We started using https://github.com/apache/ozone/discussions from May 2023 and this has been a good place for developers to reach out to the community as well as for the community to post ongoing progress.
Pros for GitHub Discussions: 1. GitHub Discussions have less friction than Slack and are cheaper for Apache Org. Users only need a GitHub account. 2. GitHub Discussions are indexed by Google. Ref: https://www.google.com/search?q=apache+Cleaning+up+missing+containers+on+Ozone 3. GitHub Discussions can be organized, labelled 4. Github Discussion threads tend to be kept alive for a longer duration than what Slack messages tend to be (anecdotally). Pros for Slack: 1. Slack is more real time than GitHub 2. Slack notifications are better than GitHub on mobile devices. I would like to propose that we deprecate Slack for technical discussions and move them to GitHub Discussions. What does this mean? 1. We will not shut down slack channel 1.1 Use the Slack channel for urgent non technical needs or casual conversations. 2. Any technical discussion initiated will be encouraged to be moved to Github Discussions. 3. We will remove documentation encouraging users to engage on Slack and instead make sure GitHub Discussions are encouraged. 4. We will add to the Slack channel a note encouraging developers to use GitHub Discussions. Please let me know what you think. I plan to make the change in around 15-30 days if the majority of developers feel this is a cleaner approach to engage with the community. Regards, Ritesh
