[scikit-learn] can we have a slack team for scikit-learn

[Sebastian Raschka]

In my opinion, Slack can be quite useful for discussing things “live.” However, one of the main problems I have with Slack — I am using it for some other projects — is that it is easy to lose track if important things are discussed and one is not constantly online and checking the timeline. In any case, I think Slack would be the same as using the already existing Gitter channel — the only difference in my view would be that Slack, as a brand, is more popular for some reason. I think Slack/Gitter could be useful for sprints though, augmenting GitHub.



> On Feb 19, 2017, at 12:08 PM, Gael Varoquaux <gael.varoquaux at normalesup.org> wrote:
> 
> I agree: the limiting factor is everybody's time. Technology doesn't help
> much in this respect. I am afraid that if we add a slack channel, we are
> just going to get much dilution. I don't see what killer feature that
> slack has that would suddenly make it that knowledgeable people have more
> time.
> 
> In order to make the best use of my personnal time, I must admit that I
> stick to a rule: github is where I spend my time.
> 
> Gaël
> 
> On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 05:50:49PM -0800, Nelson Liu wrote:
>>>   However, I can easily see this becoming yet another chat medium that is
>> sparsely attended in which case it would be detrimental to split everyone's
>> attention even further. 
>> I definitely agree with this and think that this would (likely) be the end
>> outcome -- gitter and irc didn't/don't "work", so I'm pessimistic as to slack's
>> chances.
> 
>> On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 5:44 PM, Jacob Schreiber <jmschreiber91 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
> 
>>    I would support a slack channel --if-- we had channels for different groups
>>    of modules, like a tree channel and a linear methods channel, and
>>    developers involved in those sections populated the channels. This would
>>    allow people to ask questions to developers involved directly. However, I
>>    can easily see this becoming yet another chat medium that is sparsely
>>    attended in which case it would be detrimental to split everyone's
>>    attention even further. 
> 
>>    On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Naoya Kanai <naopon at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>        The Gitter channel is occasionally active (https://gitter.im/
>>        scikit-learn/scikit-learn) so you might want to check it out.
> 
>>        On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 5:01 PM, SHUBHAM BHARDWAJ 15BCE0704 <
>>        shubham.bhardwaj2015 at vit.ac.in> wrote:
> 
>>            Hello Friends,
> 
>>            I have tried Slack and its awesome. Things are more dynamic. I have
>>            faced some problems which I am sure slack can alleviate like-
> 
>>            When working on some issue if I need some guidance I am not sure
>>            when I will get  reply. That maybe usually within 2-3 days or
>>            more.Maybe some fellow programmer who is free can discuss and we
>>            may find a good solution. I think collaboration would be much
>>            better.
> 
>>            Regards
>>            Shubham Bhardwaj
> 
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