+1 As an ASF project, if the ASF provides an enterprise communication platform, we should take advantage of it.
- Rawlin On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 6:52 PM Chris Lemmons <alfic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > +1 on moving > > I'm -1 on using Slack for open source projects in general, but I seem to > have lost that battle. I would drastically prefer Matrix (offers 80% of the > features we care about from Slack), but does not ask potential contributors > to give up certain freedoms in exchange for Slack. Matrix is free as in > Speech (but it turns out nothing is free as in Beer because hardware, > energy, maintenance, and security have costs). > > I'm in favor of moving, though. The existing ASF Slack will promote > inter-project teamwork and cross-pollination. > > > > On Tue, May 25, 2021, 12:36 ocket 8888 <ocket8...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > +1 > > > > I still don't like using Slack for open-source projects - because it's > > closed-source and not feature-rich enough to overlook that fact, IMO - but > > this move represents a definite improvement over the current situation. > > > > On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 11:51 AM Jeremy Mitchell <mitchell...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > I'm all for moving to ASF slack > > > > > > On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 11:35 AM Dave Neuman <neu...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > > I don't think we have any more good reasons to stay on a standalone > > > slack. > > > > We do have about 700 users in our current slack and I doubt we get them > > > all > > > > to move, but I suppose all of the active folks would move. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 9:14 AM Zach Hoffman <zrhoff...@apache.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi ATC, > > > > > > > > > > The official Apache Software Foundation slack ( > > > > https://the-asf.slack.com/ > > > > > , > > > > > invite at https://s.apache.org/slack-invite ) did not exist when > > > > > https://traffic-control-cdn.slack.com/ was made. It's on an > > enterprise > > > > > plan, so it does not face the limitations that our Slack workspace > > > faces, > > > > > such as only being able to see the last 10,000 messages, only being > > > able > > > > to > > > > > add 10 bots, etc. > > > > > > > > > > ASF Infra has added a webhook for the repo's commit activity to be > > > posted > > > > > to #traffic-control-commits in the ASF slack, and we can add as many > > > > > channels as we want. Any reason not to switch? > > > > > > > > > > -Zach > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
