[SAC] replacing IRC with gitter

[Sandro Santilli]

On Thu, Sep 01, 2016 at 12:51:50PM +0200, Björn Harrtell wrote:

> While I also feel that the open core can be hard to swallow I noted that if
> Mattermost is used with GitLab CE it will work with the LDAP integration:
> 
> https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-mattermost

Interesting. It looks like Drone, which basically delegates
authentication to the "git hoster" (I did setup one for the OSGeo Gogs).

Are you up to add gitlab-mattermost to the experimental GitLab
service ? Ideally with an IRC bridge to existing IRC channels ?

> > I hope to be still able in the future to talk with you all via IRC.
> 
> Agreed. I also agree with what Jürgen wrote about the downside of
> fragmentation and while that also might be inevitable if there is to be
> freedom, it would be good if a single channel is encouraged from the
> organisation.

The "bridge" would maybe just add a layer on top of existing IRC
channels (but I hadn't tried it).

--strk;