Re: The secret WOCommunity Slack channel?
Re: The secret WOCommunity Slack channel?
- Subject: Re: The secret WOCommunity Slack channel?
- From: Matt Lee via Webobjects-dev <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2020 17:35:23 -0500
Slack sucks. Wikis are hard.
I’m here to help with whatever we need to keep moving. I have a GitLab
server (git.gnu.io) and the wiki there is git based. There’s also
Mattermost which is like Slack.
On Sunday, November 1, 2020, Jérémy DE ROYER via Webobjects-dev <
email@hidden> wrote:
> Yes, I do agree with Hugi, we need to re-establish WOCommunity... with a
> board... to structure things and organize the decisions to be made
>
> I miss the WO-days.
>
> I hate covid
>
> Jérémy
>
> Le 1 nov. 2020 à 20:53, Hugi Thordarson via Webobjects-dev <
> email@hidden> a écrit :
>
> I kind of hate Slack as well. But unfortunately it currently seems like
> the nicest place for real time chat.
>
> I agree about the worries of divergence. We need to re-establish
> WOCommunity.
>
> As for the old wiki pages, I think they should just be plain abandoned and
> buried. There's more misinformation there than information. If we make a
> replacement I think it should be more of a blog-style, linking to articles
> that people can maintain themselves, like your Docker/WO work that I would
> love to hear more about :).
>
> - hugi
>
>
>
> On 1 Nov 2020, at 18:09, Jesse Tayler <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> I hate slack but we could use a channel like that, I worry about any form
> of divergence because we’re already few and far between
>
> I have had great luck with Docker and WO and have a few modern frameworks
> that help keep our apps nicely modern and I’m actually really happy with
> the results so I still love WO and haven’t found anything I could wield
> that kind of power.
>
> I should put the Docker stuff into a WIKI page, but I’m also wondering
> about the ‘old’ wiki and who’s maintaining any of that or if we should
> largely start again or something.
>
> Ideas?
>
>
>
> On Nov 1, 2020, at 1:06 PM, Hugi Thordarson via Webobjects-dev <
> email@hidden> wrote:
>
> The Slack channel is in no way or form meant to be a secret. It's
> something I started for fun a during a WOWODC session and the more people
> that join the better!
>
> I thought it was "common knowledge" by now but I can absolutely understand
> how the channel can be perceived as "secret", since it's not mentioned
> anywhere. Totally my bad and I'll work to fix it. It's a problem that goes
> deeper than just that particular channel.
>
> - hugi
>
>
>
> On 1 Nov 2020, at 17:49, Marc Günther via Webobjects-dev <
> email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Sorry to bother everyone, but I can find absolutely no information about
> this anywhere. I wouldn't even know whom to ask.
>
> Apparently there is a WOCommunity Slack channel since quite a while now:
> - https://wocommunity.slack.com
>
> I would be very interested to join, but I cannot find a sign up link
> anywhere, or a contact person, or any mention of it on the wiki. Is there a
> particular reason that this channel is kept so secret? Only for the elite
> clique of WOnder contributers and not for the common WebObjects developer?
>
> I was recently interested in Elm, and I could just join their Slack and
> say Hi, and ask questions. It felt very welcoming for new users.
>
> Now, I know there won't be any new users for WO, but it would still be
> nice if there wouldn't be this air of mystery about the whole thing. I mean
> with the Wiki being out of date for like 5 years, WOInstaller broken, etc.
> I recently had to setup WebObjects for development and for deployment on
> some new machines (MacOS Catalina), and documented the entire process, so I
> thought, I could update the information on the wiki, but I don't have an
> account there either, and likewise, no idea on who to ask about it.
>
> Greetings from Sweden,
> Marc
>
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