Re: Creating a user@ mailing list
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-16915 On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 11:01 AM, Wes McKinney wrote: > To give an example, > > dev@spark has 3008 subscribers > user@spark has 5022 subscribers > > Spark is a quite different project, of course, but it shows that a > user list can and will attract more subscribers. dev@arrow has 789 > subscribers > > - Wes > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 10:52 AM, Brian Hulette wrote: >> Agreed. I was concerned about the plan to drop Slack because it was a place >> users would come to ask questions (for better or worse). I assumed that was >> because those users were just uncomfortable with mailing lists, but I think >> Uwe is right, they're probably just uncomfortable with *this* mailing list, >> where most of the discussion is about development. >> >> Brian >> >> On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 6:52 AM Wes McKinney wrote: >> >>> hi Uwe, >>> >>> This sounds like a good idea to me. I think we should go ahead and ask >>> INFRA to set it up. We'll need to add a "Community" landing page on >>> the website of sorts to explain the mailing lists better. >>> >>> - Wes >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 4:49 AM, Uwe L. Korn wrote: >>> > Hello all, >>> > >>> > I would like to create a u...@arrow.apache.org mailing list. Some >>> people are a bit confused that there is only a dev mailing list. They >>> interpret this as a mailing list that should be used solely for Arrow >>> development, not usage questions. This is sadly a psychological barrier for >>> people to get a bit more involved since we have closed Slack. >>> > >>> > What are others thinking about this? >>> > >>> > Uwe >>>
Re: Creating a user@ mailing list
To give an example, dev@spark has 3008 subscribers user@spark has 5022 subscribers Spark is a quite different project, of course, but it shows that a user list can and will attract more subscribers. dev@arrow has 789 subscribers - Wes On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 10:52 AM, Brian Hulette wrote: > Agreed. I was concerned about the plan to drop Slack because it was a place > users would come to ask questions (for better or worse). I assumed that was > because those users were just uncomfortable with mailing lists, but I think > Uwe is right, they're probably just uncomfortable with *this* mailing list, > where most of the discussion is about development. > > Brian > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 6:52 AM Wes McKinney wrote: > >> hi Uwe, >> >> This sounds like a good idea to me. I think we should go ahead and ask >> INFRA to set it up. We'll need to add a "Community" landing page on >> the website of sorts to explain the mailing lists better. >> >> - Wes >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 4:49 AM, Uwe L. Korn wrote: >> > Hello all, >> > >> > I would like to create a u...@arrow.apache.org mailing list. Some >> people are a bit confused that there is only a dev mailing list. They >> interpret this as a mailing list that should be used solely for Arrow >> development, not usage questions. This is sadly a psychological barrier for >> people to get a bit more involved since we have closed Slack. >> > >> > What are others thinking about this? >> > >> > Uwe >>
Re: Creating a user@ mailing list
Agreed. I was concerned about the plan to drop Slack because it was a place users would come to ask questions (for better or worse). I assumed that was because those users were just uncomfortable with mailing lists, but I think Uwe is right, they're probably just uncomfortable with *this* mailing list, where most of the discussion is about development. Brian On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 6:52 AM Wes McKinney wrote: > hi Uwe, > > This sounds like a good idea to me. I think we should go ahead and ask > INFRA to set it up. We'll need to add a "Community" landing page on > the website of sorts to explain the mailing lists better. > > - Wes > > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 4:49 AM, Uwe L. Korn wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I would like to create a u...@arrow.apache.org mailing list. Some > people are a bit confused that there is only a dev mailing list. They > interpret this as a mailing list that should be used solely for Arrow > development, not usage questions. This is sadly a psychological barrier for > people to get a bit more involved since we have closed Slack. > > > > What are others thinking about this? > > > > Uwe >
Re: Creating a user@ mailing list
hi Uwe, This sounds like a good idea to me. I think we should go ahead and ask INFRA to set it up. We'll need to add a "Community" landing page on the website of sorts to explain the mailing lists better. - Wes On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 4:49 AM, Uwe L. Korn wrote: > Hello all, > > I would like to create a u...@arrow.apache.org mailing list. Some people are > a bit confused that there is only a dev mailing list. They interpret this as > a mailing list that should be used solely for Arrow development, not usage > questions. This is sadly a psychological barrier for people to get a bit more > involved since we have closed Slack. > > What are others thinking about this? > > Uwe
Creating a user@ mailing list
Hello all, I would like to create a u...@arrow.apache.org mailing list. Some people are a bit confused that there is only a dev mailing list. They interpret this as a mailing list that should be used solely for Arrow development, not usage questions. This is sadly a psychological barrier for people to get a bit more involved since we have closed Slack. What are others thinking about this? Uwe
