[ckan-dev] IRC channel

Adrià Mercader adria.mercader at okfn.org
Wed Sep 26 10:14:15 UTC 2018


In case someone missed this, the new Gitter channel is live at https://
gitter.im/ckan/chat

The logs for the old IRC channel (2014 to 2018) can be found here:

https://github.com/ckan/irc-logs

Adrià

On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 at 12:05, Kevin Brochet-Nguyen <kevin at viderum.com>
wrote:

> Works for me. I just used my GitHub account to log in. I’ll update the
> docs.
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> On 25. September 2018 at 11:56:11, Adrià Mercader (adria.mercader at okfn.org)
> wrote:
>
> Happy to give Gitter a go. I had reserved the ckan namespace years ago
> just in case, so I went ahead and created a public chat:
>
>
> https://gitter.im/ckan/chat
>
> If it works fine it would be great if you could update the docs Kevin,
> I'll update the website and the IRC channel topic.
>
> Can people try to join to see if it's working? Also I'd like to know what
> kind of account users need to join (Github, Twitter or ar Gitter one)
>
> I'll miss IRC too, but the truth is that with the latest spam waves and
> having to restrict access to registered users the number of people on the
> chat has reduced drastically.
> For those that really want to stuck with IRC there's always
> https://irc.gitter.im/
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 at 13:54, Kevin Brochet-Nguyen <kevin at viderum.com>
> wrote:
>
>> So far no one opposes switching to a new chat solution and everyone who’s
>> replied is in favor of Gitter. Are there any objections? If not, let’s get
>> it set up. I’ll be happy to update the docs and get things set up.
>>
>> -K
>>
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>> On 17. September 2018 at 17:29:26, Angelos Tzotsos (gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com)
>> wrote:
>>
>> +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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