[Sugar-devel] Proposing a communication switch

[James Cameron]

On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 09:21:11PM +0000, D. Joe wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 07:37:03AM +1100, James Cameron wrote:
> 
> > Slack and Matrix are also popular.

And I forgot to mention Riot.im

> Since it is several links deep now, I'll surface this point I made in
> similar discussions elsewhere, for Sumit's benefit:
> [...]
> My approach is that, if someone wants to try to make one of those bridges
> work, and is willing to put in the time and attention to do it, then I'm OK
> with it. That said "putting in the time and attention to do it" requires a
> level of commitment to making it work and keeping it working we'd probably
> rather see devoted to other things. But if that's what one wishes to do ...
> <*shrug*>.

Agreed.  Also, putting time and attention to do it means to bring
along the rest of the community, and I don't yet see that happening.

Facts don't convince.

> This comes up often enough I have an essay draft sitting around about it
> all. For now, I'll just add this one new link I have to give some academic
> context to this discussion:
> 
> https://flosshub.org/content/considering-use-walled-gardens-floss-project-communication

Agreed.  Very interesting paper.  For Sugar Labs, we have the
segregation of multiple GitHub repositories which has led to a call
for a developer "dashboard" aggregator, and also the "walled-garden"
effect of GitHub pull-requests and issues which are not archived at
sugarlabs.org.  Design and development is segmented rather than
concentrated.  Another chat medium is effectively a proposal to
segment further.

Thread original poster might find an IRC client or persistent presence
tool more suited to their expectations; then document that tool for
others of like-mind.

-- 
James Cameron
http://quozl.netrek.org/