Matt, I don't want to sound too old school but I not sure the use of slack is a good idea:
At least one ASF project that has decided to move away from Gitter: https://www.mail-archive.com/dev@airflow.incubator.apache.org/msg00901.html Apparently there are issues around accessibility: https://www.christianheilmann.com/2016/01/10/dont-use-slack/ https://www.marcozehe.de/2016/01/16/status-of-the-accessibility-of-slack/ Some people seem to explicit oppose the idea: http://sircmpwn.github.io/2015/11/01/Please-stop-using-slack.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/17/no_slack_for_open_sourcers/ And some point to a handy reminder of the risks associated with similar moves... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitKeeper#Pricing_change Having said that, happy to work with whatever people prefer. Cheers On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 1:53 AM, Matt Burgess <mattyb...@apache.org> wrote: > All, > > I'd like to revisit the idea of having (and promoting) a Slack team > for the Apache NiFi community. We broached the subject in an email > thread a while back [1]. The email lists are great and IRC per se is > still popular in the open-source community, but I think for folks that > are more comfortable in the Slack environment, this would be another > good avenue for the community to get together. > > We could perhaps add integrations with the email list(s), IRC > channel(s), GitHub, etc. as sort of a one-stop shop for NiFi > communication, or just use it for online collaboration. > > I'm thinking it would be invite-only (to avoid bots, spam, etc.) but > that it would be fully open to the community, just an email to an > admin (such as myself) to request an invitation (kind of like a manual > version of the Apache Mailing List subscribe bot). The code of conduct > would be the Apache Software Foundation's CoC [2], as it is a > "communication channel used by our communities". I have seen this same > invite-only approach work well for other ASF projects with Slack > teams. > > I grabbed a URL [3] just in case the community would like to proceed > (nifi.slack.com is taken, but if someone in the community owns it and > wants to use that instead, it's all good). The PMC would be > owners/admins, my email address (mattyb...@apache.org) could be the > destination for invite requests, and we could discuss what > integrations, access rights (creating new channels, e.g.), etc. are > appropriate. > > > Thanks, > Matt > > [1] https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/nifi-users/ > 201511.mbox/%3CCA+w4d5RJvxvFEnGVsexCSmEvzL_TxG_Ne2KEiFsrGEapCwoOAQ@mail. > gmail.com%3E > > [2] https://www.apache.org/foundation/policies/conduct > > [3] https://apachenifi.slack.com >
