We actually have a gitter for general openPMD already reserved :)
https://gitter.im/openPMD
Just... have... to.. find.. option... to open.. for.. non-members... as... well.. argh...
Hm, new channel: https://gitter.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/200178951-Gitter-communities-and-rooms
Here we go:
Lobby https://gitter.im/openPMD/Lobby
Of course we can add more, e.g. dedicated to the API.
Any channels that mirror existing github repos (i.e. openPMD/openPMD-api) will still require OAuth access, though.
You cannot create a room with a same name that as an already existing repo. You may need to grant public/private repo scope on the GitHub org in order for us to see and auto-associate it (the repo should appear in the room name typeahead).
I added an additional public API room and added oauth access as well.
Nevertheless, probably a single chat room is not too bad as an entry.
All rooms:
https://gitter.im/openPMD/home
I'll add a badge to the README that links to the gitter and then close the issue.
Closed in #291.