In my opinion, Slack can be quite useful for discussing things “live.” However,
one of the main problems I have with Slack — I am using it for some other
projects — is that it is easy to lose track if important things are discussed
and one is not constantly online and checking the timeline. In a
I agree: the limiting factor is everybody's time. Technology doesn't help
much in this respect. I am afraid that if we add a slack channel, we are
just going to get much dilution. I don't see what killer feature that
slack has that would suddenly make it that knowledgeable people have more
time.
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I am sure there are many people disappointed by the idea that we may not
run with GSoC this year. On the one hand, we could – as Gaël has suggested
– really benefit from having more people involved in the maintenance of
scikit-learn, and GSoC provides a potential pathway for newcomers. On the
other
