From dev-return-49151-archive-asf-public=cust-asf.ponee.io@couchdb.apache.org Thu Mar 12 15:22:10 2020 Return-Path: X-Original-To: archive-asf-public@cust-asf.ponee.io Delivered-To: archive-asf-public@cust-asf.ponee.io Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [207.244.88.153]) by mx-eu-01.ponee.io (Postfix) with SMTP id 3AB4218064F for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2020 16:22:10 +0100 (CET) Received: (qmail 7444 invoked by uid 500); 12 Mar 2020 15:22:09 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 7421 invoked by uid 99); 12 Mar 2020 15:22:09 -0000 Received: from pnap-us-west-generic-nat.apache.org (HELO spamd1-us-west.apache.org) (209.188.14.142) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 12 Mar 2020 15:22:09 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spamd1-us-west.apache.org (ASF Mail Server at spamd1-us-west.apache.org) with ESMTP id 6BFF9C0A97; Thu, 12 Mar 2020 15:22:08 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at spamd1-us-west.apache.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.199 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.199 tagged_above=-999 required=6.31 tests=[DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001] autolearn=disabled Authentication-Results: spamd1-us-west.apache.org (amavisd-new); dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com Received: from mx1-he-de.apache.org ([10.40.0.8]) by localhost (spamd1-us-west.apache.org [10.40.0.7]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id vEFaQVW04bwE; Thu, 12 Mar 2020 15:22:06 +0000 (UTC) Received-SPF: Pass (mailfrom) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::22b; helo=mail-lj1-x22b.google.com; envelope-from=paul.joseph.davis@gmail.com; receiver= Received: from mail-lj1-x22b.google.com (mail-lj1-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::22b]) by mx1-he-de.apache.org (ASF Mail Server at mx1-he-de.apache.org) with ESMTPS id 15A207DD38; Thu, 12 Mar 2020 15:22:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lj1-x22b.google.com with SMTP id w1so6911482ljh.5; Thu, 12 Mar 2020 08:22:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=vXSAoEDOW3aNTf6Idzw/gOXAGL6BXFUR+TG6uo8DDCc=; b=rsjmbMlVkQI1Jv7uC3enPPI1lpU12B4m9wcwJQEhuJUmOmvNTGeg4rJZj8O01XitBQ K54M+CrNuw9CvhPsx9fXtIGoYY1FTylp3o6i+5OPN/ktTo92qSlzXqKwA2xuNQn4D6W5 zAr7mGmBQSkbqsIhDwgb4GPjWsgsqzSfFjGvJyGbmMQDDWfOj7ZS92glw2mwHrI9Y8Hp ADEzBFRPs6fmAFX7dEtd0Rw4SAG2F4OBhjyoTtvBMOt6ArkXqLmrHBfnqsMQoU8RmA/q o5/Yi2dk0DZ9CeLbSzgixTbmZaEuw1wVoorC9V9JQaz9aP3RPywHDR5iKGEhKM0JYLp4 EsXQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=vXSAoEDOW3aNTf6Idzw/gOXAGL6BXFUR+TG6uo8DDCc=; b=TWwEiiD0wYYK5UwTvog1UUdzsrBkK/iA4tkGzvX9fRCxuUcmALtx47rL68A2rwing5 AqHNAja0HOC1n9YFoBgQFdNddRyhWECWl+qLpGFGy4uAaIYRtFICJ+gRAX2QSG3GMZCy 5vFNl5lzZZ59eQwgFlRtOj98nT/gQ7zgV9Tmw4FEmhHgVN9bQI9Ga+3zjjLvKqwxxNWj jlvshbaHyAuXXbVn4RfSTEL6dkR64UhswicuFydBZxhZ7ihwVq0GwqoO4z2rmwXbN34i MNj8l87J4LvEMYDnd/b0cJQTs3DAHwWE7MmK5n9y+UrX/BADLjC9pwg2RxkLaIhX83ly nwnQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ANhLgQ3S3kiNKegzPrESOSFacBvLntw+7XN0zJd9XC4jOJ4XrEa+dYSx AuhGI7AgjHmuxKB0z/B/OABDTVBHbTlG/86ldsXFZQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADFU+vtfmf8Vss3iyGXThbR3K8KJvaR4wjuAV9rYRfMjCce0C9oe3YBXVsh9U8aLn5KRKlNUpiwgecBQRtlfqhP5bp4= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:b5a2:: with SMTP id f2mr5656012ljn.212.1584026525015; Thu, 12 Mar 2020 08:22:05 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Paul Davis Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 10:21:44 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] moving email lists to Discourse To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Cc: user Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I'm not against anything of that nature, but if memory serves the email lists are dictated by ASF policy. On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 9:32 AM Garren Smith wrote: > > Hi All, > > The CouchDB slack channel has been a real success with lots of people > asking for help and getting involved. The main issue is that it is not > searchable so we often get people asking the same questions over and over. > The user mailing list is great in that sense that if you have subscribed to > it you have a searchable list of questions and answers. However, it's > really not user-friendly and judging by the fact that it has very low user > participation I'm guessing most people prefer to use slack to ask questions. > > I've been really impressed with how the FoundationDB forum[1] and the rust > internal forum work [2]. I find them easy to use and really encourage > participation. I would like to propose that we move our user and dev > discussion to Discourse or a forum that works as well as Discourse. I think > that would make it really easy for users of CouchDB to look up answers to > questions and get involved in the development discussion. > > I haven't checked yet, but I'm sure we could get all discourse threads to > automatically email back to the user and dev mailing list so that we still > fulfill our Apache requirements. > > I know its a big step away from what we're used to with our mailing lists, > but I think it would definitely open up our community. > > Cheers > Garren > > > [1] https://forums.foundationdb.org/ > [2] https://internals.rust-lang.org/