Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2015-01-23 Thread Nicholas Chammas
. Maybe I'm misunderstanding some nuance of Apache projects. Cheers -- View this message in context: http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/ Discourse-A-proposed-alternative-to-the-Spark-User-list-tp20851p21288.html Sent from the Apache Spark User List

Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2015-01-23 Thread Gerard Maas
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Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2015-01-23 Thread Nicholas Chammas
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Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2015-01-22 Thread Petar Zecevic
if that is the case... -- View this message in context: http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/Discourse-A-proposed-alternative-to-the-Spark-User-list-tp20851p21299.html Sent from the Apache Spark User List mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2015-01-22 Thread Petar Zecevic
: there might be something about Apache projects and mailing lists that I do not know, so excuse me if that is the case... -- View this message in context: http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/Discourse-A-proposed-alternative-to-the-Spark

Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2015-01-22 Thread Sean Owen
projects and mailing lists that I do not know, so excuse me if that is the case... -- View this message in context: http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/Discourse-A-proposed-alternative-to-the-Spark-User-list-tp20851p21299.html Sent from the Apache Spark User List mailing list

Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2015-01-22 Thread Gerard Maas
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Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2015-01-22 Thread Nicholas Chammas
I agree with Sean that a Spark-specific Stack Exchange likely won't help and almost certainly won't make it out of Area 51. The idea certainly sounds nice from our perspective as Spark users, but it doesn't mesh with the structure of Stack Exchange or the criteria for creating new sites. On Thu

Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2015-01-22 Thread Nicholas Chammas
. Like btiernay, I must say: there might be something about Apache projects and mailing lists that I do not know, so excuse me if that is the case... -- View this message in context: http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/Discourse-A-proposed-alternative-to-the-Spark-User

Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2015-01-22 Thread Marcelo Vanzin
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Sean Owen so...@cloudera.com wrote: I think a Spark site would have a lot less traffic. One annoyance is that people can't figure out when to post on SO vs Data Science vs Cross Validated. Another is that a lot of the discussions we see on the Spark users list

Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2015-01-22 Thread pierred
the awesomeness of Spark. -- View this message in context: http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/Discourse-A-proposed-alternative-to-the-Spark-User-list-tp20851p21321.html Sent from the Apache Spark User List mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2015-01-22 Thread Sean Owen
FWIW I am a moderator for datascience.stackexchange.com, and even that hasn't really achieved the critical mass that SE sites are supposed to: http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/55053/data-science I think a Spark site would have a lot less traffic. One annoyance is that people can't figure

Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2015-01-21 Thread Nicholas Chammas
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Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2015-01-21 Thread pzecevic
: there might be something about Apache projects and mailing lists that I do not know, so excuse me if that is the case... -- View this message in context: http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/Discourse-A-proposed-alternative-to-the-Spark-User-list-tp20851p21299.html Sent from

Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2015-01-21 Thread Nicholas Chammas
and mailing lists that I do not know, so excuse me if that is the case... -- View this message in context: http://apache-spark-user-list. 1001560.n3.nabble.com/Discourse-A-proposed-alternative-to-the-Spark-User- list-tp20851p21299.html Sent from the Apache Spark User List mailing list archive

RE: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2015-01-21 Thread Bob Tiernay
2015 02:55:33 + Subject: Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list To: petar.zece...@gmail.com; user@spark.apache.org I think a few things need to be laid out clearly: This mailing list is the “official” user discussion platform. That is, it is sponsored and managed

Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2015-01-21 Thread btiernay
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Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2015-01-21 Thread Jay Vyas
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Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2015-01-17 Thread pzecevic
everyone think? Nick ​ -- View this message in context: http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/Discourse-A-proposed-alternative-to-the-Spark-User-list-tp20851p21203.html Sent from the Apache Spark User List mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2015-01-17 Thread Andrew Ash
encourage people on this list to post instead on Stack Overflow whenever possible. 4. Something else. What does everyone think? Nick ​ -- View this message in context: http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/Discourse-A-proposed-alternative-to-the-Spark-User-list

Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2015-01-17 Thread Nicholas Chammas
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Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2014-12-26 Thread Nicholas Chammas
Thanks for providing that additional background, Josh. It looks like many people on that Google Groups thread wanted a better interface than is offered by the Apache mailing lists. Some even raised the idea of a bi-directional bridge

Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2014-12-26 Thread Sean Owen
people on this list to post instead on Stack Overflow whenever possible. 4. Something else. What does everyone think? Nick ​ -- View this message in context: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3

Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2014-12-25 Thread andy petrella
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Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2014-12-25 Thread Tobias Pfeiffer
Nick, uh, I would have expected a rather heated discussion, but the opposite seems to be the case ;-) Independent of my personal preferences w.r.t. usability, habits etc., I think it is not good for a software/tool/framework if questions and discussions are spread over too many places. I guess

Re: Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2014-12-25 Thread Josh Rosen
We have a mirror of the user and developer mailing lists on Nabble, but unfortunately this has led to significant usability issues because users may attempt to post messages through Nabble which silently fail to get posted to the actual Apache list and thus are never read by most subscribers:

Discourse: A proposed alternative to the Spark User list

2014-12-24 Thread Nick Chammas
on Stack Overflow whenever possible. 4. Something else. What does everyone think? Nick ​ -- View this message in context: http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/Discourse-A-proposed-alternative-to-the-Spark-User-list-tp20851.html Sent from the Apache Spark User List mailing list