Great summary, completely agree.
On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 at 09:27, Maximilian Michels <m...@apache.org> wrote: > 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 > -- *Robin Moffatt* *Sr. Principal Advisor, Streaming Data Technologies*
