I propose creating Transmission private and public chat channels where contributors can coordinate releases and users can support each other or just hang out to possibly become future contributors.

[Pentaphon]

There was recently talk of a private contributors chat in #6201 to give the contributors a private space to coordinate releases. I think a private chat will benefit the project but I think it's also worth adding a public chat to whatever solution is agreed upon so that users can support each other in real time and also give users a place to hang out and possibly become future contributors! There's no such thing on https://transmissionbt.com/ at the moment and the forum is fine but not a real-time solution.

To everybody reading this: if you could have a Transmission public chat channel, what do you prefer? IRC? XMPP? Discord? Matrix? Something else?

To the contributors: feel free to use this discussion to try and hash this out together using the feedback from users that drop by.

CC: @tearfur @nevack @mikedld @ckerr @Coeur @GaryElshaw

[Coeur]

I could eventually install Telegram. You wouldn't see me on IRC or Discord.

[Coeur]

Oh, what about Slack?

[tearfur]

Oh, what about Slack?

That could work.

[GaryElshaw]

Fine by me.

[Coeur]

@nevack I saw your message. Unfortunately, I can't reply before this weekend.

[dantearmok]

XMPP or Discord. The latter is becoming quite popular with other software products.

[Pentaphon]

3 of 6 contributors I pinged so far are in favor of Slack. Any progress on this, guys?

[Coeur]

Just for the record, another communication channel could be to make a team on:
https://github.com/orgs/transmission/teams/collaborators/teams

Then associate the team with a private repo+issue tracker, and we can participate to that issue tracker which would only be visible to that team of "recurring contributors".

[Coeur]

It seems that no one made it yet after all this time.
So, I just made a new org, with a new private repo, just for that goal, private discussions about Transmission:
https://github.com/swiftmission/transmission

CC: @tearfur @nevack @mikedld @ckerr @GaryElshaw @Pentaphon

[Pentaphon]

@Coeur thanks for the invite but since I am not a contributor, I politely declined it. I hope the private repo helps the contributors coordinate new releases more efficiently.

[Coeur]

Then make a pull request, and become a contributor. :)

[Pentaphon]

So, I just made a new org, with a new private repo, just for that goal, private discussions about Transmission:

Is this actively being used now? I'd like to see all the contributors using something to get 4.1.0 to the finish line before the Fall.

[Coeur]

The place I made is not actively used. I didn't see the admins of Transmission joining. My idea wasn't good enough.

[Pentaphon]

Any progress now that we are well into February? Even if we don't get a public chat for users, I'd love to see something be created for contributors so 4.1.0 can be planned by everybody involved.