[QGIS-Developer] Request for a Github Webhook

Tue May 21 01:30:49 PDT 2019

I just added your url as webhook, but does not seem to work.

Configured it as 'sent all' and tried both xml and json payload.

Is your url active?
What is it you are expecting?

Richard

On 2019-05-21 09:49, Tim Sutton wrote:
> Hi Joshua
> 
> Out of curiosity, what is the link between minetest and QGIS? I have
> seen tools to create Minecraft worlds with QGIS / GIS layers, are you
> doing something similar with Minetest? If so could you share your
> workflows for doing that?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Tim
> 
>> On 20 May 2019, at 21:01, Joshua <admin at base.nz> 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
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