[ESPResSo-devel] gitter chat for ESPResSo

[Henri Menke]

Dear ESPResSo devs,

On many repos on github I have a seen a button which read »Join chat« and 
clicking it brought one to a chatroom akin to IRC, but associated with your 
github account.

This chat makes discussing short questions or new features very easy and seems 
like a nice extension to the mailing list to me.

Perhaps one of the maintainers could create such a chatroom on 
https://gitter.im/ for espressomd/espresso (I can't, because I don't have 
permissions).  Below I have listed a few pros and cons I could think of 
immediately

+ More responsive than the mailing list
+ Syntax highlighting for code
+ Desktop and mobile clients
+ Does not clutter your inbox

- Might be abused to report bugs instead of raising issues
- requires a github account
- Temptation to deviate from the discussion (typical chat issue)

In light of all these points I still think it would be a good idea.

Kind regards,
Henri