[ckan-dev] IRC channel

[Steven De Costa]

Change my +1 to Gitter please :) I‘m sold on Tyler’s points. Including NOT
using IRC to make things a bit more accessible for non tech folks (sorry to
cherry pick on that point).

Cheers,
Steven

On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 4:35 PM, Tyler Kennedy <tk at tkte.ch> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> Having gone through this with other groups, I'd say anything but slack. I
> know some people enjoy it and I'd go with whatever the majority goes for,
> *but:*
>
> 1. Slack caps history search unless you pay at least $6.99 USD *per user*,
> *per month. *Chat history not retained is knowledge lost, especially for
> a technical open-source project. Almost all other alternatives allow
> unlimited history for no cost. (This has come back to bite almost every
> group I've ever been a part of which switched to Slack)
> 2. Slack allows self-signup, and API-based signup as a *paid feature only*.
> Although many slacks are running 3rd party programs hosted by a volunteer
> to do automatic account creation, slack can and has permanently deleted
> slacks without notice for using it.
> 3. Slack is a completely closed black box. They allowed IRC and XMPP
> integration just long enough to get users, then immediately killed them.
> Several alternatives (such as gitter) are completely open source and free.
>
> Honestly, I prefer IRC, but I can see myself being in the minority here
> especially if we want to engage more non-technical end-users. As a
> developer, I've been on Freenode consistently for over a decade and watched
> many alternatives come and go. If we really want a different option I would
> suggest gitter because it is open source and 100% free.
>
> Thank you,
> Tyler Kennedy
>
> On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 10:09 AM Steven De Costa <
> steven.decosta at linkdigital.com.au> wrote:
>
>> +1 for slack.
>>
>> I‘ve never worked IRC into my day but slack appears to have a viral hold
>> on people. What‘s one more group gonna do? :)
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 3:24 PM, Konstantin Sivakov <
>> konstantin.sivakov at keitaro.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello community,
>>>
>>> With latest spam occurring on IRC and notification for botobot shooting
>>> down, maybe we should consider a different option for communications with
>>> developers, users and other folk interested in CKAN and its extensions.
>>>
>>> The trends are Slack and Gitter, but there are few different options as
>>> well
>>>
>>> Lets hear all of your opinions
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks!
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