Hi Brandon, GitHub Discussions are different from GitHub issues. Discussions can be around a ticket or issue, but are generally more about discussing functionality, features and problems people may have in the use of the available functionality.
Have a look at the "Get Inspired" section on the GitHub Discussions page [1] or this example of a lengthy thread on the Next.js GitHub Discussions [2]. The longer-form-questions in GitHub Discussions provide a hybrid between direct chat and a more forum-like style of interacting, which imho will improve the quality of the questions and answers, as described in (c) in my initial post. I understand and agree with your point that the social aspect may be lower on GitHub Discussions. Even though that argument is valid, I don't know if it justifies running an entire Mattermost server. We could consider creating a #hop channel in the ASF Slack workspace [3] and move the social and more informal part of the discussions there. [1] https://github.com/features/discussions [2] https://github.com/vercel/next.js/discussions/46722 [3] https://the-asf.slack.com/ Regards, Bart On Tue, Oct 8, 2024 at 5:27 AM Brandon Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: > I like the idea of Question/Answer discussions going to Github; but I would > still like to be able to chat with friends on Mattermost. > Where would the social aspect be? I see people using github issues for > what I think you are suggesting as discussions. > > > On Mon, Oct 7, 2024 at 8:43 AM Bart Maertens <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Hoppers, > > > > As a community, we're all constantly trying to improve Apache Hop and how > > the community members can work together and interact. > > > > In that regard, we've come to a point where we may need to reconsider the > > Mattermost chat [1]. > > > > A couple of observations about the Mattermost chat: > > a) it isn't hosted on an "official" Apache Hop subdomain (nor can it be). > > b) access is open and free, but the chat history is not publicly > available > > and not indexable by search engines. > > c) the "quality" of the questions is not always as high as we'd like them > > to be. There are a lot of open-ended or "build my pipeline" type of > > questions that should be answered in the documentation and samples. Check > > out the contribution guides [2] if you'd like to help out with the docs > and > > samples. > > > > To improve community interaction on a truly open and publicly available > > platform, we could consider enabling GitHub discussions [3] on our GitHub > > repository [4], and move the Mattermost discussions there. > > > > GitHub Discussions have several advantages over our current Mattermost > > chat: > > a) even though not on an Apache subdomain, the discussions are part of > the > > source code repository, and as such, they're as close as possible to the > > project's source code and issues > > b) GitHub Discussions are publicly available and indexable by search > > engines > > c) discussions can be labeled, marked as "Answered" etc. > > > > The switch to GitHub discussions is nothing but a suggestion, we're eager > > to know what your thoughts and suggestions are. > > Let's start the discussion! > > > > [1] https://chat.project-hop.org. > > [2] https://hop.apache.org/community/contributing/ > > [3] https://github.com/features/discussions > > [4] https://github.com/apache/hop > > > > Regards, > > Bart > > >
