On 1 December 2017 at 18:57, Mike Jumper <mike.jum...@guac-dev.org> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 10:06 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 1 December 2017 at 13:52, John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org> wrote: >> > ... >> > >> > At the same time, if we're saying we want to limit the creation of user@ >> > lists, if a podling is already established and using forums, discourse, >> > slack, google groups, etc, do we recommend to keep those open for user type >> > questions, until they feel they are ready to move to Apache fully? >> > >> >> That seems to me to be the sensible approach. >> >> There's no need to move user mailing lists until the podling actually >> graduates. >> >> Also, if the podling fails to graduate, the user ASF list would be >> closed, whereas the original forums etc could continue as before. >> > > IMHO, avoiding establishing TLP-like procedures for fear that a > podling may not graduate (or postponing establishing those procedures > until graduation) is self-defeating. > > Speaking as a member of a recently-graduated podling that joined the > Incubator with an established user base, I think we would not have > done as well without a user@ list.
So how did your users communicate before the podling was established? Surely that would have continued to work during incubation even if the user list was not created? > - Mike > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
