[ckan-dev] IRC channel

Angelos Tzotsos gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com
Mon Sep 17 15:29:03 UTC 2018


+1 for Gitter, since it is open for all to join (similar to IRC policy
right now)

Best,
Angelos

On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 5:59 PM Florian Hoedt <florian.hoedt at thuenen.de>
wrote:

> Hi there,
> +1 for gitter, too
>
> Easy and free.
>
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> *Von: *"Steven De Costa" <steven.decosta at linkdigital.com.au>
> *An: *"CKAN Development Discussions" <ckan-dev at lists.okfn.org>
> *Gesendet: *Montag, 17. September 2018 16:41:58
> *Betreff: *Re: [ckan-dev] IRC channel
>
> 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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