On Tue, 2017-07-04 at 08:41 +0000, Nikolai Stoilov wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Just to add a couple notes, the slack that was set up for the project is > https://milagro.slack.com/
Two quite serious problems with that one. > I don't know why it isn't referenced on the project's website, but it > allows for people with emails @miracl.com, @apache.org, @milagro.io, @ > ntti3.com, @po.ntts.co.jp, @lab.ntt.co.jp, @mulodo.com to sign themselves > up. That is fine for people already involved, but does nothing to open it to interested outsiders - including those who might, if made welcome, become the core developers of the future. It's too exclusive. Even saying "just ask to join" can be a hurdle to the initially-timid. > Also, there is a slack bot installed that sends all conversations as > emails > to a selected address. Yes, I've seen that. It's very inhibiting. There are occasions when it makes sense (e.g. to archive a formal meeting), but for general chat it's the last thing you want! And I'd hate to try and dig through interactive chat to *find* anything! That inhibition is probably why I've *never* seen traffic on the channel! -- Nick Kew
