Will have a look. Thanks.
I also looked into this option and was wondering how it might collide with our existing Ansible playbooks, as Ansible itself is not declarative and some tasks might overwrite existing functionality.
Initially Focalboard looked very interesting until mattermost decided to not support it anymore and leaving it's future tangling in the air.
Other options I am also looking into besides the ones mentioned are
I haven't tried it out yet, but based on
https://join-lemmy.org/news/2021-09-03_-_Lemmy_Release_v0.12.0._User_and_Community_blocking,_lean_federation,_and_a_whole_lot_more
some options should be already available.
I for now settled on mailbox.org, as it has everything I need + some other features like fileshare and video calls.
Same issue here.
I think it would be good practice, that verifying app support should take a front seat in the future before upgrading. The way it is currently handled, is not a good practice to retain users, but rather drive them away.