Hi this is a really good idea ! On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 10:26 PM, Gale Naylor <ga...@noventussolutions.com> wrote:
> I signed up and signed it. Looks interesting. > > On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 3:54 AM Stian Soiland-Reyes <st...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On https://taverna.incubator.apache.org/community/irc > > > > we suggest the #taverna IRC channel as an informal chat. However by > > its synchronous nature and our various time zones it has not really > > seen any use. > > > > I think it's good that we primarily use the mailing list. > > > > Should we remove the above IRC page from our website? > > > > > > One web-chat that is very popular in open source communities these > > days is Gitter, which is free for open source communities. It's > > semi-asynchronous - as it keeps the backlog for you (channels are open > > by default), and you can turn on/off email notifications. > > > > Some of the nice features are how you can paste code examples etc. See > > for instance how it's used by the Common Workflow Language community: > > > > https://gitter.im/common-workflow-language/common-workflow-language > > > > > > > > However to log in and chat you need either a GitHub or Twitter > > account. So it's not as open as IRC. (but you can use > > https://irc.gitter.im/ with an IRC client if you have an account!) > > > > > > As a test I made an Apache Taverna Gitter room: > > > > https://gitter.im/apache/taverna > > > > What do you think? > > > > > > As always - remember: "If it didn't happen on the mailing list, it > > didn't happen!" > > > > -- > > Stian Soiland-Reyes > > http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-9718 > > >