... a complete waste (at least for me).

Slack is great for chit-chat but not for anything seriously technical. Here is 
an example:

There was a message from josefv on October 5th with a question about object 
qualification during a fetch. This question resulted in a very interesting 
technical discussion on how to solve the problem. hugi and samuel chimed in and 
presented a solution including great background info. The discussion was 
interrupted by unrelated messages and another technical question. 

I tried to follow the threads but soon got lost. I strongly suggest that such 
technical issues MUST NOT be discussed on Slack but must be CARRIED OUT ON THE 
MAILING LIST. Slack is not searchable, the threads are not followable, Google 
does not index Slack discussions (as far as I know). And most of all the 
discussion thread is not easily archived. 

Any mailinglist posting defines a discussion thread that can be followed and 
archived. I often remember that there was some discussion about an issue I have 
during my work and most of the time I can find the relevant messages in my mail 
archive.

What do others think? Is it just me? I may not understand properly how to work 
with Slack. If that's the case, fine, please enlighten me.

Long live WO !
(yes, I know, but.... anyway. Long live WO ! )

---markus---
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