[petsc-dev] Prediscusion of appropriate communication tool for discussion of PETSc 4 aka the Grand Refactorization

[Hapla Vaclav]

I like Slack but it does NOT have the full history in the free plan - it's limited to 10k messages.

I think a special GitLab issue (something akin #360 CI Tracker) would do the job quite nicely.

Vaclav

> On 19 Jun 2020, at 06:48, Jed Brown <jed at jedbrown.org> wrote:
> 
> I would prefer this mailing list or GitLab issues because they are
> 
> 1. genuinely open to external participants,
> 2. more async-friendly for those in different timezones and folks with young kids, and
> 3. searchable and externally linkable (e.g., from merge requests and issues)
> 
> If we need synchronous breakouts, we could do so, but there should be a summary back for those who couldn't participate synchronously.
> 
> Barry Smith <bsmith at petsc.dev> writes:
> 
>>   I'd like to start a discussion of PETSc 4.0 aka the Grand Refactorization but to have that discussion we need to discuss what tool to use for that discussion. 
>> 
>>   So this discussion is not about PETSc 4.0, please don't discuss it here.
>> 
>>   What do people recommend to use for the discussion
>> 
>>      * dedicated mailing list
>>      * slack channel(s)
>>      * zulip channel(s)
>>      * something else?
>> 
>>  I'd like a single tool that anyone can join at any time, see the full history, can attach files, search, not cost more money the we are already paying, etc.
>> 
>>  I expect this discussion to take maybe a week and then the actual discussion to take on the order of two months.
>> 
>>   Thanks
>> 
>>     Barry
>> 
>>