> On 3 Aug 2017, at 10:33, Alex Blewitt <alb...@apple.com> wrote: > >> On 2 Aug 2017, at 20:34, David Hart via swift-corelibs-dev >> <swift-corelibs-dev@swift.org> wrote: >> >> Hello Corelibs dev, > > Hi David, welcome! > >> A few months back, I wanted to start contributing more seriously to Swift >> Open Source. I ended up helping out on the Swift Package Manager project and >> had a very positive experience. It’s not easy to jump into a big project and >> it would not have been such a success for me without their official Slack >> channel where I was grateful to often find a helping hand when I had doubts, >> questions, or wanted to discuss and understand the process or direction of >> the project. That medium really helped me to ask the kind of questions I was >> afraid to ask on the mailing-list, which feels like a more formal medium. >> >> Now that I’m looking into what I can do on corelibs-foundation, I really >> wish an equivalent channel existed. Is this an idea the corelibs team would >> be interested in entertaining? > > Yes, and indeed something that's been discussed for a while now is the > possibility of moving the mailing lists to a forum: > > https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-evolution/Week-of-Mon-20170731/038452.html > > Although Ted initially started the discussion with 'for swift-evolution' he > later clarified he thought all should move: > > https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-evolution/Week-of-Mon-20170731/038454.html > > While it's not a Slack channel, I wonder if this would suit your needs if it > were to happen?
I’ve followed those discussions and am very excited about moving the mailing lists to Discourse, but I think it doesn’t fundamentally change the medium. I think a chat channel is really a different beast. > Alex _______________________________________________ swift-corelibs-dev mailing list swift-corelibs-dev@swift.org https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-corelibs-dev
