Slack results are only searchable to a point if you're using the free version. I think they allow for 10K messages to be stored, but unlimited is paid.
On Sunday, July 19, 2015, Gwen Shapira <gshap...@cloudera.com> wrote: > Good point. > > Slack has searchable archives, but I don't think it shows up in Google > like the mailing list does. > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 12:37 AM, Harsha <ka...@harsha.io <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > one of the benefits of keeping conversations in mailing lists is it can > > be searchable later. It will benefit users who might seen the same error > > which was answered on the mailing lists before. slack/glitter can do > > that? > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2015, at 09:59 PM, Gwen Shapira wrote: > >> FYI: > >> Joining Slack requires an invitation. We can take invite-requests in > >> the mailing lists (like we do for KIP hangout). > >> I wanted to point this out as this may be considered non-Apache > >> (although I didn't find any specific wording against invite-only > >> channels in addition to the mailing list). > >> > >> So, if you want to try it out, yell for an invite :) > >> > >> On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 6:26 PM, Gwen Shapira <gshap...@cloudera.com > <javascript:;>> > >> wrote: > >> > So, as an experiment, I created: > >> > https://apachekafka.slack.com > >> > > >> > I figured we'll give it a whirl for a week or two for dev discussions, > >> > see how it goes and if we have activity we can add this to the website > >> > and announce on the lists. > >> > > >> > Gwen > >> > > >> > On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 6:18 PM, Gwen Shapira <gshap...@cloudera.com > <javascript:;>> wrote: > >> >> Slack sounds good and I'm not a fan of gitter (we use it for Apache > >> >> Sqoop, I dislike the GUI and the guilt-inducing emails about all the > >> >> messages I missed...) > >> >> Do they have free rooms for open source projects? > >> >> > >> >> On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 6:10 PM, Andrew Psaltis > >> >> <psaltis.and...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > >> >>> +1 for slack > >> >>> > >> >>> On Saturday, July 18, 2015, Neha Narkhede <n...@confluent.io > <javascript:;>> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>>> FWIW, if the apache-kafka channel was on Slack, I'd hang out there > :-) > >> >>>> > >> >>>> On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 7:20 AM, Ismael Juma <ism...@juma.me.uk > <javascript:;> > >> >>>> <javascript:;>> wrote: > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > Hi Grant, > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > I have been considering proposing the same thing myself for > similar > >> >>>> > reasons, but I also have some doubts. More comments inline. > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 7:28 PM, Grant Henke < > ghe...@cloudera.com <javascript:;> > >> >>>> <javascript:;>> wrote: > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > > I think it could be useful to have a place to chat that is > associated > >> >>>> > with > >> >>>> > > the Kafka repo. > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > Agreed. > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > > Note that we do currently have an IRC channel, but from my > >> >>>> > > experience its a ghost town. > >> >>>> > > > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > I've recently joined #apache-kafka and activity is low, yes, but > there is > >> >>>> > some[1]. The bigger issue, perhaps, is that contributors are not > there. > >> >>>> Do > >> >>>> > we think that this would be different with Gitter? And, if so, > what is > >> >>>> the > >> >>>> > reason? Is it because no application needs to be installed? In > theory, > >> >>>> > IRCCloud provides something similar for IRC (although the > limitations of > >> >>>> > the trial and the upgrade nagging can be annoying) and we could > link to > >> >>>> the > >> >>>> > channel in GitHub's readme. > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > Also, are there any Apache projects who use Gitter? There was a > thread in > >> >>>> > the Spark mailing list, but the response wasn't positive[2]. We > would > >> >>>> need > >> >>>> > Apache Infra to set-up Gitter for us as they are the only ones > that have > >> >>>> > write access to the repository (the set-up is really easy > though, which > >> >>>> is > >> >>>> > definitely a positive). > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > Gitter may be the right answer, I just want to make sure it > actually > >> >>>> helps > >> >>>> > us have a more active channel instead of splitting the existing > activity > >> >>>> > between two channels. > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > Thoughts? > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > Best, > >> >>>> > Ismael > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > [1] > https://botbot.me/freenode/apache-kafka/2015-07-06/?tz=Europe/London > >> >>>> > [2] > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > http://apache-spark-developers-list.1001551.n3.nabble.com/Gitter-chat-room-for-Spark-td11636.html > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> -- > >> >>>> Thanks, > >> >>>> Neha > >> >>>> > -- Jonathan "Natty" Natkins StreamSets | Customer Engagement Engineer mobile: 609.577.1600 | linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/in/nattyice>
