Hi, I have been following this thread and want to add my 2 cents. Apache Airflow project got Slack channel and it's self service! I joined it and it costs me zero to use it where as one Mich send requires payed subscription. IMHO, it will be major barrier for people to join just ask a question.
I am not Slack guru but perhaps one of the Spark PMC members could reach out to Airflow PMC members to ask how they have done it and who is paying for it! Their one is very cool with all the different channels for different topics and very vibrant community! Thanks Khalid On Thu, 6 Apr 2023, 16:13 Denny Lee, <denny.g....@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Dongjoon, but I don't think this is misleading insofar that this is > not a *self-service process* but an invite process which admittedly I did > not state explicitly in my previous thread. And thanks for the invite to > the-ASF Slack - I just joined :) > > Saying this, I do completely agree with your two assertions: > > - *Shall we narrow-down our focus on comparing the ASF Slack vs > another 3rd-party Slack because all of us agree that this is important? * > > - Yes, I do agree that is an important aspect, all else being equal. > > > - *I'm wondering what ASF misses here if Apache Spark PMC invites all > remaining subscribers of `user@spark` and `dev@spark` mailing lists.* > - The key question here is that do PMC members have the bandwidth of > inviting everyone in user@ and dev@? There is a lot of overhead > of maintaining this so that's my key concern is if we have the number of > volunteers to manage this. Note, I'm willing to help with this process > as > well it was just more of a matter that there are a lot of folks to > approve > - A reason why we may want to consider Spark's own Slack is because > we can potentially create different channels within Slack to more easily > group messages (e.g. different threads for troubleshooting, RDDs, > streaming, etc.). Again, we'd need someone to manage this so that way > we > don't have an out of control number of channels. > > WDYT? > > > > On Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 10:50 PM Dongjoon Hyun <dongjoon.h...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thank you so much, Denny. >> Yes, let me comment on a few things. >> >> > - While there is an ASF Slack <https://infra.apache.org/slack.html>, >> it >> > requires an @apache.org email address >> >> 1. This sounds a little misleading because we can see `guest` accounts in >> the same link. People can be invited by "Invite people to ASF" link. I >> invited you, Denny, and attached the screenshots. >> >> > using linen.dev as its Slack archive (so we can surpass the 90 days >> limit) >> >> 2. The official Foundation-supported Slack workspace preserves all >> messages. >> (the-asf.slack.com) >> >> > Why: Allows for the community to have the option to communicate with >> each >> > other using Slack; a pretty popular async communication. >> >> 3. ASF foundation not only allows but also provides the option to >> communicate with each other using Slack as of today. >> >> Given the above (1) and (3), I don't think we asked the right questions >> during most of the parts. >> >> 1. Shall we narrow-down our focus on comparing the ASF Slack vs another >> 3rd-party Slack because all of us agree that this is important? >> 2. I'm wondering what ASF misses here if Apache Spark PMC invites all >> remaining subscribers of `user@spark` and `dev@spark` mailing lists. >> >> Thanks, >> Dongjoon. >> >> [image: invitation.png] >> [image: invited.png] >> >> On Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 7:23 PM Denny Lee <denny.g....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> There have been a number of threads discussing creating a Slack for the >>> Spark community that I'd like to try to help reconcile. >>> >>> Topic: Slack for Spark >>> >>> Why: Allows for the community to have the option to communicate with >>> each other using Slack; a pretty popular async communication. >>> >>> Discussion points: >>> >>> - There are other ASF projects that use Slack including Druid >>> <https://druid.apache.org/community/>, Parquet >>> <https://parquet.apache.org/community/>, Iceberg >>> <https://iceberg.apache.org/community/>, and Hudi >>> <https://hudi.apache.org/community/get-involved/> >>> - Flink <https://flink.apache.org/community/> is also using Slack >>> and using linen.dev as its Slack archive (so we can surpass the 90 >>> days limit) which is also Google searchable (Delta Lake >>> <https://www.linen.dev/s/delta-lake/> is also using this service as >>> well) >>> - While there is an ASF Slack <https://infra.apache.org/slack.html>, >>> it requires an @apache.org email address to use which is quite >>> limiting which is why these (and many other) OSS projects are using the >>> free-tier Slack >>> - It does require managing Slack properly as Slack free edition >>> limits you to approx 100 invites. One of the ways to resolve this is to >>> create a bit.ly link so we can manage the invites without regularly >>> updating the website with the new invite link. >>> >>> Are there any other points of discussion that we should add here? I'm >>> glad to work with whomever to help manage the various aspects of Slack >>> (code of conduct, linen.dev and search/archive process, invite >>> management, etc.). >>> >>> HTH! >>> Denny >>> >>> >>>
