Say you want to contribute to a project and find out the only way to do so is by discussing the issue on IRC or the mailing list, then submitting the patch per email.

  • pnutzh4x0r@lemmy.ndlug.org
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    1 year ago

    I’m fine with IRC (actually prefer it as I use it all the time).

    I agree with others that a mailing list is more intimidating and more of a hassle, but if there is a web archive, I can live with that. It wouldn’t be my preference, but it wouldn’t be an insurmountable barrier (I have contributed to Alpine Linux in the past via their mailing list workflow).

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        1 year ago

        I would be less willing to contribute/participate in discussions if newer platforms such as discord, slack, or matrix are used. Of those three, I would prefer discord, then slack, then matrix.

        As it is, I only use Slack for work, and mostly avoid discord and matrix except for a few mostly dead channels/servers.

        I understand that this is not the mainstream view and that most people prefer the newer platforms, but personally, I am not a fan of them nor do I use them.

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          Of those three, I would prefer discord, then slack, then matrix.

          So #1 discord, #2 slack, and #3 matrix? Am I getting that right? Why that ranking?

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            1 year ago

            It comes down to bridging. I use discord and slack via IRC bridges. I actually use slack a lot (for work), but primarily through irslackd. I do not use slack for anything outside of work and would prefer to keep it that way.

            For discord, I primarily use it through bitlbee-discord. With this bridge/gateway, I can actually chat on different servers at the same time, so I wouldn’t mind this for different communities if I had to.

            Matrix is last because I don’t really have a good briding solution for it and it just seems clunkier than the other two for me.