Hi Fabian,

You convinced me. I miss the advantage we can take from mailing lists.

Now I am of the same opinion.

Best,
tison.


Fabian Hueske <fhue...@gmail.com> 于2018年9月25日周二 下午3:01写道:

> Hi,
>
> I think questions about Flink should be posted on the public mailing lists
> instead of asking just a single expert.
>
> There's many reasons for that:
> * usually more than one person can answer the question (what if the expert
> is not available?)
> * non-committers can join the discussion and contribute to the community
> (how can they become experts otherwise?)
> * the knowledge is shared on the mailing list (helps in cases when only one
> person can answer the question)
>
> Last but not least, my concern is that committers for popular contribution
> areas would be flooded with requests.
> Even without being listed as a "component expert", I cannot handle all
> review requests directed at me.
> I work on issues (PR reviews, my contributions, discussions) that I deem
> important and being constantly pinged does not really help to speed things
> up.
> There are of course cases when it is important to be notified, but IMO
> chances that those get the right attention decrease with the number of
> requests.
>
> Best, Fabian
>
>
>
>
> Am Di., 25. Sep. 2018 um 04:10 Uhr schrieb Tzu-Li Chen <
> wander4...@gmail.com
> >:
>
> > Thanks for start the discussion Stephan!
> >
> > (1) Do we agree on the five basic steps below?*
> > +1 to the five steps and making the third question in the proposal the
> > first.
> >
> > (2) How do we understand that consensus is reached about adding the
> > feature?
> > +1 to lazy consensus with one committer's +1
> >
> > (3) To answer the question whether a PR needs special attention
> >
> > Contributor can ask for special attention, which is treated as a
> > suggestion.
> > Committer can ask for another committers' attention, either for advice or
> > transfer
> > the right of decision.
> >
> > IMO it is quite help to add a page about "component experts", attach or
> > link  it
> > from README. This would be a really helpful information to new
> contributors
> > so that they know to whom he can cc or ask for advice. Besides it would
> > be helpful for those who want to know more about the mechanism underneath
> > Flink, now they know with whom they can consult.
> >
> > Best,
> > tison.
> >
>

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