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RE: [microblaze-uclinux] IRC Channel?
A free channel e.g. #microblaze could always freely be opened on the free
server irc.kde.org
Everyone who wants to be there can join that. I wont be there because of the
firewall.
CU, F@lk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-microblaze-uclinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-microblaze-uclinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John
> Williams
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 1:55 AM
> To: microblaze-uclinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [microblaze-uclinux] IRC Channel?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> We experimented with an IRC channel a while back, basically
> it was just
> me and Yashi hanging out and little else. I have no feelings
> either way
> if people want to get together on an IRC channel, but I don't have any
> time to spend there.
>
> IRC can be logged, automatically if you want, but I'm not convinced of
> how useful that really is. The breakdown of where I find "the good
> stuff" looks something like this:
>
> 85% mailing list archives
> 10% static web content
> 5% web-based forum pages
> 0% IRC history logs
>
> Of course, maybe I'm biased because I search mailing list
> archives first
> - they truly hold the collected wisdom of generations of open source
> developers.
>
> John
>
>
>
>
> Matthew Rubenstein wrote:
> > The only way that an IRC channel benefits a large
> community of mostly
> > "lurkers" more than it costs in lost discussions that still
> "leech" off
> > the community activity is with a strict logging protocol. The IRC is
> > silent until people agree in email Cc'd to the list to meet
> on the IRC
> > channel. Then at least one chatter logs the complete transaction and
> > emails it back to the list when the session is done.
> >
> > I don't know of any SW that automates that social
> protocol. Without
> > automation, it's totally unreliable. So IRC will divert discussions
> > useful to all only to those immediately participating. The overall
> > community that enables those IRC sessions won't get the
> return, either
> > immediately or in searchable archives.
> >
> > If there's a way to address that weakness, I'd love to
> hear about it.
> > Until then, I don't want to have to "hang out on IRC" to
> stay in touch
> > with the MB/uCL project.
> >
> > On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 19:19 +0000, Abot Botbot wrote:
> >
> >>well, I agree in principle this is nice for building a
> community and
> >>knowledge base. But conversely, there is immediacty and
> just plain-ol
> >>comeraderie in the IRC form. Real time support for simple
> problems wouldnt
> >>require waiting hours or days for it to turn over on the
> mailing list. We
> >>could also get to know one another and give a nice face to
> newcomers and
> >>crossovers from other platforms. Maybe its more time than
> people are willing
> >>to put into it, but I for one wouldnt mind helping those
> lower down on the
> >>learning curve, given all the help I've already absorbed.
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Andy
> >>
> >>
> >>>From: "e.stiebler" <emu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>Reply-To: microblaze-uclinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>To: microblaze-uclinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>Subject: Re: [microblaze-uclinux] IRC Channel?
> >>>Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:01:47 -0700
> >>>
> >>>Abot Botbot wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Hello everyone,
> >>>>
> >>>> Do you folks hang out in any specific IRC channels? If
> not we should
> >>>>start one for uClinux or even just for microblaze.
> >>>
> >>>Please don't. For what we're doing, a mailinglist is
> better, because you
> >>>can check the archives for questions asked already. In the
> IRC it is
> >>>exactly what it is, just chat. And it is gone after being
> answered ;-)
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