[SAC] replacing IRC with gitter

[Jody Garnett]

Thanks Eli, I am kind of only the messenger - if I can be added to the
appropriate GitHub group we can give it a go.

I have enjoyed the discussion and do not mind trying our three month
experiment with something else, I only recommended gitter because:
- I kind of hoped it was more open the slack (looks like I was wrong about
that?)
- I had some knowledge on how to set it up, and the desktop/web/phone apps
are "good"

I also figured it would be a good experiment for the board - to see if it
really the disconnect form of communication that is a trouble, or the
difficulty of scheduling a skype or hangout.

--
Jody Garnett

On 1 September 2016 at 08:29, Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> wrote:

> While I agree with much of what is being said here and I prefer the
> open nature of IRC complete with logs,
> http://irclogs.geoapt.com/osgeo/, that isn't what Jody asked or
> necessarily the role of SAC.  Looking at the Board notes,
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2016-8-24#revision_of_tools_
> facilitating_board_meetings,
> this is a three month experiment.
>
> If the Board wants to try what some of us might think are stupid
> things, that is their option.
>
> Returning to Jody's original message:
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 1:17 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Last week the board decided to try some new technologies that members
> have
> > used on other projects.
> >
> > - To replace email voting --> Loomio (Anita has already set up
> > https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board )
> > - To replace IRC ---> gitter (like slack but more integrated with github)
> >
> > To that end I would like ask how we should set up gitter on the SAC
> mailing
> > list before opening up a ticket or doing the work myself.
>
> He asks for information and also offers to do the work.
>
> >
> > OSGeo does have a hit repo here (https://github.com/osgeo).
> >
> > I know for the geoserver project (as a repo admin) we were able to set
> up a
> > private channel for use in code-sprints
> > (https://gitter.im/orgs/geoserver/rooms). It looks like we may be able
> to
> > allow people to sign in with github or twitter.
> >
> > Could I ask to be added as and admin to https://github.com/OSGeo for
> > experimentation?
>
> And he makes a specific permissions request.
>
> Maybe Mateusz's answer of the existing rooms already addresses this in
> part:
>
> "There is OSGeo rooms, as well as OSGeo/tilecache room already created:
>
> https://gitter.im/orgs/OSGeo/rooms"
>
>
> Best regards, Eli
>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jody Garnett
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 6:34 AM, Björn Harrtell <bjorn.harrtell at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > 2016-09-01 13:59 GMT+02:00 Sandro Santilli <strk at kbt.io>:
> >>
> >> 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 ?
> >
> >
> > Yes, it is something I'm interested to know more about so I will take a
> shot
> > at it when time permits.
> >
> >>
> >> > > 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;
> >
> >
> >
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