Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

Sounds good. On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 7:47 PM, kracekumar ramaraju < kracethekingma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > [...] > > > We will come up guidelines and admins soon. Any volunteers for framing > up > > > initial guidelines ? > > > > > > > I can help out perhaps. I need to be of some use as an

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

Slack for BangPypers [0] is set up. You need to visit [1] for the invite and once you signup, you will receive email link for verification. We have three channels `general, random, meetup`. `general` channel is for asking question about Python and other related questions. `meetup` channel is for

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

Hi, On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 4:15 PM, kracekumar ramaraju < kracethekingma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Slack for BangPypers [0] is set up. You need to visit [1] for the invite > and once you signup, you will receive email link for verification. > > We have three channels `general, random, meetup`.

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 7:49 PM, Abhiram R wrote: > @Krace, If those are the only criteria, (coupled with an avid interest in > Python :D ), please count me in as well. > > Sure Abhiram and Chetan. Other untold thing is to maintain tone of the conversations and resolve

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

Hi Krace, I'll be interested to help. Please loop me in. On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 5:38 PM, Kiran Gangadharan wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 4:15 PM, kracekumar ramaraju < > kracethekingma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Slack for BangPypers [0] is set up. You need

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

@Krace, If those are the only criteria, (coupled with an avid interest in Python :D ), please count me in as well. On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 7:47 PM, kracekumar ramaraju < kracethekingma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > [...] > > > We will come up guidelines and admins soon. Any volunteers for framing

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 16 August 2015 10:55 AM, kracekumar ramaraju wrote: [...] Um, is chat an absolute necessity for that? I mean, this mailing list already does that, right? Well idea is not to replace ML. ML is has its place. We are discussing this

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

On Sat, Aug 15 2015, kracekumar ramaraju wrote: [...] Biggest problem with IRC is to on board new comers. The learning curve is steep for normal tech users. It only makes life for already acquainted users easier not for new comers. It hardly takes 5-15 minutes get new person to get used to

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

IRC is nice and cool and u don't have to worry it got apps on android and all other plateforms. And can be modrated at ease. I like this On Sun, Aug 16, 2015, 09:10 Rushabh Mehta rme...@gmail.com wrote: snip Gitter.im is another good alternative. Is free for open repositories on GitHub and

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Vivek Sharma vi...@doyl.in wrote: IRC is nice and cool and u don't have to worry it got apps on android and all other plateforms. And can be modrated at ease. I like this AFAIK having apps in all platforms helps users to stick to the conversation and get

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

On 16 August 2015 at 10:41, kracekumar ramaraju kracethekingma...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Vivek Sharma vi...@doyl.in wrote: IRC is nice and cool and u don't have to worry it got apps on android and all other plateforms. And can be modrated at ease. I like this

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

On Sun, Aug 16 2015, sankarshan wrote: [...] An anecdote_of_one: a reason Slack or, Scrollback like services are often preferred over IRC/email is because of the asynchronous nature of request-response. For example, you seek some answer and unless you are logged in, the responses will not be

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

On Sun, Aug 16 2015, kracekumar ramaraju wrote: [...] AFAIK having apps in all platforms helps users to stick to the conversation and get notification. How awesome will it be if someone asks a question and gets an answer after 5 hours and notified for it. [...] Kind of like a mailing list.

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

[...] Surely people who want to participate and contribute ... Let's not limit these conversations to only those who want to code. +1. This will make huge difference. Significant amount of users are on windows and lot prefer web client. Web client has Desktop notification. This is big

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 10:53 PM, kracekumar ramaraju kracethekingma...@gmail.com wrote: [...] BTW do take a look at scrollback.io[1]. [1]https://scrollback.io/scrollback Scrollback looks totally different concept, create rooms and create discussions. It has IRC/Twitter bridge. Not

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Noufal Ibrahim KV nou...@nibrahim.net.in wrote: On Sat, Aug 15 2015, kracekumar ramaraju wrote: [...] Biggest problem with IRC is to on board new comers. The learning curve is steep for normal tech users. It only makes life for already acquainted users

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Noufal Ibrahim KV nou...@nibrahim.net.in wrote: - Logging, notification etc. can be handled by one of the various open source bots out there. We can keep history with as much scrollback as necessary. Most open source chat rooms do this. See

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snip Gitter.im is another good alternative. Is free for open repositories on GitHub and has worked well for us. All you need is to create an organization on GitHub and users would need a GitHub account. -- @rushabh_mehta https://erpnext.com ___

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[...] Um, is chat an absolute necessity for that? I mean, this mailing list already does that, right? Well idea is not to replace ML. ML is has its place. Like any other project which has both IRC/ML. There are lot of ways it will be useful, one example, Let's say there is an workshop in

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

On Sun, Aug 16 2015, kracekumar ramaraju wrote: [...] Surely people who want to participate and contribute ... Let's not limit these conversations to only those who want to code. +1. This will make huge difference. Significant amount of users are on windows and lot prefer web client. Web

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

[...] BTW do take a look at scrollback.io[1]. [1]https://scrollback.io/scrollback Scrollback looks totally different concept, create rooms and create discussions. It has IRC/Twitter bridge. Not sure if it can match all features of slack. ___

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

Slack is good no doubt. But I just don't believe its the right tool for a community. Especially because, it wont be long before we hit the 1 message limit and the 5 free integrations limit. Also, the fact that slack channels are unmoderated goes against its defence for community driven

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 10:51 PM, Indradhanush Gupta indradhanush.gu...@gmail.com wrote: Slack is good no doubt. But I just don't believe its the right tool for a community. Especially because, it wont be long before we hit the 1 message limit and the 5 free integrations limit. Slack

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 15 August 2015 09:50 PM, Chintu Philips Koshy wrote: I have not used Slack, but here's an idea that I have. We could always create a custom python module enabling us to have all the functionalities mentioned by Krace. This will in

[BangPypers] Online communication channel

Hi BangPypers doesn't have any online channel to discuss. Most of the Open source/Free software projects use IRC as tool for instant communication. Lately, lot of people have asked in meetup and at various places does one exist one for BangPypers. Many organizations like Wordpress [1], gopher

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

I have not used Slack, but here's an idea that I have. We could always create a custom python module enabling us to have all the functionalities mentioned by Krace. This will in itself become an Open Source contribution as well as can be attributed to 10 years of Bangpypers(an open source

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

I have not used Slack, but here's an idea that I have. We could always create a custom python module enabling us to have all the functionalities mentioned by Krace. This will in itself become an Open Source contribution as well as can be attributed to 10 years of Bangpypers(an open source

Re: [BangPypers] Online communication channel

Slack is good, but I think we have to pay to keep chat history. On Aug 15, 2015 8:59 PM, kracekumar ramaraju kracethekingma...@gmail.com wrote: Hi BangPypers doesn't have any online channel to discuss. Most of the Open source/Free software projects use IRC as tool for instant communication.

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Slack is great, and the only limitation is archives are limited to last 10,000 messages which probably would not be an issue. On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 9:32 PM, sayantan bhattacharya skb655...@gmail.com wrote: I have not used Slack, but here's an idea that I have. We could always create a custom