I’m really looking forward to these coming out (in whatever form) on a regular basis ;-).
> On Oct 17, 2023, at 7:06 AM, Jason Gerlowski <gerlowsk...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Personally I think Confluence (in-place) is fine. Maybe start this way >> because it's simple & adequate? > > +1 I think the simplest option is best for getting started, and then > we can iterate from there if we find Confluence lackluster, etc. > > Best, > > Jason > > On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 10:42 PM David Smiley <david.w.smi...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Sorry; I was/am recovering from COVID and was kind of a sloth in getting to >> anything. Thanks Jason for jumping in to help. I put a bunch of thought >> into this as you'll see below. And I want to be involved as much as is >> welcome. >> >> Alejandro, I can't thank you enough for volunteering for the newsletter. >> Coincidentally, Ishan shared the idea of this with me as well but I didn't >> act on it. I think a newsletter is the best communication tool for users >> and potential users to get a sense of what's going on with Solr. This >> extends to us Solr committers; we are not always paying attention to >> everything happening! A newsletter could shine a light on such topics as: >> >> * Events (conf, meetup, training, ...) >> * Links to new blog/article posts. >> Not sure how to seek these out. After the wide success of the >> newsletter, we can hope people will tell *us* so we don't have to find >> them. The first few newsletters could actively solicit recommendations. >> I don't think we need a centralized place for new blog posts, e.g. >> for Solr committers or Alejandro as someone suggested; plenty exist out >> there with people posting everywhere already and that won't stop. We might >> want to link to them all in one place though. Hmmm. >> * Everything the PMC announces already (just links or possibly more) >> ** New Releases >> ** New committers & PMC members & PMC chair >> ** Security vulnerabilities >> * Give kudos to Solr contributors this period that are not committers. >> (just a list of names) >> Could partially automate this with "git log" and more. >> * Active areas of development >> * Active topics of discussion >> * Let committers (or anyone in the community?) send messages to readers >> like: >> ** ex: "who is actually using feature XYZ anyway? No response means >> deprecation!" <--- yeah there we go, a threat to compel users to >> subscribe LOL >> ** ex: Interest in a meetup for Solr in city X. >> >> Even if it's "just links" (like Alejandro's first draft), it's better than >> no newsletter at all. Over time, we can hope for more. >> >> -------- >> >> Jason's questions were spot on. >> >> Editing: I think everyone with edit access to the Solr "space" in >> Confuence (mostly just commiters but + some others) should feel welcome to >> add/edit without permission at any time and without coordination. >> Confluence has tools to "watch" and see edit history. Perhaps the >> non-published page can be named this clearly like "NEXT-DRAFT" which will >> later be renamed to a year-month like dated version once it's published, >> and they can all live in one listing (i.e. under one parent page for the >> newsletters). Then treat it as read-only. A "TEMPLATE" one might exist to >> create the next "NEXT-DRAFT". Alejandro can lead this effort and add much >> of the content as he has time for. He already has the first draft. >> >> Publishing: Not sure either on how it should be published exactly. >> Alejandro; what are you thinking? Personally I think Confluence (in-place) >> is fine. Maybe start this way because it's simple & adequate? We might >> consider somewhere on the Solr website as an alternative. There are many >> places where you could share a link. For some mediums like email, publish >> the newsletter content so nobody has to click the link (albeit still >> provide it). Ensure the formatting is reasonable. Alejandro, where was >> Brian Profit proposing that the ASF would share such a thing? If the >> newsletter is mostly a list of links (as it is in its current form, albeit >> a draft), I think it should not be shared beyond Solr audiences (i.e. not >> beyond users@s.a.o email & slack). >> >> Periodicity: I worry a little Alejandro if you or others feel this needs >> to be monthly, that it'll maybe be too burdensome, or that some months are >> simply not that interesting. I recommend feeling free to be loose on the >> periodicity. Maybe shoot for bi-monthly-ish? I think publishing soon >> after a new release (we just did 9.4!) could be really useful for users >> that might just want to pay attention to the newsletter for news on >> releases. >> >> Thanks again. Looking forward to further discussion! >> >> ~ David >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 10:17 AM Jason Gerlowski <gerlowsk...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Alejandro, >>> >>> Thanks for taking the initiative on this! You should now have >>> permission to create and edit pages in Confluence - let me know if >>> you're not seeing that on your end. Happy to help with some >>> copy-editing once it's up there! >>> >>> Since this is the first of these newsletter proposals, maybe we should >>> also use this thread to discuss a few "process" questions around the >>> newsletter? (Or maybe I missed these getting discussed elsewhere?) >>> >>> The biggest question I was curious about: what does "publication" look >>> like for these newsletters? Will it be published in "Confluence", or >>> are we using Confluence for editing before eventually publishing in >>> some other medium like annou...@solr.apache.org, the Solr website, >>> etc. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Jason >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 7:09 PM Arrieta, Alejandro >>> <aarri...@perrinsoftware.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello Team, >>>> >>>> Newsletter on ASF social media: >>>> I just returned home from Community over Code, where I talked with the >>>> Asfinfra team, and they redirected me to talk with Brian Proffit. >>>> I talked with him about the new Solr newsletter, and he told me to send >>> him >>>> what we want to publish, the date to publish, and the email with a copy >>> to >>>> the Solr PMC chair. >>>> David Smiley, please confirm you are okay so I can email Brian to publish >>>> the September 2023 newsletter. >>>> >>>> Apache Solr wiki newsletter: >>>> As discussed during the conference, please give me edit authorization to >>>> Solr Wiki to start uploading the newsletter there. My account should be >>>> aarrieta and email aarri...@perrinsoftware.com >>>> >>>> Linkedin Apache Solr account/group: >>>> The Asinfra team told me they do not create social media accounts. These >>>> are created and managed by each project. We can request templates and >>>> publishing guides from pr...@apache.org and mmp group. >>>> >>>> Kind Regards, >>>> Alejandro Arrieta >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 9:43 AM Bruno Roustant <bruno.roust...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> +1 ! >>>>> >>>>> Le lun. 9 oct. 2023 à 16:54, Eric Pugh < >>> ep...@opensourceconnections.com> a >>>>> écrit : >>>>> >>>>>> I’d love to see it on mastodon/twitterX/linkedin too…. I bet ASF PR >>>>>> would love to see this as well ;-) >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Oct 8, 2023, at 5:36 PM, Alessandro Benedetti < >>> a.benede...@sease.io >>>>>> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> +1 I think it's a wonderful idea! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sun, 8 Oct 2023, 17:26 Arrieta, Alejandro, < >>>>>> aarri...@perrinsoftware.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 0. Intro >>>>>>>> Welcome to the Apache Solr Newsletter proposal September 2023. As >>> this >>>>>> is >>>>>>>> the first newsletter proposal of 2023 we include Solr Community >>> news >>>>>>>> starting from January 2023: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Welcome Alex Deparvu as Solr committer: >>>>>>>> https://lists.apache.org/thread/fx4o3y55ypqy1n06kdbq5k8h4pjxlowj >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Welcome Marcus Eagan as Solr committer: >>>>>>>> https://lists.apache.org/thread/2p2fjm18g39x2mknxqnbr3gfcx0q6rrx >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Welcome David Smiley as Solr's new PMC chair: >>>>>>>> https://lists.apache.org/thread/yrp2yll52r0fm2pbhw17b62oln63fp33 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Welcome Andy Webb as Solr committer: >>>>>>>> https://lists.apache.org/thread/k449v7jl4bwg6f7x707tvw5ch2dk8h3f >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Welcome Justin Sweeney as Solr committer: >>>>>>>> https://lists.apache.org/thread/g588106pohdwok7gpwwcsxpgvwxwwh41 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Welcome Colvin Cowie as Solr committer: >>>>>>>> https://lists.apache.org/thread/ngzjs0b3mb201d2shfvzdysdd5g6xqz1 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 1. Current versions >>>>>>>> Solr 9.3.0: >>>>>>>> https://solr.apache.org/downloads.html#solr-930 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Solr 8.11.2: >>>>>>>> https://solr.apache.org/downloads.html#solr-8112 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Solr Operator v0.7.1: >>>>>>>> https://solr.apache.org/operator/artifacts.html#solr-v071 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 2. Incoming versions >>>>>>>> Solr 9.4.0 >>>>>>>> mailing list thread: >>>>>>>> https://lists.apache.org/thread/j44golmqp4sjf2rk74pqktkrsc1do58r >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Solr 8.11.3 >>>>>>>> mailing list thread: >>>>>>>> https://lists.apache.org/thread/j44golmqp4sjf2rk74pqktkrsc1do58r >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 3. Solr Improvement Proposals News >>>>>>>> SIP-13: Cross Data Center Replication >>>>>>>> mailing list thread: >>>>>>>> https://lists.apache.org/thread/9y2qd7rs45049xbrt0gty40m4b5cv22y >>>>>>>> wiki link: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SOLR/SIP-13%3A+Cross+Data+Center+Replication >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> SIP-14 Embedded Zookeeper >>>>>>>> mailing list thread: >>>>>>>> https://lists.apache.org/thread/mch6y4wsbqykcmfy4r76movmx1wz0375 >>>>>>>> wiki link: >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SOLR/SIP-14+Embedded+Zookeeper >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> SIP-15 Node roles >>>>>>>> mailing list thread: >>>>>>>> https://lists.apache.org/thread/kwq609jxckpdqk54fvghxs66jtk92kof >>>>>>>> wiki link: >>>>>>>> >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SOLR/SIP-15+Node+roles >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> SIP-19 Adopt JSR-330 dependency injection >>>>>>>> mailing list thread: >>>>>>>> https://lists.apache.org/thread/9y2qd7rs45049xbrt0gty40m4b5cv22y >>>>>>>> wiki link: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SOLR/SIP-19+Adopt+JSR-330+dependency+injection >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 4. Links to blogs, videos, others related to Solr: >>>>>>>> Apache Solr Community Virtual Meetup, September 2023: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>> https://www.meetup.com/apache-solr-virtual-community-meetups/events/296344421/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> DataImportHandler 9.3.0 released: >>>>>>>> https://lists.apache.org/thread/8z65tf4jr2ppdm4xo5r1bygjzt8z8r3f >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 5. Upcoming Events & meetings >>>>>>>> ASF Community over Code in Halifax, October 7-10 2023: >>>>>>>> https://communityovercode.org/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Apache Solr Community Virtual Meetup, October 2023: >>>>>>>> >>> https://www.meetup.com/apache-solr-virtual-community-meetups/events/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 6. 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