Hi Max, I agree the bar should be high. I think it would be useful simply to say that a blog published must pass that bar, whether it's only posted on the Iceberg blog, or an x-post of one elsewhere. Presumably blogs would be published via a PR mechanism, so the usual approval process would apply?
thanks, Robin. On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 at 14:08, Maximilian Michels <m...@apache.org> wrote: > Hey Robin, > > Crossposting can make sense, but the bar for "official posts" from the > Iceberg community should be very high. It is one thing to link to an > external blog post, but posting content directly on the Iceberg > website should represent the Iceberg community. That's why I'm a bit > hesitant to unconditionally allow crossposting. Of course, this is > just my opinion and others may think differently. > > Cheers, > Max > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM Robin Moffatt > <ro...@confluent.io.invalid> wrote: > > > > Hi Max, > > > > Yes, completely agree on #1. > > On #2, can you expand on your reasons? One reason that it could be > useful to allow x-posts is that people can then subscribe to the RSS feed, > rather than having to check the blogs page manually for updates. > Traditionally x-posting is discouraged when a vendor wants to retain the > "SEO juice" of original content, but I don't think that is relevant here. > > > > thanks, Robin. > > > > On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 at 10:22, Maximilian Michels <m...@apache.org> wrote: > >> > >> Thanks for the feedback thus far. > >> > >> @Robin: To your points: > >> > >> 1. I would keep the existing blog page, but mix in the Iceberg blog > >> posts. We should just make sure to indicate which are Iceberg > >> community posts and which ones are external posts. > >> 2. For crossposting, I would suggest keeping the current setup (links > >> to external blogs). As for posts hosted directly on the Iceberg blog, > >> those should be unique to the community and not mere crossposts. > >> > >> Does that make sense? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Max > >> > >> On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM Robin Moffatt > >> <ro...@confluent.io.invalid> wrote: > >> > > >> > A couple of thoughts: > >> > > >> > 1. Would this replace the existing page that links out to other blog > posts, or be in addition to it? > >> > 2. Would there be the option for authors to crosspost to this new > blog and use a canonical header to indicate the original? > >> > > >> > thanks, Robin. > >> > > >> > On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 at 05:03, Jean-Baptiste Onofré <j...@nanthrax.net> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Hi Max > >> >> > >> >> +1 it makes sense to me, especially for posts directly > >> >> presenting/announcing something in the project. > >> >> > >> >> Several Apache projects do that, up to the project. > >> >> > >> >> Regards > >> >> JB > >> >> > >> >> On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM Maximilian Michels <m...@apache.org> > wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > Hi, > >> >> > > >> >> > I noticed that all blog posts on https://iceberg.apache.org/blogs/ > are > >> >> > hosted externally. Would it make sense to publish community posts > >> >> > directly on the Iceberg site? > >> >> > > >> >> > Possible topics: > >> >> > - Release announcements > >> >> > - Presenting new features > >> >> > - Deep dives into internals > >> >> > - Use cases > >> >> > > >> >> > For example, I was thinking of writing a blog post about the Flink > >> >> > Dynamic Iceberg Sink. I could publish it on the Flink blog > >> >> > (https://flink.apache.org/posts/), but I think it would make > sense to > >> >> > have a dedicated Iceberg blog post as well. > >> >> > > >> >> > I'm curious to hear your thoughts. > >> >> > > >> >> > Cheers, > >> >> > Max > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Robin Moffatt > >> > Sr. Principal Advisor, Streaming Data Technologies > > > > > > > > -- > > Robin Moffatt > > Sr. Principal Advisor, Streaming Data Technologies > -- *Robin Moffatt* *Sr. Principal Advisor, Streaming Data Technologies*
