[Biopython] How many of you are on Slack?

[Tiago Antão]

+1 for considering zulip

Tiago

On Thu, Jul 1, 2021, 7:02 AM Alister Burt <alisterburt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I don’t contribute to Biopython but I work on another open source project
> which makes heavy use of a solution called Zulip. https://zulip.com/
>
> There is some overhead, it’s self hosted, but we really love the
> combination of instantaneous chat with the email threading model that it
> provides.
>
> Best,
>
> Alister
>
> On 30 Jun 2021, at 23:16, Martin Mokrejs <mmokrejs at fold.natur.cuni.cz>
> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>  me too, although I have to use Slack for a project I don't like it. And
> am on second slack channel to which which don't even login using a
> different email address. I don't have time to follow all the notices,
> sorry. If you wan to convert biopython-dev to Slack just do it, it affects
> few people. It is at least clearer than IRC. While shutting down the email
> list you will probably loose some readers. Myself I am not going to
> re-register. I guess others who won't speak will also just disregard if
> they stop receiving emails from the list.
>
>  I am loosing track of biopython development as I did not migrate apps to
> python3, did not switch away from matplotlib, well, do as you wish. I am
> not actively contributing so my participation is not really relevant. If it
> is time burden to maintain the virtuals running mailman etc., well, ...
>
> Best,
> Martin
>
>
> On 30/06/2021 23:38, Stéphane Téletchéa wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> I understand the arguments of all others,
>
> Le 28/06/2021 à 17:00, João Rodrigues a écrit :
>
> An email is "passive": you subscribe and that's it, gets delivered to your
> inbox. It's also the lowest common denominator in terms of tech in the
> sense that everyone has/uses email.
>
>
> But yes, I'm probably more traditional, email is asynchronous and I like
> that.
>
> Personally I really HATE slack, too disperse for my brain, I've worked
> with it for one year and this was awful and very time consuming,
> I'm also using regularly Mattermost and I also dislike it a lot. Students
> say it is wonderful, but this was really because we were confined
> that I had accepted to work like this (taking too much time to be
> productive).
>
> Considering google groups, I also HATE it as google mail etc. I'm also
> concerned about the
> "we cut without delay this service as we don't want to run it anymore"
> policy of Google that happened already on many of their past services.
>
> This is probably only me but I have a very well organised mail box with
> many synchronised mails (sometimes on one computer, sometimes on another
> one),
> and that fits my needs.
>
> If you close the mailing list, then I'd follow, but the existing situation
> is ok to me.
>
> Considering the overhead of running different systems, I completely
> understand the need to leverage it,
> but I'm not sure there are reliable long-term solutions really available.
>
> My 0.02 cents/pennies.
>
> Best,
>
> Stéphane
>
>
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