Let me refine that statement a little bit: * you asked, "handling user support" ... no decisions are made there, so the Foundation doesn't require a permanent record
* BUT. development *decisions* must be handled on an Apache-archived mailing list. My apologies, that should have been in the list of mandates I described, re: needing to use ASF infrastructure. Hope that clarifies things, -g On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 11:05 PM, Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> wrote: > Anywhere is just fine. You will have to work harder for discoverability, > but the Foundation has never mandated on-our-hardware for community > interactions. > > On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 11:02 PM, Seb Kiureghian <sebou...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks Greg! Just want to clarify, if the community intends to use the >> forum as a primary mode of handling user support, does it need to be >> hosted >> on the VM provided by Apache, or can we host it elsewhere? >> >> Thanks, >> Seb >> >> On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 8:57 PM, Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 6:30 PM, Seb Kiureghian <sebou...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> > >... >> > >> > > Discourse is open source so we can host it on Apache infrastructure >> and >> > > include it on our site. >> > >> > >> > To be clear: each community gets a single VM, and they are responsible >> for >> > running that VM (we provide a base level system, with appropriate >> > monitoring, updates, etc; we do not handle apps). You can choose to run >> > Discourse on that, if you like. Or you may want to reserve the VM for >> other >> > services/demos/testing. The Infrastructure team will *not* >> > run/manage/operate a Discourse instance. Your community will be >> responsible >> > for the operation and maintenance of Discourse. >> > >> > The Apache Software Foundation does not require you to use ASF >> resources, >> > except for version control, and your project web site. But there is a >> > "discoverable" issue, which leads all of our communities to follow a >> > standard pattern, built around an apache.org website and mailing lists. >> > >> > But if you'd like to run Discourse, that will require an ongoing >> commitment >> > from the MXNet community, in perpetuity. Discuss with your Mentors, and >> if >> > that is your decision, then have a Mentor file a ticket for a VM. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Greg Stein >> > Infrastructure Administrator, ASF >> > >> > >
