[llvm-dev] RFC: Moving toward Discord and Discourse for LLVM's discussions

[Zachary Turner via llvm-dev]

Chromium uses Slack, fwiw:  https://www.chromium.org/developers/slack


On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 10:18 AM Mehdi AMINI via llvm-dev <
llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

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> On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 9:49 AM Sam Kerner via llvm-dev <
> llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 2:48 AM Chandler Carruth via llvm-dev
>> <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
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>> > Hello everyone,
>> >
>> > Short version:
>> > I've set up an LLVM Discord server for real time chat (similar to IRC)
>> and an LLVM Discourse server for forums (similar to email lists):
>> > https://discord.gg/xS7Z362
>> > https://llvm.discourse.group/
>> >
>> > Please join and use these new services. They are only partially set up
>> and still very new, so don't hesitate to improve them and/or reach out to
>> this thread with any issues you see or things you want to fix. Also, both
>> services have dedicated feedback channels.
>> >
>> > Do feel free to use Discourse for technical discussions, although try
>> not to create duplicate discussions (any more than you would between the
>> lists and Bugzilla) and make sure the people you're having the discussion
>> with are fine using Discourse instead of the email list. In case Discourse
>> doesn't work out, we'll collect and archive everything so it isn't lost.
>>
>> Are there any existing open source projects that use these systems?
>> Do they use them as a substitute for the mailing list, or as a
>> supplement for people who wish to avoid email?
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> I don't know for Discord, but the Swift project is using Discourse:
> https://forums.swift.org
> They started with a bunch of mailing-lists and migrated to Discourse
> later, they imported all the mailing-list archives into Discourse itself I
> believe.
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> --
> Mehdi
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