[infinispan-dev] Replacing IRC

[Tristan Tarrant]

HipChat is being replaced by Stride.
I have dimissed HipChat in the past because it did not allow for a 
single account to be shared across multiple groups. I believe this will 
be solved by Stride.

Tristan

On 10/16/17 11:16 AM, Wolf Fink wrote:
> Why not use Hipchat as EAP/Wildfly to prevent from too many different 
> platforms ?
> 
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Tristan Tarrant <ttarrant at redhat.com 
> <mailto:ttarrant at redhat.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Dear all,
> 
>     last week we discussed the possibility of abandoning IRC in favour of a
>     more modern alternative.
> 
>     Hard requirements:
>     - free (as in beer)
>     - hosted (we don't want to maintain it ourselves)
>     - multi-platform client: native (Linux, MacOS, Windows), browser
>     - persistent logs
>     - distinction between channel operators and normal users
>     - guest access (without the need for registration)
>     - integration with Jira for issue lookup
>     - integration with GitHub for PR lookup
>     - IRC bridge (so that users can connect with an IRC client)
>     - ability to export data in case we want to move somewhere else
>     - on-the-fly room creation for mini-teams
> 
>     Optionals:
>     - Free (as in freedom)
>     - offline notifications (i.e. see if I was notified while away)
>     - mobile client: Android and iOS
>     - proper native client (as most Electron clients are quite fat)
>     - chat logs accessible without a client (it is acceptable if this is
>     achieved via a bot)
>     - integration with Jenkins for CI status
>     - XMPP bridge (so that users can connect with an XMPP client)
> 
>     Not needed:
>     - file sharing, audio/video
> 
>     Here is a list of candidates:
>     - IRC (i.e. no change)
>     - Slack
>     - Stride (Atlassian's upcoming replacement for HipChat)
>     - Matrix (Matrix.org, unfortunately with funding issues)
>     - Gitter
>     - Discord
>     - Rocket.chat (unfortunately hosting is paid)
> 
>     If you have any other suggestions/recommendations, they are more than
>     welcome.
> 
>     Tristan
> 
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>     Tristan Tarrant
>     Infinispan Lead
>     JBoss, a division of Red Hat
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Tristan Tarrant
Infinispan Lead
JBoss, a division of Red Hat