My assumption using Slack is that it is a convenience but that decisions MUST be reflected on a mailing list.
Gary On Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 08:13 Trevor Grant <trevor.d.gr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I shared in Comdev channel on ASF Slack that on the mahout slack we have a > convention that when we get to something that should be memorialized > someone says, "This should really be reflected back to the list". And > whoever says that has implicitly called "not it" for having to reflect it > back- This motivates everyone to be the first to say "This should go back > to the list". In the rare cases where no one says it- the original author > reflects back to the list- as is the case with this email and the comdev > list. > > > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 7:08 AM Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Slack chat and video helped us tremendously on the Log4j team especially > > since Log4Shell. > > > > Gary > > > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 07:50 Roman Shaposhnik <r...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > while the classical ASF communication culture is pretty squarely > > > centered around mailing lists it has become apparent in recent > > > years that some of our communities (especially younger ones) > > > prefer using alternative channels of communication. The range > > > is pretty wide from Slack to Telegram and WeChat (and I have > > > even heard of an occasional TikTok use ;-)). > > > > > > The question that originated from one of the board meetings and > > > the one that I'd like to pose for this forum is basically: what's our > > > collective advice to these communities on these alternative (and > > > when I say alternative I really mean anything but a mailing list) > > > communication channels? > > > > > > Personally I don't think denying them is a viable strategy, but I'd > > > like to open up this discussion and see what others think. > > > > > > So... let's at least start with folks sharing their experience with > > > these alternative communication channels: the good, the bad > > > and the ugly. > > > > > > Personally, I don't think I have much to share -- I'm still very > > > much a mailing list guy when it comes to ASF. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Roman. > > > > > >
