Re: Replace the #taverna IRC channel with Gitter webchat?

[Thilina Manamgoda]

Hi this is a really good idea !

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 10:26 PM, Gale Naylor 
wrote:

> I signed up and signed it. Looks interesting.
>
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 3:54 AM Stian Soiland-Reyes 
> 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/-0001-9842-9718
> >
>

Re: Replace the #taverna IRC channel with Gitter webchat?

[Gale Naylor]

I signed up and signed it. Looks interesting.

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 3:54 AM Stian Soiland-Reyes 
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/-0001-9842-9718
>