[Starlingx-discuss] Community Communication Channels

[open infra]

CentOS, TDF/LibreOffice, and Libre Graphics use Libra Chat and Scala, and
many others use discord.
Fedora and many others use metrix. I think its better switch to metrix as
as the OpenDev Collaboratory has a metrix server (.as Jeremy Stanley
mentioned in his reply).





On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 11:34 PM Ildiko Vancsa <ildiko at openinfra.dev> wrote:

> Hi StarlingX Community,
>
> I’m reaching out to you about a recurring topic that came up during the
> PTG last week again.
>
> While the community is actively using the mailing list, it is not always
> the best platform, as it doesn’t allow for more synchronous chat.
> Contributors at the event had a growing interest in finding a way to
> provide the opportunity for more synchronous communication to capture the
> project teams’ chatters, and enable newcomers to reach out and start to
> participate.
>
> Challenges:
>   * Tooling: People raised that while it is an open protocol, IRC still
> doesn’t feel inclusive due to its simplicity.
>   * Format: The current one-channel setup doesn’t feel efficient and
> comfortable, since people need to address everyone in the channel with
> every topic they have a question or comment about.
>
>
> Proposal to move forward:
>   * Tooling: The preferred tool in last week’s conversation was Matrix -
> https://matrix.org
>     - It is an open tool, which ensures continued access to the platform
> and its features
>     - It is more modern than IRC
>
>   * Format: The idea came up to create multiple channels for the StarlingX
> project
>     - We can keep the all-community channel
>     - We can create channels for each project team, that are more topic
> specific
>     - We also have the option to create a channel for newcomers, which
> could include troubleshooting type of conversations as well
>
>
> In order to identify next steps, please share your feedback about the
> proposal above. Ie: What do you think about Matrix? Would you be more
> comfortable using a chat tool with the more fine grained configuration of
> having multiple channels?
>
> Thanks and Best Regards,
> Ildikó
>
> ———
>
> Ildikó Váncsa
> Director of Community
> Open Infrastructure Foundation
>
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