Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote: > On 20-Aug-08, at 7:55 AM, Mateusz Loskot wrote: > >> I have very similar experience about registering a group/project on >> Freenode. >> I've done it for MOSS4G and #moss4g channel (I understood I have to >> register to get registered channel) but with no response. > > Yes, the group registration took some time and was very manual, but > cornering one of the admins online really helped :) > > I don't see any benefit, personally, to having a registered group > managing all the OSGeo project channels as well. Since #osgeo is really > the main one tied to an organisation. The main benefit is that no one > can officially take over control of your channel for some reason, but if > you've registered the channel already, then you already have full control.
Tyler, I also that main benfit of registration is to prevent hijacking of IRC channel. > If you ever end up being concerned and don't want to risk anything, then > rename your channel to include the #osgeo- prefix, e.g. #osgeo-moss4g. > A few local chapter groups are already doing this e.g. #osgeo-fr #osgeo-es. Does it mean if I create #osgeo- prefixed channel it's automagically added to the list of registered OSGeo channels? Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss