Matrix (was Re: IM dev discussions?)

[Tim Cross]

Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> writes:

> Hi Ihor,
>
> Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> This is an option. #emacs is very too noisy for me, but #org-mode
>> appears to be fairly quiet. It may work.
>
> I agree with Russell that we should first use the available resources,
> and our IRC chan on irc.libera.chat is a good one.
>
> (I'm actually there BTW, lurking - you can ping me anytime as I can
> read past messages, thanks to being connected with my sr.ht account.)
>
> But IMO there is an even stronger argument: in the case of Org, we
> should encourage discussions where both "users" and "developers" can
> chime in.  Because many Org users are potential contributors.  (This
> would not be the same with another Free Software project, of course.)
>
> If #org-mode can serve for both general questions and dev-oriented
> discussion it's good.  If it becomes annoying for many readers, then
> setting up transient chans is okay (even on matrix), the same way it
> is okay to sit in a room and hack/discuss possible new Org features
> with peers.
>
> In general, Org contributors with push access can fix bugs directly,
> without announcing this on the mailing list.  But *all other changes*
> should be submitted and discussed on this mailing list.

Just wondering what the better approach is these days. I've not used IRC
much for a long, long time. I see discussions about matrix and believe
there is an Emacs matrix package as well as matrix to IRC bridges.

One thing I do find frustrating these days is the fracturing of
communications across so many different solutions. Makes me really miss
newsgroups! It seems like almost every project I'm interested in these
days is using a different solution for IM. (one reason I stopped using
IRC was because most of the projects I was interested in stopped using
it or the majority of interesting discussions moved to some other platform).

To avoid a proliferation of IM apps, I get the impression you could use
Matrix and get access to many different messaging environments. Is this
correct and is the Emacs matrix client mature/stable?