Hi, Apache Ignite [1] is using Gitter, and it seems to work really well.
Best regards, Vladisav [1] https://gitter.im/apacheignite/ignite On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 8:11 PM, Jason Kuster <jasonkus...@google.com.invalid > wrote: > Gitter does look like it solves many of the challenges we've been facing > and looks like it's had wide adoption in some open-source communities. I > haven't found any other official Apache projects using it, so we could be > the vanguard here. > > On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 9:45 AM, Eric Anderson <eric...@google.com.invalid> > wrote: > > > While on the topic: Have we considered alternatives like Gitter > > <http://gitter.im>? I'm not very familiar with Slack or Gitter, but > Gitter > > advertises being a little friendlier to open invites. > > > > On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 9:38 AM Dan Halperin <dhalp...@google.com.invalid > > > > wrote: > > > > > My understanding is that if you use something like that plugin, and > they > > > detect it, Slack will ban you from new invites entirely or otherwise > > punish > > > you. They want this friction for free projects so that there's pressure > > to > > > pay. > > > > > > On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 9:18 AM, Jesse Anderson < > > je...@bigdatainstitute.io> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Is possible to change how Slack invites are handled? This might > > encourage > > > > our community contributions. > > > > > > > > Right now, people have to email in (causing extra dev@/user@ > emails). > > I > > > > did > > > > a quick search and found this <https://github.com/rauchg/slackin> so > > > > people > > > > can invite themselves. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Jesse > > > > -- > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Jesse > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ------- > Jason Kuster > Apache Beam / Google Cloud Dataflow >
