Sean (Jan 07 2018 at 19:58): Sean (Jan 07 2018 at 19:58):what do you guys think of zulip?
Sean (Jan 07 2018 at 19:58):this is the first year we've used it
Sean (Jan 07 2018 at 19:58):usually we're on IRC
Mahdi (Jan 07 2018 at 19:58):It's neat, I like it better than IRCs.
Sean (Jan 07 2018 at 19:58):where you can directly see commit messages, when people come and go more clearly
William Cook (Jan 07 2018 at 19:58):I love it
Mahdi (Jan 07 2018 at 20:30):If there is one feature I dislike about zulip it's how you cannot truly delete a post
Rahil Malik (Jan 07 2018 at 20:31):you can edit it to something else , make it an empty space or use a '.'
Mahdi (Jan 07 2018 at 20:31):yes, but your edit history will reveal it
Mahdi (Jan 07 2018 at 20:32):So if you write something embarrassing it'll remain with you till you die.
Sean (Jan 07 2018 at 20:33):what deleted message? :)
Sean (Jan 07 2018 at 20:33):(admins can delete them for you)
Mahdi (Jan 07 2018 at 20:35):That's... heresy.
Siddharth (Jan 08 2018 at 07:28):It's better than IRC
Siddharth (Jan 08 2018 at 07:29):IRC is not that good for replying to a particular message and sharing media
Siddharth (Jan 08 2018 at 07:29):It's fun using Zulip
Siddharth (Jan 08 2018 at 07:30):@Sean We all could still talk on Zulip after GCI 2017 right?
Siddharth (Jan 08 2018 at 07:30):We are a part of the BRL-CAD family after all :smiley:
Naseef (Jan 08 2018 at 08:00):an admin can let users delete their messages.
Naseef (Jan 08 2018 at 08:01):Zulip is much better than IRC
Naseef (Jan 08 2018 at 08:01):it has a lot of features.
William Cook (Jan 08 2018 at 08:08):I really like how you can see fellow users times.
Siddharth (Jan 08 2018 at 08:09):I really like how you can see fellow users times.
Yeah :smiley:
Naseef (Jan 08 2018 at 08:10):with streams, topics, it's pretty neat.
Naseef (Jan 08 2018 at 08:10):But I like the look of Slack, It looks great IMO
Mitesh (Jan 08 2018 at 09:23):Its first time I have joied any IRC chanal...so I liked the way of disscussion and its something new....I liked Zulip its pretty well managed the way topics are arranged and all.
Sean (Jan 08 2018 at 14:48):@Sean We all could still talk on Zulip after GCI 2017 right?
absolutely! we hope that you all do
Lucas Prieels (Jan 08 2018 at 22:12):I just noticed that Zulip was a company participating in the code-in :)
Naseef (Jan 09 2018 at 01:23):@Sean We all could still talk on Zulip after GCI 2017 right?
absolutely! we hope that you all do
Of course, GCI is for introducing us to open source development. After that, We should work on our own.
Sean (Jan 09 2018 at 05:29):You should not work on your own... you join the community like you all have done here and keep working on things. Keep contributing. It’s usually more fun and more productive with others.
Sean (Jan 09 2018 at 05:32):Maybe take on or help with a project. One former GCI student took on server tasks and became one of our most helpful administrators. Another is starting a project now (and looking for help) to implement a game using BRL-CAD. Possibilities are vast. We have a list of things we need people to help with.
Siddharth (Jan 09 2018 at 06:00):Yeah, we should try to give back as much as possible to the Open Source community
Siddharth (Jan 09 2018 at 06:01):If you ain't a pirate (a person who uses cracked software) I'm 99% sure you must've used open source software atleast once in your life
Siddharth (Jan 09 2018 at 06:02):I'll be taking part in Google Summer of Code as well after I'm done with school
Naseef (Jan 09 2018 at 06:06):@Sean by 'On our own', I didn't mean working alone, I meant like, Finding problems our self and fixing them, Implementing new features without a task or instruction, Etc.
Siddharth (Jan 09 2018 at 06:09):@Sean How many people are a part of BRL-CAD excluding the participants?
Sean (Jan 09 2018 at 06:10):@Sean How many people are a part of BRL-CAD excluding the participants?
depends who you count but we have about 2-3 dozen active contributors most years
Sean (Jan 09 2018 at 06:11):core dev team on the C/C++ code is less than a dozen
Naseef (Jan 09 2018 at 06:23):Can I participate in GSoC before I start my degree courses?
Sean (Jan 09 2018 at 06:25):you have to be enrolled, but classes do not have had to start -- see the FAQ about eligibility
Naseef (Jan 09 2018 at 06:27):Well, I'm eligible to participate in GCI this year (2018)
Siddharth (Jan 16 2018 at 18:28):I love the feature that you could react with any emoji to a message
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