+1 There is a lot of friction in joining apache infra slack. Also, I can't tell if it is a recent policy change but any new invitation to the druid channel now needs to be approved by ASF slack admin. That seems like one more manual step to get over. Though is there a way to migrate/copy the channel contents? There is a whole lot of history that we would want to retain in the new slack channel.
On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 10:48 PM Gian Merlino <g...@apache.org> wrote: > It sounds like a good idea to me. It's not ideal that the current Slack > workspace is hard for new people to join. > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 10:15 AM Vadim Ogievetsky <vogievet...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > I think that the PMC should create a new Slack channel for Apache Druid > and > > shift the community towards using it away from the ASF Slack. I volunteer > > to do this on the PMCs behalf and do all the setup/admin work. I would > > share admin access with any PMC member. > > > > What is the motivation for this? > > > > As you may have heard, it’s become increasingly difficult for new users > > without an @apache.org email address to join the ASF #druid Slack > channel. > > ASF Infra disabled the option to publicly provide a link to the workspace > > to anyone who wanted it, after encountering issues with spammers. > > > > Per Infra’s guidance (https://infra.apache.org/slack.html), new > community > > members should only be invited as single-channel guests. Unfortunately, > > single-channel guests are unable to extend invitations to new members, > > including their colleagues who are using Druid. Only someone with full > > member privileges is able to extend an invitation to new members. This > lack > > of consistency doesn’t make the community feel inclusive. > > > > There is a workaround in place ( > > https://github.com/apache/druid-website-src/pull/278) – users can send > an > > email to druid-u...@googlegroups.com to request an invite to the Slack > > channel from an existing member – but this still poses a barrier to > entry, > > and isn’t a viable permanent solution. It also creates potential privacy > > issues as not everyone is at liberty to announce they’re using Druid nor > > wishes to display their email address in a public forum. > > > > I propose we make our own free Slack channel for Apache Druid and > encourage > > people to migrate to it. Then we can have our own policy on Slack > > invitations - I would like to restore the ability for anyone on the web > to > > join our Slack. > > > > This is not a 100% original idea, in fact this is what other Apache > > projects have done, notably Apache Pinot (see "join our slack" on > > https://pinot.apache.org/). I propose we do the same. > > > > Vadim > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@druid.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@druid.apache.org > > > > >
