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<h2>Spark Mailing Lists</h2>

<p>Get help using Spark or contribute to the project on our mailing lists:</p>
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    <a href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-spark-user/">user@spark.incubator.apache.org</a> is for usage questions, help, and announcements. <a href="mailto:user-subscribe@spark.incubator.apache.org?subject=(send%20this%20email%20to%20subscribe)">(subscribe)</a> <a href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-spark-user/">(archives)</a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-spark-dev/">dev@spark.incubator.apache.org</a> is for people who want to contribute code to Spark. <a href="mailto:dev-subscribe@spark.incubator.apache.org?subject=(send%20this%20email%20to%20subscribe)">(subscribe)</a> <a href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-spark-dev/">(archives)</a>
  </li>
</ul>

<h2>User Meetups</h2>

<p>We host a regular <a href="http://www.meetup.com/spark-users/">Bay Area Spark User Meetup</a> where you can meet the community in person. The meetup.com page also contains an <a href="http://www.meetup.com/spark-users/events/past/">archive of past meetups</a>, and <a href="http://www.meetup.com/spark-users/files/">slides</a> from them.</p>

<h2>Issue Tracker</h2>

<p>The project tracks bugs and new features on <a href="https://spark-project.atlassian.net/browse/SPARK">JIRA</a>. If you'd like, you can also subscribe to the <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/spark-issues">spark-issues</a> group to receive emails about new or updated issues.</p>

<h2>Old Mailing Lists</h2>

<p>The following Google Groups contain Spark usage and developer discussions from before the transition to Apache. They will become read-only in September 2013:</p>
<ul>
  <li>
    <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/spark-users">spark-users</a> -- usage questions, help, and announcements.
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/spark-developers">spark-developers</a> -- code contributor discussion.
  </li>
</ul>