[QGIS-Developer] Request for a Github Webhook

[Richard Duivenvoorde]

Hi Joshua,
Yep, had a little talk about it with others.
Will add it as soon as I have some free time.
Regards,
Richard

On 20/05/2019 22.01, Joshua wrote:
> 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
>>