On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 09:36:52AM +0200, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > #python-dev on IRC has been wildly successful until perhaps 2015. > Personally, I would have no problem using IRC if wanted to connect to a chat > for CPython at all.
I know, it was useful, and #python is still. The bot, github, buildbot made it more alerts only. Looks like Victor and few others still use it. > Similarly, I would have no problem using Zulip. I would even say that Zulip > is by far the best chat system I've ever used, and the alternatives don't > come near. Its threading system is really superior to everything else. With Zulip, I find it hard to understand, why I need two namespaces (for lack of better term) before I start writing my text in Zulip chat. #topic->subtopic [content] I have not been a part of the community that uses Zulip effectively, so I haven't learnt it well. > The idea that if people don't use IRC and Zulip, then we should try another > chat system, sounds like magical thought. What kind of properties do Slack, > Gitter or Discord have that Zulip doesn't? They are actually quite annoying > in my experience. Some have community advantage. K8s, Golang people are on Slack. Multiple Companies are on Slack, technical barrier is very low. Similar is the case with Discord. Community usage, and usability _perhaps_ go hand in hand. General numbers could support for this. That said. If we (a quorum) feel comfortable using anything like IRC, Zulip, I agree, we don't need another one. -- Senthil _______________________________________________ python-committers mailing list -- python-committers@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-committers-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-committers.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-committers@python.org/message/LYK567UL32MQS7IBRFADWM5WIN3AY57Q/ Code of Conduct: https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
