how & why we have connected slack & irc

How & Whywe have connectedSlack & IRCYoungbin Han <sukso96100@gmail.com>

Leader, Ubuntu Korea Community – launchpad.net/~sukso96100

Student, Sungkonghoe University – Software Engineering

Slack & IRC

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Problems

• People in Slack or IRC can’t communicate each other.• Can’t see old history of messages from Slack.• Dispute resolution might be difficult.

• People might have to participate both channel.• Which can be a bit cumbersome.

• Separated channel, different information.

Facebook Groups & Forum

Survey

Yes100%

DoyouagreewithconnectingSlack&IRC?

Yes No Etc.

67%

25%

8%

WhichchannelfromSlackshouldbeconnectedtoIRC?

#general(Slack)#ubuntu-ko(IRC)

#irc(Slack)#ubuntu-ko(IRC)

Etc.

Sameroom.ioReferenced from the case of ubuntu-cn

Expensive & Not sustainable

Expensive & Not sustainable

Q : Is Slack-IRC integration of you guys working now?A : It should be broken.

GCP – Always Free Usage Limits

• Google Cloud Platform provides a f1-micro VM for free!• In US regions only. Except Northern Virginia.

• f1-micro is the cheapest one, and has the lowest spec among GCP’s VMs. But it’s enough for running just one bot.

github.com/ekmartin/slack-irc

• Running ”npm install” on f1-micro vm uses too much time.

• So, We used docker to pre-contain all dependencies.

Inform to IRC Manager to make sure the bot always stays in the channel.

Result

Nowadays - Cats

Links to ubuntu-kr

• Homepage – ubuntu-kr.org• ubuntu-kr on Ubuntu Wiki - wiki.ubuntu.com/KoreanTeam

• Forum – forum.ubuntu-kr.org

• Facebook – facebook.com/groups/ubuntu.ko

• IRC - #ubuntu-ko at freenode• Slack• Join - festi.kr/zlack/team/T068QEXT4/33• Chat – ubuntu-kr.slack.com

Thank you!Youngbin Han <sukso96100@gmail.com>

Leader, Ubuntu Korea Community – launchpad.net/~sukso96100

Student, Sungkonghoe University – Software Engineering