Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-06-15 Thread Jackson Isaac
On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 2:03 PM Rainer Müller wrote: > > On 14.06.19 13:01, Nils Breunese wrote: > > > > Chris jones wrote: > > > >> ( The main problem I have, is not something specific to Riot or whatever > >> forum we use, but more we need to perhaps give some thought to the > >> channels.

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-06-15 Thread Rainer Müller
On 14.06.19 13:01, Nils Breunese wrote: > > Chris jones wrote: > >> ( The main problem I have, is not something specific to Riot or whatever >> forum we use, but more we need to perhaps give some thought to the channels. >> Currently there is really only one, which gets (some) chat but also

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-06-15 Thread Rainer Müller
On 14.06.19 11:10, Chris Jones wrote: > ( The main problem I have, is not something specific to Riot or whatever > forum we use, but more we need to perhaps give some thought to the > channels. Currently there is really only one, which gets (some) chat but > also messages for each and every

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-06-14 Thread Nils Breunese
Chris jones wrote: > ( The main problem I have, is not something specific to Riot or whatever > forum we use, but more we need to perhaps give some thought to the channels. > Currently there is really only one, which gets (some) chat but also messages > for each and every commit. I don't

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-06-14 Thread Chris Jones
I would say we can try Riot (also mentioned earlier by Rainer), as I see lot of pros put up for it in [1]. We can also explore discord as an option. If none works, we can stick to IRC. I've been trying Riot out for a bit now, since this discussion started. Its not bad I would say.. ( The

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-06-13 Thread Jackson Isaac
On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 8:04 AM Mojca Miklavec wrote: > > Hi, > > As a quick feedback: Gitter doesn't seem to be mature enough, so that > those of us who kept testing it (for about three weeks) would want to > use it in the long run. > > * The Android app constantly keeps crashing. > * Even if it

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-06-13 Thread Mojca Miklavec
Hi, As a quick feedback: Gitter doesn't seem to be mature enough, so that those of us who kept testing it (for about three weeks) would want to use it in the long run. * The Android app constantly keeps crashing. * Even if it is not crashing, I wasn't able to configure it to get notifications

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-05-18 Thread Rainer Müller
On 18.05.19 00:04, Rainer Müller wrote: > On 17.05.19 23:54, Umesh Singla wrote: >> I tried setting one up. Well, it only takes one to sign up (email >> optional) and create rooms. Please give it >> a try: https://riot.im/app/#/room/#macports-public:matrix.org. This >> one's a public room, you can

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-05-16 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Thu, 16 May 2019 at 19:47, Rainer Müller wrote: > > I am really confused what you want to set up for Matrix? If you are asking me ... I don't know, I never used it and I never took a closer look, so I'm not sure how it works. I assumed that someone needs to configure something somewhere to

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-05-16 Thread Ruben Di Battista
If you want I can try to setup the Community and the IRC bridge... On Thu, 16 May 2019, 08:31 Ruben Di Battista, wrote: > I would like to stress once again about Matrix. > > If we setup Matrix, we can bridge the channels with whatever service you > might need. First of all IRC, so people that

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-05-16 Thread Ruben Di Battista
I would like to stress once again about Matrix. If we setup Matrix, we can bridge the channels with whatever service you might need. First of all IRC, so people that like to keep hanging out there can still do it with the additional benefits of having more people to talk with. These other people

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-05-16 Thread Rainer Müller
On 2019-05-14 22:32, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Tue, 14 May 2019 at 18:11, Rainer Müller wrote: >>> Would it be realistic to install such a service on breaburn if needed? >>> (Or is it too complex / too much work?) >> >> I'd prefer a SaaS offering here. Self-hosting just increases the >>

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-05-16 Thread Rainer Müller
On 2019-05-14 18:11, Rainer Müller wrote: For the self-hosted options, Rocket Chat would be an option. However, when we used it at work, after a while I started to miss some kind of threading for longer conversations. Although we also usually do not have long conversations or that much

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-05-14 Thread Umesh Singla
I remember seeing Gitter.im being used by more than a usual number of open source communities in the past. While I am personally fine with Github Issues/PRs and emails, a chat-like application does come in handy for quick replies. I logged in just now to my old account from over 2 years back and

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-05-14 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Tue, 14 May 2019 at 18:11, Rainer Müller wrote: > > I think Slack workspaces are also always invite only, but please correct > me if I am wrong (maybe only for paid plans?). Assuming we might want to > replace IRC one day as the official development and support chat, that > would not work well.

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-05-14 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Tue, 14 May 2019 at 19:15, Nils Breunese wrote: > > Slack provides shareable invite links, but they expire. This blog post lists > some other options: > > https://intoli.com/blog/make-a-public-slack-community/ > > Looks like it requires some work, but it’s possible to setup. > Note that I

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-05-14 Thread Nils Breunese
Rainer Müller wrote: > I think Slack workspaces are also always invite only, but please correct > me if I am wrong (maybe only for paid plans?). Slack provides shareable invite links, but they expire. This blog post lists some other options:

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-05-14 Thread Rainer Müller
On 12.05.19 21:49, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Sun, 12 May 2019 at 21:15, Clemens Lang wrote: >> On Thu, May 09, 2019 at 11:38:16PM +0200, Mojca Miklavec wrote: >>> I know that our official channels only include mailing lists, IRC and >>> PR/ticket discussion so far, but I'm curious about your

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-05-12 Thread Mark Anderson
We could also try discord. It’s free like slack, but doesn’t have limitations in the free version. RocketChat or the like might be worth it if we want to run it on heroku or aws or something. With Slack there may be Open Source project exceptions that let us use the premium stuff for free. (I’ve

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-05-12 Thread Andrew Janke
On 5/12/19 3:49 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > I looked at Zulip chat which was used for GSOC meeting. That one would > also only retain the last few thousand messages unless we payed an > amount that we could not afford as a project. > Mattermost probably doesn't offer any free SaaS option? >

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-05-12 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Sun, 12 May 2019 at 21:15, Clemens Lang wrote: > On Thu, May 09, 2019 at 11:38:16PM +0200, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > > I know that our official channels only include mailing lists, IRC and > > PR/ticket discussion so far, but I'm curious about your stand with > > respect to setting up a service

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-05-12 Thread Clemens Lang
Hi, On Thu, May 09, 2019 at 11:38:16PM +0200, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > I know that our official channels only include mailing lists, IRC and > PR/ticket discussion so far, but I'm curious about your stand with > respect to setting up a service like Zulip Chat / Rocket Chat / ... > for aiding the

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-05-09 Thread Chris Jones
Hi, I think setting up something like this would be a great idea. Like mojca, irc is no use to me for a number of reasons. I need to be able to be offline for periods, and switch between multiple different devices without missing messages, and with irc this is tough.. We use a self hosted

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-05-09 Thread Ao Liu
I strongly recommend Slack. It has been used in many national labs nowadays. Smartphone apps are also done nicely. On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 4:43 PM Ruben Di Battista wrote: > I suggest to get a look to Matrix.org. They perfectly integrate with IRC, > but they have bridges for everything. No need

Re: Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-05-09 Thread Ruben Di Battista
I suggest to get a look to Matrix.org. They perfectly integrate with IRC, but they have bridges for everything. No need to self host (but you can and it's federated with the rest of the fédération) It's a pretty cool technology IMHO. On Thu, 9 May 2019, 23:38 Mojca Miklavec, wrote: > Hi, > >

Slack-like chat (also for GSOC)

2019-05-09 Thread Mojca Miklavec
Hi, I know that our official channels only include mailing lists, IRC and PR/ticket discussion so far, but I'm curious about your stand with respect to setting up a service like Zulip Chat / Rocket Chat / ... for aiding the GSOC communication when higher frequency of potentially simple questions