On 2015-08-13 09:15, Garry Glendown wrote: [...] > IRC has its uses,
Indeed, like for "real time stuff" and information which is *not* relevant for a longer time and/or doesn't benefit from having a trail or log or documentation. > but for anything coming even close to be used for official use, IMHO there isn't such a thing as "official use", or "close to", as (usually) there's no trail or documentation. And, while I certainly would be the last one to prevent people from flocking together and chatting, or even professionally discussing issues, physically or in cyber-space, I do see the danger of *not* having the relevant contributions *again* on the mailing list, and thus by design also in the archive for later review. For that reason I am *against* "promoting" the use of IRC as a WG-affiliated or endorsed tool. Wilfried > it's useless ... I wouldn't want to set up a server/client > to stay constantly connected, logging 99% junk just to keep up with > anything that MAY come up that's important ... could you imagine the > turmoil around 2015-1 if IRC had been used for part of the official > discussion? > > -garry
