I think it sounds good with a chat for more practical questions, like "How can I add userX to systemY on our infrastructure..?", but not for policy or release questions. And if there is no reply on the chat, then send an email anyway.
A chat can also be welcoming for new potential podlings to ask initial questions, e.g. if they haven't got a champion yet. HipChat allows anonymous sign-ins, so "newbies" won't need an ASF account. We would obviously need to link to the chat from our web site for that :-) Remember: "If it didn't happen on the mailing list, it didn't happen" On 3 Nov 2016 7:32 am, "Evan Hughes" <ehu...@gmail.com> wrote: > @mike Official content does need to be on the mailing list but small > discussions could be made on the hipchat channel. > > ~ Evan > > On Thu, 3 Nov 2016 at 17:19 Mike Jumper <mike.jum...@guac-dev.org> wrote: > > > On Nov 3, 2016 00:02, "Jean-Baptiste Onofré" <j...@nanthrax.net> wrote: > > > > > > Hi John, > > > > > > it sounds like a good idea. I would allow "direct" communication > between > > the podling guys and the mentors/shepherd (to discuss release or report > > content). > > > > > > > Wouldn't release/content discussion be best conducted on the mailing > lists? > > > > Thanks, > > > > - Mike > > >
