Re: [Biopython] How many of you are on Slack?

To be clear, the current OBF use of Google Groups is for things like
the board, GSoC mentors, and BOSC committee (private groups, no public
archive). I don't think we have any examples using a public Google
Group (yet).

Peter

On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 4:34 PM Iddo Friedberg <[email protected]> wrote:
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> 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?
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> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 12:02 PM Ivan Gregoretti <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Migrating to Google groups sounds very appealing to this Biopython reader.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Ivan
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>> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 11:00 AM João Rodrigues
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> > 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 <[email protected]> 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
>> >> <[email protected]> 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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