I'm not sure I agree with your assumptions: I think that following a thread is much more easy in Slack compared to multiple email threads- and refreshing my memory on the conversation context for messages is easier as well.
I haven't found the indexing of current conversations to be that good- but we can keep a searchable version of those threads just as they are today- it's a simple automation that I don't mind taking on myself (that will also solve the retention issue). I don't find it to be a lower bar to get into a Slack channel over sending an e-mail to a mailing list, but I also think that a bigger community is a good thing and not a bad thing. I do agree that the fact that Slack is a private company that can decide to stop offering free tier is an issue- but it's an issue that many other projects (such as Delta, Unity catalog and many more) will have to face. Having said that- I'm not against other solutions such as Discourse like you suggested. I think we do need a better system for discussions than e-mails and I'm willing to help setup whatever will be decided so we will have a better communication channels. בתאריך יום ב׳, 12 באוג׳ 2024, 21:29, מאת Nicholas Chammas < nicholas.cham...@gmail.com>: > If you’re proposing that Slack replace this dev list, then chat is not an > appropriate substitute for emails. Conversations fly by on a conveyor belt, > context is easily fractured across multiple threads and short messages, > information is poorly indexed by search engines, and the lower bar of entry > means there will be more noise. > > And these problems are separate from the potentially additional issues of > Slack being a closed system, Apache policies about communication, etc. > > The Python community successfully migrated <https://discuss.python.org> from > mailing lists to a modern forum <https://discourse.org>. If we are > considering migrating off these lists (assuming that’s even possible), then > that’s what I would suggest. > > > On Aug 12, 2024, at 3:06 AM, Nimrod Ofek <ofek.nim...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Many other oss projects (some of which include some of the participants of > this mailing list I'm sure) are using Slack as a more modern communication > channel. > > I find Slack to be more appropriate these days, easier to navigate through > groups, easier to see context of different threads and also has a built in > mechanism for votes. > > I think that the only issue is that the free plan includes only 90 days > message retention- but I'm sure that one of the managers (Matei maybe?) can > negotiate different retention, we don't really need other features but the > retention is important- and I'm sure it's important for other Databricks > projects that are using Slack like Unity Catalog and Delta. > > What do you think? > > > Thanks, > Nimrod > > >
