Communication

[Collin Funk]

Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> writes:

> On 9/18/26 12:43, DJ Delorie wrote:
>> For the discussions, forums like Discord, Slack, or Facebook are the norm.
>
> That's not true for the Linux kernel. Or for GCC's formal
> discussions. Or for Git. Or for GNU coreutils, Gnulib, etc. They all
> use email.
>
> Although formal discussions can be done via a variety of means, none
> of them are significantly better than plain old fuddy-duddy email.

I think DJ is moreso concerned, but he can correct me if I am wrong,
about attracting new contributors. I.e., ones who are not familiar with
mailing lists and might need a pointer to use "Reply-All" instead of
"Reply".

Regarding platforms, I wouldn't blame anyone for not wanting to use the
ones listed. Slack is expensive, and the other two seem to be competing
to see who can have the longest "Controversies" section on
Wikipedia. I've seen a few free software communities use Matrix [1], but
I haven't ever used it long enough to give meaningful opinions on it.

Collin

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(protocol)