[Biopython] How many of you are on Slack?

[Peter Cock]

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 <idoerg at gmail.com> 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 <ivangreg at gmail.com> 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
>> <j.p.g.l.m.rodrigues at gmail.com> 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 <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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