I've just created https://apache-spark.slack.com
On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Paweł Szulc <paul.sz...@gmail.com> 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 lot easier to build a community around tool with ad-hoc ability > to connect with each other. > > I have gitter running on constantly, I visit my favorite OSS projects on > it from time to time to read what has recently happened. It allows me to > stay in touch with the project, help fellow developers to with problems > they have. > One might argue that u can achive the same with mailing list, well it's > hard for me to put this into words.. Malinig list is more of an async > nature (which is good!) but some times you need more "real-time" > experience. You know, engage in the conversation in the given moment, not > conversation that might last few days :) > > TLDR: It is not a replacement, it's supplement to build the community > around OSS. Worth having for real-time conversations. > > On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 10:24 PM, Xinh Huynh <xinh.hu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 Owen <so...@cloudera.com> wrote: >> >>> 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 "forums of >>> records" for project discussions. >>> >>> If something like gitter doesn't attract any chat, then it doesn't add >>> any value. If it does though, then suddenly someone needs to subscribe >>> to user@ and gitter to follow all of the conversations. >>> >>> I think there is a bit of a scalability problem on the user@ list at >>> the moment, just because it covers all of Spark. But adding a >>> different all-Spark channel doesn't help that. >>> >>> Anyway maybe that's "why" >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 6:26 PM, Paweł Szulc <paul.sz...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > 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 <paul.sz...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Hi, >>> >> >>> >> I was wondering - why Spark does not have a gitter channel? >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> Regards, >>> >> Paul Szulc >>> >> >>> >> twitter: @rabbitonweb >>> >> blog: www.rabbitonweb.com >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Regards, >>> > Paul Szulc >>> > >>> > twitter: @rabbitonweb >>> > blog: www.rabbitonweb.com >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@spark.apache.org >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Regards, > Paul Szulc > > twitter: @rabbitonweb > blog: www.rabbitonweb.com > -- Regards, Paul Szulc twitter: @rabbitonweb blog: www.rabbitonweb.com
