Re:Please don't use Slack for FOSS projects
by cyphar on Monday February 01, 2016 @05:11PM
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If there is no way to contact you without using free software, I would probably just make a fork of your project. If you can't just sit in an IRC channel on freenode or just post an email I can use, then I don't understand why you are a maintainer of a free software project. Sure, use Slack if you wish, but don't force me to use it if I want to contact you.
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Re:Please don't use Slack for FOSS projects
by cdcarter on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @12:28AM
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I imagine that many maintainers who don't necessarily feel as dogmatic about free software hold the belief that "if you wish to contact me, you will use the tool I say." I've certainly "maintained" projects that are free software that I had no real desire of spending much time on, so if someone had a question it better come the way that I want, otherwise I can just ignore it. It's not a very kind or classy position, but I think a lot of people feel this way.