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Consider setting up a discourse server #41

Closed larsrh closed 8 years ago

larsrh commented 8 years ago

There are plans to consider this in Ensime (ensime/ensime.github.io#171), but this actually makes sense as a central Typelevel "service" too.

Clarification: This is a ticket for discussion. It's not a done deal.

milessabin commented 8 years ago

I'm really not in favour of a move. For better or worse we've established communities around gitter and I don't think we should change unless there's something very concrete and very significant to be gained from moving.

larsrh commented 8 years ago

As far as I can tell one of the advantages is that it offers a long-term solution for storing discussions; in fact, this feature is even built in. There's no such thing for Gitter. And in my personal experience, searching Discourse is easier than searching Gitter.

ghost commented 8 years ago

The other day i wanted to find some old posts on docker from this channel:

docker site:https://gitter.im/typelevel/general/archives

Seems OK to me

rossabaker commented 8 years ago

I don't know when typelevel/general started, but I found the initial message from another chat in January 2015. I think the archives are fine until Gitter dies or turns heel. To protect our history without upsetting the established community, maybe something like a backup with archive-gitter, or some other API solution?

larsrh commented 8 years ago

I didn't know that existed, but it seems like a reasonable solution for permanent archival.

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I don't know when typelevel/general started, but I found the initial message from another chat in January 2015. I think the archives are fine until Gitter dies or turns heel. To protect our history without upsetting the established community, maybe something like a backup with archive-gitter, or some other API solution?

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fommil commented 8 years ago

I like that's it is libre, and not some proprietary vaporware like gitter. Still, it's not a replacement for gitter it's a different medium and would perhaps allow longer discussions around individual topics. Arguably that could also happen on tickets.

larsrh commented 8 years ago

This seems to be overwhelmingly not desired. Closing this for now.