Re: apache spark on gitter?

2016-05-16 Thread Sean Owen
We'll have to be careful to not present this as an official project chat, since it's not affiliated. Even calling it apache-spark.slack.com is potentially problematic since it gives some impression it's from the ASF. Ideally, call this something that is unambiguously not related to Apache itself,

Re: apache spark on gitter?

2016-05-16 Thread Paweł Szulc
I've just created https://apache-spark.slack.com On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Paweł Szulc wrote: > Hi, > > well I guess the advantage of gitter over maling list is the same as with > IRC. It's not actually a replacer because mailing list is also important. > But it is

Re: apache spark on gitter?

2016-05-12 Thread Xinh Huynh
I agree that it can help build a community and be a place for real-time conversations. Xinh On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 12:28 AM, Paweł Szulc wrote: > Hi, > > well I guess the advantage of gitter over maling list is the same as with > IRC. It's not actually a replacer because

Re: apache spark on gitter?

2016-05-12 Thread Paweł Szulc
Hi, well I guess the advantage of gitter over maling list is the same as with IRC. It's not actually a replacer because mailing list is also important. But it is lot easier to build a community around tool with ad-hoc ability to connect with each other. I have gitter running on constantly, I

Re: apache spark on gitter?

2016-05-11 Thread Xinh Huynh
Hi Pawel, I'd like to hear more about your idea. Could you explain more why you would like to have a gitter channel? What are the advantages over a mailing list (like this one)? Have you had good experiences using gitter on other open source projects? Xinh On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Sean

Re: apache spark on gitter?

2016-05-11 Thread Sean Owen
I don't know of a gitter channel and I don't use it myself, FWIW. I think anyone's welcome to start one. I hesitate to recommend this, simply because it's preferable to have one place for discussion rather than split it over several, and, we have to keep the @spark.apache.org mailing lists as the

Re: apache spark on gitter?

2016-05-11 Thread Paweł Szulc
no answer, but maybe one more time, a gitter channel for spark users would be a good idea! On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 1:45 PM, Paweł Szulc wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering - why Spark does not have a gitter channel? > > -- > Regards, > Paul Szulc > > twitter: @rabbitonweb >

apache spark on gitter?

2016-05-09 Thread Paweł Szulc
Hi, I was wondering - why Spark does not have a gitter channel? -- Regards, Paul Szulc twitter: @rabbitonweb blog: www.rabbitonweb.com