On 12/26/22 13:19, NightStrike via Fortran wrote: > On Tue, Dec 13, 2022, 03:10 Janne Blomqvist via Fortran <fortran@gcc.gnu.org> > wrote: > >> But in general, yes, I do think IRC is showing its age in an >> increasingly multi-device and mobile world. >> > > Tools like irccloud help here. I guess that doesn't qualify as open source > though. > >> Might a GSOC project examining community health be something that could produce useful recommendations on improving developer efficiency and getting new contributors? The project can also produce a monitoring system that fits the GCC workflow. A chat tool is helpful (Rust uses Zulip https://gcc-rust.zulipchat.com), but it seems understanding how the project develops and keeping track of relevant information are greater obstacles.
The GCC workflows is quite different from other open source projects being primarily email based and not using a bug tracker. Email does work well, and has been adapted in Sourcehut, but they have had to introduce a tutorial: https://git-send-email.io/
