Hi Gwen, I like Slack and I think it's great for companies. However, there are a few things that make it less suitable for open-source projects, in my opinion. More below.
On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 5:59 AM, Gwen Shapira <gshap...@cloudera.com> wrote: > > Joining Slack requires an invitation. We can take invite-requests in > the mailing lists (like we do for KIP hangout). > I wanted to point this out as this may be considered non-Apache > (although I didn't find any specific wording against invite-only > channels in addition to the mailing list). > This is indeed one of the two main issues. Requiring an invite to modify a wiki or to participate in a hangout is not too bad. However, requiring an invite to see and search present and past conversations is too much of a barrier for casual users. If we are to adopt a text chat system, users should be able to see and search the conversations seamlessly, IMO. The second main issue is that one can only browse and search the 10k most recent messages in the free version. Using the paid version fixes this, but the fact that it's a per user license model makes it impractical unless we were able to get a special deal. As much as I like Slack, I don't think it provides enough over IRC or Gitter to outweigh these issues. What do others think? Best, Ismael
