-1 to emailing the IRC logs. When I have a discussion about Apache Cordova in person, I don't email the mailing-list with a transcript. However, if the discussion invites a decision or reveals an interesting point, then it's opened as a mailing-list thread. The same mindset should exist for IRC (or any other communication medium).
Michael On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Michal Mocny <mmo...@chromium.org> wrote: > haha, classy ;) > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Shazron <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Here's an idea - how about committing the logs to a github repo > > separated by day? Automated would be great. Then we can refer to a > > discussion using line numbers, eg > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-cordova-ios/blob/master/NOTICE#L3-4 > > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Anis KADRI <anis.ka...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Sorry, I meant every channel I am on obviously :-) #cordova included. > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Anis KADRI <anis.ka...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > >> I am on IRC 24/7 and I just joined #cordova/irc.freenode.net. I have > > been > > >> logging every channel on freenode for the past 10 years. I don't plan > on > > >> emaling the logs to the ML but if anybody needs them as a reference I > > can > > >> provide that. > > >> -a > > >> > > >> > > >> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Michal Mocny <mmo...@chromium.org> > > wrote: > > >> > > >>> I agree with all points: > > >>> > > >>> - Plan to have irc channel topic mention that its being logged. I > dont > > >>> think we need to post every few hours because the channel topic is > > visible > > >>> non stop in most irc chat applications > > >>> - Plan not to post transcript to ML by default > > >>> - Plan to support linking to specific line(s) in the logs > > >>> > > >>> -Michal > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Mike Reinstein < > > reinstein.m...@gmail.com > > >>> >wrote: > > >>> > > >>> > One thing that would be awesome though; if there was a way to > > bookmark a > > >>> > certain timestamp in the irc conversation and be able to refer to > it > > in > > >>> > mailing lists, jira logs, etc. That would be super helpful. > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Jesse MacFadyen < > > >>> purplecabb...@gmail.com > > >>> > >wrote: > > >>> > > > >>> > > Yes, please do NOT direct irc logs to the mailing list. > > >>> > > > > >>> > > Cheers, > > >>> > > Jesse > > >>> > > > > >>> > > Sent from my iPhone6 > > >>> > > > > >>> > > On 2012-09-19, at 1:21 PM, Patrick Mueller <pmue...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Michal Mocny < > > mmo...@chromium.org> > > >>> > > wrote: > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > >> Thanks for clearing this up and answering our questions. > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > One of the issues I've seen come up re: IRC is that, if we're > > >>> logging > > >>> > it, > > >>> > > > we should notify folks that we're logging it. One of the ASF > irc > > >>> > > channels > > >>> > > > goes to an extreme level of posting a message every few hours > to > > the > > >>> > chat > > >>> > > > indicating that it's being logged. Personally, I think adding > > it to > > >>> > the > > >>> > > > persistent "topic message" should be good enough. > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > The thinking being notifying people of logging is that some > folks > > >>> might > > >>> > > not > > >>> > > > realize it's logged, and say something they didn't want kept > in a > > >>> log. > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > I think posting the log on the ml is total overkill; I would > > >>> certainly > > >>> > > add > > >>> > > > a gmail filter to move it somewhere else, for myself. OTOH, > > would > > >>> be > > >>> > > nice > > >>> > > > to have a per-day log archive available on the web somewhere. > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > -- > > >>> > > > Patrick Mueller > > >>> > > > http://muellerware.org > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >
