communicating or summarizing roadmap. However, in >> practical matters, I'm not sure how this can be done in a mailing list >> form. Anything that gets "announced" as roadmap is either so far >> along that it's not roadmap anymore it's a release announcement, or >> it's not being announced, it's being presented as an idea for comment, >> in which case that's what the dev mailing list and JIRA are for. >> >> I think the right venue for this is might be a official blog for the >> project where direction can be discussed at a lower level than maybe >> it would on the Datastax blog but at a higher level summarizing where >> certain features are going, etc. Also, would be a place where links >> to useful blog posts by others in the community could be posted. >> >> Ed >> >> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Jonathan Ellis <jbel...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> That's exactly the kind of thing that *shouldn't* be on an announce >>> list (and stay on the dev list), precisely because it deals with >>> internals that users don't care about. >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 11:18 AM, David Boxenhorn <da...@citypath.com> >>> wrote: >>>> I would like to see this list also used for announcing upcoming features. >>>> At >>>> some point a decision is made that some future version will include some >>>> important feature. I don't want that information to be buried in a JIRA >>>> ticket or a user/dev list discussion. >>>> >>>> For example, I was surprised to learn, by accident, from >>>> http://www.slideshare.net/mattdennis/cassandra-antipatterns , that >>>> supercolumns will be replaced, internally, by composite columns. This is >>>> something that we've discussed in the past, and that I have advocated >>>> myself, but until now I have seen no indication that it would be done, or >>>> that it was even viewed favorably by a consensus of decision makers. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Nick Bailey <n...@datastax.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>> >>>>> >> >>>>> > >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jonathan Ellis >>> Project Chair, Apache Cassandra >>> co-founder of DataStax, the source for professional Cassandra support >>> http://www.datastax.com >>> >> > > > > -- > Jonathan Ellis > Project Chair, Apache Cassandra > co-founder of DataStax, the source for professional Cassandra support > http://www.datastax.com >
