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<p>Hi Richard,</p>
<p>I sent a reply direct to your email a couple of days ago but it
may have endned up in your spam folder. Sending it here again just
in case.<br>
</p>
<p><i>Here is what I sent along with the Discord webhook URL...</i></p>
<p>I too believe in open source principles and have been helping my
son contribute to Minetest (LGPL). There is a strong presence of
Minetest contributers on Discord so I set up an account there. The
devs did not want to make Discord an official communication HUB of
Minetest, though they understood it's importance to the community
and allowed a Github feed to be sent to there. There is an active
presence of like minded folks on the Minetest Discord where users
discuss modding of the game, ask for help from other members and
share their works.
<br>
<br>
I then looked for a QGIS Discord server but couldn't find one. I
decided to make one for other people who wanted the same thing. In
just a couple of days since launching the server we now have 28
members <i>(now 35)</i>.
<br>
<br>
Discord currently has 130 million registered users and is growing.
Many people would happily join a Discord QGIS server because they
already use Discord and log in everyday. And many of these people
would not join other QGIS communication sites because it would be
another app they need to use or another website they need to log
into each day.
<br>
<br>
My vision for this server is to have it function much the same way
it does for Minetest. A place to hang out, ask questions,
contribute and showcase work. Having a Github feed would allow
members to keep appraised of the latest core development and
perhaps inspire them to contribute by making their own pull
requests. I believe this Discord server will have a net positive
effect for QGIS.</p>
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<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Joshua</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 18/05/19 11:20 PM, Richard
Duivenvoorde wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">On 18/05/2019 04.28, Joshua wrote:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Hi,
I started an unofficial QGIS Discord server and would like one of our
channels to have a live feed of Github commits. A webhook would have to
be set up by a QGIS github admin. Is this possible?
I can provide the Discord webhook in a direct email or Slack DM to the
admin who will need it.
The discord server is at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://discord.gg/9eA7P6U">https://discord.gg/9eA7P6U</a>
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Hi Joshua,
You can sent me the url (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:richard@qgis.org">richard@qgis.org</a>), but maybe we first have to
discuss here a little what would be the benefit (for us as QGIS community).
I'm not familiar with Discord, but Wikipedia tells me:
"Discord is a proprietary freeware VoIP application and digital
distribution platform designed for video gaming communities..."
I like the idea of non devs having some insight about what is going on
(though we do have github itself, and gitter [1]), and which makes me
wonder how many communication channels we want to serve), and if it
would not be more appropriate to use some FOSS tool for this?
Can you tell us a little more about your plans?
Regards,
Richard Duivenvoorde
[0] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discord_(software)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discord_(software)</a>
[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://gitter.im/qgis/QGIS">https://gitter.im/qgis/QGIS</a>
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