Debian presence on newer platforms
Hi,
a lot of communication in Debian happens over IRC. However IRC is not
as nice to use as newer alternatives, creating a barrier for newer
contributors.
Do you think Debian should be more active to establish (official)
presence on newer platforms?
A disadvantage is splitting the community, but I'm not sure keeping IRC
forever as the world moves on is a good option either...
In particular I also wonder if Debian should look at Matrix[1]: it is a
free and decentralized platform, and the UI (of Riot[2]) seems more
friendly than IRC clients.
(I haven't used Matrix much myself yet... Just played a bit as ${work}
might use it and they have set up a test installation.)
Similar things also apply to mailing lists; there are solutions that
might be more accessible to some users (e.g. mailman3's web interface
which for example Fedora uses). Though I can't say much about those as
I haven't used them so far.
Ansgar
[1] https://matrix.org
[2] https://riot.im
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