At this stage I only really want to consider slack. If that is successful we can consider other ways of helping the CouchDB community.
On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 1:06 PM, Martin Broerse <[email protected]> wrote: > I am ok with this but would like http://www.discourse.org/ better. This > way > you can google old discussions and advice given will not be lost. See: > https://discuss.emberjs.com/ > > - Martin > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 8:22 AM, Garren Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > I would like create a slack channel for the CouchDB community. IRC is > often > > considered a barrier to entry for people wanting to ask questions and > learn > > about CouchDB. Slack is a lot easier and less intimidating to get started > > with. When we do this, we would setup a IRC <-> Slack bridge. So that > > people on slack can communicate to people on IRC. So if you prefer IRC > you > > can still use it. > > > > The best success story for this model is the PouchDB community, they > have a > > slack channel with a bridge that links the IRC channel. And the community > > has really grown significantly since this has been implemented. I know > the > > Hoodie team also has something like this and it has also worked well. > > > > I would like to do the same, with a slack channel with two rooms that > then > > have a bridge back to #couchdb and #couchdb-dev. > > > > Would everyone be ok with this? Could we trial it for 3 - 4 months and > see > > how it goes? > > > > Cheers > > Garren > > > > Apache CouchDB PMC > > >
