I've discussed with someone on the ASF Slack about getting a Matrix server set up. That would allow you to use IRC, Slack, Matrix, or a few other protocols to chat with the same channels, PMs, etc.
On 12 June 2017 at 07:14, Achim Nierbeck <[email protected]> wrote: > I have my doubts about slack ... > > the nice thing about slack: > you don't miss anything > > the bad thing about slack: > you don't miss anything > > and it's a memory hog > > regards, Achim > > > > > 2017-06-12 14:07 GMT+02:00 Jonathan Schoreels < > [email protected]> > : > > > That's a good idea. As pointed out, the integration with Github is really > > good and could help a lot to follow/discuss PR/Features/Bugs. > > > > Jonathan > > > > 2017-06-12 13:37 GMT+02:00 Jamie G. <[email protected]>: > > > > > In regards to slack, I do find it very convenient to use. Very low > > > barrier of entry to new users and contributors. > > > > > > As the email distributions are the official place for communication > > > (User/Dev) I'd be happy having day to day community chat on IRC & > > > Slack. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 3:20 AM, Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > > Hi team, > > > > > > > > Slack is very popular communication channel for developer. Lot of > > Apache > > > > projects are using it and it's pretty convenient. > > > > > > > > I wonder if it makes sense to propose a Apache Karaf Slack room in > > > addition > > > > of IRC. Thoughts ? > > > > > > > > On the other hand, Apache now provides GitBox: > > > > > > > > https://gitbox.apache.org/ > > > > > > > > GitBox enables bi-directional sync to GitHub and links committer's > > > accounts, > > > > allowing greater use of GitHub functionality by contributors and > > > committers. > > > > > > > > There's no rush but I think it could be interesting for Karaf, > > > especially to > > > > get more contributions via GitHub Pull Requests. > > > > > > > > Thoughts ? > > > > > > > > On the other hand, I will send an e-mail explaining the "clean" steps > > to > > > do > > > > when merging a GitHub PR (to automatically update the PR, etc). > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > JB > > > > -- > > > > Jean-Baptiste Onofré > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://blog.nanthrax.net > > > > Talend - http://www.talend.com > > > > > > > > > -- > > Apache Member > Apache Karaf <http://karaf.apache.org/> Committer & PMC > OPS4J Pax Web <http://wiki.ops4j.org/display/paxweb/Pax+Web/> Committer & > Project Lead > blog <http://notizblog.nierbeck.de/> > Co-Author of Apache Karaf Cookbook <http://bit.ly/1ps9rkS> > > Software Architect / Project Manager / Scrum Master > -- Matt Sicker <[email protected]>
