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  • Subject: Re: Slack is ....
  • From: Hugi Thordarson <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 19:17:48 +0000

I agree on all accounts. Slack should be for… Well… Slacking. Anything worth archiving should stay on the list.

- hugi



> On 20. okt. 2016, at 17:30, David LeBer <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Agreed,
>
> Mailing lists may be old school and no longer (if ever) hip, but they do have a lot going for them:
>
> - Data is retained.
> - Threads are maintained, and often self contained - save the last message in a thread to archive the entire discussion.
> - Searchable archives (usually) both online, and stored locally.
> - Low investment - you can ignore the list until you need it, search for applicable stuff, and post if you cannot find anything.
>
> Not as quick turnaround as a chat platform for kibitzing and building community, but for actual knowledge retention, much better IMHO.
>
> --
> D
>
> On October 20, 2016 at 1:19:53 PM, Andrus Adamchik (email@hidden) wrote:
>
>> > I tried to follow the threads but soon got lost. I strongly suggest that such technical issues MUST NOT be discussed on Slack but must be CARRIED OUT ON THE MAILING LIST. Slack is not searchable, the threads are not followable, Google does not index Slack discussions (as far as I know). And most of all the discussion thread is not easily archived.
>>
>> Good assessment. A few thousands people at the Apache Software Foundation would likely concur. Mailing lists may feel old, but so far are the best way of communication for distributed volunteer communities.
>>
>> Andrus
>>
>>
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