Re: Slack dropping Fedora support

[Clifford Snow <clifford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is really unfortunate. I'm part of a large US OpenStreetMap community on Slack. I'm also on OSM groups on Forums, Telegram and was on Discord. None are designed to support large diverse communities. Note we are going to create an instance of Discourse.  

But obviously even if the community were to drop Slack, Slack probably wouldn't care. But it does provide reinforcement to those that won't use proprietary systems. It will likely drive me there as well.

Clifford

On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 2:27 PM John Westerdale <jwesterd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Got this from Slack.

Fedora users represented a very small number of our user base. In order to ensure we're able to deliver the best possible experience for the largest number of users, it is necessary for Slack to focus our efforts and narrow our scope. Given the small number of users, we were no longer able to justify the cost of supporting Fedora.

When Fedora is deprecated, you'll still be able to access Slack but eventually your experience may degrade over time as you won't be able to update your app. Eventually, the last app version available to Fedora users will be deprecated as well.

Here's a bit more about what to expect and the deprecation:
https://slack.com/help/articles/1500000026321-Slack-deprecation-policy-for-app-versions-browsers-and-operating-systems#desktop-1

On Sun, Nov 14, 2021, 5:21 PM Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 11/14/21 10:07, SternData wrote:
> This just popped up on Slack:  "Note: Starting March 1, 2022, Slack will
> no longer support Fedora Linux distributions."
>
> Anyone know what's going on?  And maybe interested in engaging them on
> Twitter @slackhq to ask for reconsideration?

There was a thread about this on the devel list:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/thread/DXS2A7C5RDW2DQYSJWZUD57VXVPKV6AD/#HZSOTA7GA3DQRQ3IRNZESCPZCQZP2KYU
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