Re: would you join a Slack workspace for Flink?

Posted by Chesnay Schepler on
URL: http://deprecated-apache-flink-user-mailing-list-archive.369.s1.nabble.com/would-you-join-a-Slack-workspace-for-Flink-tp22567p22568.html

There have been previous discussions around using slack and they were rejected.

Personally I would just remove the IRC channel; I'm not aware of any committer actually spending time there.

On 25.08.2018 17:07, Nicos Maris wrote:

Hi all,

This mailing list is for user support and questions. If you would also use slack for user support and questions, then please vote at the following ticket. If you don't have an account at that jira, you can reply to this email with a "+1".

[FLINK-10217] use Slack for user support and questions

Current status

For user support and questions, users are instructed to subscribe to [hidden email] but there are users like me who enjoy using also a chat channel. However, the instructions to do so are not clear and the IRC activity is low and it is definitely not indicative of the project's activity.

The website mentions that "If you want to talk with the Flink committers and users in a chat, there is an IRC channel."

Option 1: Use Slack

An example of an Apache project that is using Slack is: http://mesos.apache.org/community

I can assist on setting it up if at least one expert joins from the very beginning.

Option 2: Keep using IRC and document it

Add the missing section at the website along with instructions for people who have never used IRC.

Option 3: Use only the mailing list

Use only [hidden email] for user support and questions and do not mention IRC at the website.