On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 10:11 AM David Sidrane <davi...@apache.org> wrote: > On 2019/12/19 14:00:36, Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: > > > Does this need to be on only these mailing lists we have been provided by > > > ASF? > > > > It’s preferable yes. But if they can be archived and searchable that’s > > fine. Often a solution is automatically sending that conversion to a > > mailing list or bringing back a summary to the list.
I think the biggest reason for keeping communications on the ASF lists is because of archiving. Too often on the internet, important resources just disappear in a puff of smoke one day. I can give plenty of examples of when this happened but I don't think that's necessary. I'm sure you've run into enough broken links to websites that contained something important and no longer exist. Our communications often document some very important things that aren't documented anywhere else. By keeping them within the ASF, at least we're assured that the archives will be around for as long as the ASF exists, and hopefully that will be a long, long time. Nathan
