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> On Feb 28, 2019, at 9:24 PM, Ovilia <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I would also like to know the opinions of our mentors.
> Does ASF suggest we have the discussion in something like slack, or should
> it always be in the mail list for more people to access?

The Mailing List allows for global asynchronous communication.

A project may have multiple Git repositories. If there is trouble using Apache 
Git facilities then that needs discussion too.

Regards,
Dave
> 
> Zhang Wenli
> http://zhangwenli.com
> 
> 
> Ovilia <[email protected]> 于2019年3月1日周五 下午1:18写道:
> 
>> Hi Clement.
>> 
>> Thanks for being interested in participation.
>> 
>> What kind of discussion do you mean?
>> 
>> If you wish to contribute code, you may filter issues labeled with "bug"
>> [1], "enhancement" or "new-feature".
>> If a "bug" issue is not labeled with a "pending" tag, it is checked by our
>> committers to be a bug and should be fixed.
>> As for "enhancement" or "new-feature", I guess you should send an email to
>> the dev mail list asking if this should be supported for now. This is
>> because some feature requests are used in a limited scenio, so we should
>> discuss about whether we should provide for all developers and increase the
>> package size.
>> I also created a GitHub project [3] containing issues that are easier to
>> be fixed. So they are suggested for the beginners.
>> You may also filter with "en" tags for English discription. With the help
>> of the new issue helper, the "en" tag is created automatically. But for
>> older issues, we may not have the effort to mark them all.
>> I'm working on the document about this information. And it will be
>> available in GitHub document later.
>> 
>> If it's about a bigger plan, like what's the next step we should take
>> (like features for next primary version v5.0.0), I guess it's the dev mail
>> list for now. I'm not sure if we should use something like slack [2] or
>> gitter [3]. Slack seems a little closed to dev team rather than open to the
>> public like mail lists, while gitter seems more keen on users rather than
>> contributors and if we don't have the energy to maintain the how-to
>> questions in the channels, it may end up with giving users a higher
>> expectation than we could provide.
>> I guess slack could be an option for better instant and informal
>> communication than mail list, although it is also async, of course. There
>> may also be a concern about not having many people participating in the
>> discussion. But I guess that is acceptable for the start, and we do wish to
>> encourage more developers to participate in.
>> 
>> In conclusion, we are still on the way to find a better solution for
>> contributing stuff. And you are always welcomed to give advice on it.
>> And thanks again for asking. :)
>> 
>> [1]
>> https://github.com/apache/incubator-echarts/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Abug
>> [2] https://slack.com
>> [3] https://gitter.im
>> [4] https://github.com/apache/incubator-echarts/projects/3
>> 
>> Zhang Wenli
>> http://zhangwenli.com
>> 
>> 
>> Clement Ho <[email protected]> 于2019年3月1日周五 下午12:27写道:
>> 
>>> I recently noticed that the issue template for the ECharts GitHub project
>>> now requests all new issues to be filled through
>>> https://ecomfe.github.io/echarts-issue-helper
>>> 
>>> I'm all for better issue management but I was wondering if there was some
>>> kind of open discussion about this that I could participate in or observe?
>>> Is there another mailing list or other form of communication tool that is
>>> being used apart from this dev mailing list?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Clement
>>> 
>> 


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