Hello Core Dev,
I find a need for a core-dev chat service, wherein I could engage in some quick effervescent conversations.
It is like a team chat, that is popular with remote work these days. We even seem to have used Zoom Chat yesterday!
- I know #python-dev in IRC exists, but it is mostly a channel for bots to send notifications, and there are plenty. I am not certain if any core dev is active there. There was a time when this was active.
- We tried python discord last year, and were bit overwhelmed with the number of channels and inability to customize
- There seems to be Slack called pyslackers too[1]. I am yet to try it.
To have a proper team-chat, we need a service (a) as well as (b) team using that.
Does anyone else feel the need? Should we explore any? My thoughts and options are
a) Resurrect #python-dev - changing notifications to different group. b) Request for core-dev in pyslackers Slack c) Request for core-dev in Discord.
Any other ideas are welcome.
If you think that chatting is not a good idea, and a mailing list, and discourse(discuss.python.org) are the best option, please share your thoughts as well.
If we feel a chat service will be a good idea for core-dev to hangaround, then we can go to stage 2 of choosing the service by votes in discourse (discuss.python.org).
Thank you, Senthil