[QGIS-Developer] Request for a Github Webhook

[Joshua]

Hi Richard,

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.

/Here is what I sent along with the Discord webhook URL.../

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.

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 /(now 35)/.

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.

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.


Regards,

Joshua


On 18/05/19 11:20 PM, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote:
> On 18/05/2019 04.28, Joshua wrote:
>> 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: https://discord.gg/9eA7P6U
> Hi Joshua,
>
> You can sent me the url (richard at qgis.org), 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] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discord_(software)
> [1] https://gitter.im/qgis/QGIS
>
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