New GStreamer Matrix chat space
Edward Hervey via gstreamer-devel <[email protected]> Tue, 12 Dec 2023 09:26:36 +0100
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.video.gstreamer.devel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Hello everyone, As part of the ongoing effort to provide better tooling and services for the GStreamer community at wide, there is now a [Matrix](https://matrix.org/) instance for GStreamer available at https://matrix.to/#/#community:gstreamer.org . You can join using a [matrix client](https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/) and a matrix account (the GStreamer instance does not provide account creation). The decision comes after discussions that took place during the gstreamer conference/hackfest and discussions here : https://discourse.gstreamer.org/t/a-replacement-for-irc/151 . But the summary is that Matrix provides a modern chat system with features people expect in this day and age, while not being a closed silo. There are already some rooms up: * [General Discussion](https://matrix.to/#/#gstreamer:gstreamer.org) The main discussion channel * [GStreamer newcomers](https://matrix.to/#/#newcomers:gstreamer.org) for those new to GStreamer * [GStreamer Releases](https://matrix.to/#/#releases:gstreamer.org) for preparing releases * [Rust 🦀 GStreamer](https://matrix.to/#/#rust:gstreamer.org) for the crustaceous multimedians * [Python 🐍 GStreamer](https://matrix.to/#/#python:gstreamer.org) for the pythonistas * [Sysadmin and service support](https://matrix.to/#/#sysadmin:gstreamer.org) for discussions and questions on the services behind gstreamer.org (matrix, discourse, mail, ...) * And more rooms will be made available on a as-needed basis Note that a client with support for spaces and threads is recommended (but not mandatory). In terms of the OFTC IRC channel, it will remain bridged to matrix (2/3 users in `#gstreamer` on IRC are already accessing it via Matrix), but we recommend switching over to using the above matrix rooms since: * They provide the full matrix experience (history, threads, search, emojis, calls,...) * They offer more rooms than the (single) IRC room * Using the IRC bridge requires you to handle IRC commands if you wish to join/speak there (NickServ) * The IRC bridge isn't maintained by the GStreamer community and we cannot guarantee it will always be around/up.