Thanks for the feedback Robin, Talat, and JB! @Robin I agree, the review process should ensure the bar is high enough, whether the post is a cross post (i.e. also posted elsewhere) or solely hosted on the Iceberg blog. We don't need to require "exclusiveness" for a community post. That said, cross-posts are more prone to being influenced by third party agendas and marketing. Iceberg community posts should reflect the community and be stripped as much as possible from perspectives which do not reflect the Iceberg community.
Just to summarize what we discussed so far: - Add Iceberg community posts to existing blogs page (https://iceberg.apache.org/blogs/) - Links to community posts coexist with current links to externally hosted posts - Community posts are hosted directly on the Iceberg website - Community posts are not company-affiliated - Community posts needs to reflect the Iceberg community - Example topics: Release announcements, new features, deep dives, use cases Let me know if I missed anything. Cheers, Max On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <j...@nanthrax.net> wrote: > > Hi, > > I think both options are possible. > > Some projects are using "cross reference" (for instance, > https://karaf.apache.org/documentation.html#Articles or > https://camel.apache.org/community/articles/), or directly on project > website. > > Personally, I like both, with a preference for the capability to link > to "external" blog posts (we can actually do both). > > Regards > JB > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM 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
