[Biopython] How many of you are on Slack?

[Iddo Friedberg]

Slack sounds useful for developers.. especially if you have a quick :"how
to" question or need to solve a problem quickly. Less troublesome than the
email list. Perhaps Google Groups AND a slack biopython channel, just like
OBF does?

On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 12:02 PM Ivan Gregoretti <ivangreg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Migrating to Google groups sounds very appealing to this Biopython reader.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Ivan
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 11:00 AM João Rodrigues
> <j.p.g.l.m.rodrigues at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > My "issue" with having announcements in a blog or twitter or so (only)
> is that you have to make an active effort to read them as a user. I see
> your point with feeds (Feedly user here too) but it's an extra layer (in my
> opinion), and the more layers, the less involvement.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Migrating to a Google group should be simple too, you can (could at
> least) subscribe automatically all the members of the current list so that
> there's no action necessary on their end.
> >
> >
> > A segunda, 28/06/2021, 10:38, Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com>
> escreveu:
> >>
> >> My goal is both reduce OBF maintenance, and better connect with the
> >> Biopython community - it seems this mailing list is  sub-optimal on
> >> both front.
> >>
> >> As to consolidation/relocation, I was thinking blog (read only
> >> announcements),  free-tier Slack (real-time interactions including
> >> user support), and Github (dev support and discussions). But maybe
> >> with the slow decline in news reader popularity (I personally have
> >> used Feedly ever since Google Reader was dropped), you're right and
> >> there is still a role for some kind of email based announcements list?
> >>
> >> (Note that some of the smaller non-public OBF mailing lists have for
> >> some time forwarded to private Google Groups; your suggestion would
> >> not be such a big upheaval)
> >>
> >> Peter
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 3:27 PM João Rodrigues
> >> <j.p.g.l.m.rodrigues at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I understand your points.
> >> >
> >> > If the purpose is to reduce the load on OBF to maintain and host all
> these things, what about creating a single mailing list on google groups
> (free, archived, easy to use) and use that for announcements and an initial
> point of contact? You could then combine google group (announcements),
> free-tier Slack (real-time user support), and Github (dev support) and
> cover pretty much all corners with remote hosted tools that archive the
> most important conversations.
> >> >
> >> > Never used Gitter or other chat platforms.
> >
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