I'm also +0 for the same reasons that John listed. On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 2:44 PM, John Sirois <john.sir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm also +0. > > I am not a Slack fan, but that said, the barrier to entry on the face is > the same if we publicize self-signup like mesos has on their community page > [1]: https://mesos-slackin.herokuapp.com/ > On the negative, we hurt folks like Jake who are connected to many projects > via IRC and on the positive (maybe) we cater to the burgeoning set of > corporate contributors who are connected to many projects via Slack. > > Being paired with mesos is what tilits me +0 instead of -0. > > [1] http://mesos.apache.org/community/ > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Joshua Cohen <jco...@apache.org> wrote: > > > I'm +0 on this. I agree that Slack is in many ways superior to IRC, but > it > > also feels like the barrier to entry for Slack is much higher than it is > > for IRC which is potentially problematic for an open source community. > > > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 4:08 PM, Jake Farrell <jfarr...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > > > There is an irc bridge which relays all messages back as well as an > > archive > > > bot. Not a huge fan of slack due to it being yet another chat client I > > have > > > in the background, but if it helps the community stay connected and > grow > > > and makes things easier then +1 for whatever it is. > > > > > > Might make sense for us to use the mesos.slack.com #aurora channel > that > > > way > > > the two communities stay close and its easier for users to find and ask > > > questions rather than having multiple slacks they have to join and keep > > > track of > > > > > > -Jake > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 4:48 PM, Steve Niemitz <sniem...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > > > +1, I pretty much never remember to open my IRC client anymore. I've > > > been > > > > using the Mesos Slack for a few weeks now and its way better than > > IRC. I > > > > believe they have chat logging still via a bot of some type too? > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Maxim Khutornenko <ma...@apache.org> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Mesos community has recently moved to Slack as their canonical chat > > > > channel > > > > > [1]. Thanks to Stephan, we already have some presence there via > > #aurora > > > > > channel in Apache Mesos team. > > > > > > > > > > Should we move our IRC discussions to Slack too? > > > > > > > > > > [1] - http://markmail.org/message/azd37j64wsozmuhe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
