in wicket we use irc quiete a lot. we dont post all transcripts to the list because in general they are too noisy to be of any use to anyone. we do have them available for browsing on the web [1] though. we also have a search engine that indexes our mailing list, wiki, irc logs, and a few select websites to give a single point entry into all those resources [2].
i think in general it works out well. we formulate and refine ideas on irc for a couple of hours and then post a summary to the devel list. after a few hours of real time communication the idea is usually flashed out enough to be a good base for a longer/slower-paced discussion on the list. so i think irc is a valuable tool even though not everyone can get into the conversation at the same time. [1] http://ginandtonic.org/wicket [2] http://woogle.billen.dk/search -Igor On 8/9/06, Craig L Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Has anyone ever considered making IRC chats available (on some basis) as an Apache archive? Seems that Apache (myself included) doesn't like IRC so much because it is not available to those of us who because of time zone or other reasons can't attend. If it's added to an Apache archive, it is searchable and immediately available to search engines. Surely Web 2.0 has solved this simple issue! ? Craig On Aug 9, 2006, at 3:49 PM, Kevin Menard wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Andrus Adamchik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 11:57 AM >> To: cayenne-dev@incubator.apache.org >> Subject: Re: IRC Channel? >> >> I am not a big fan of IRC, besides all consequential discussions will >> have to be logged on the mailing list anyways. But I certainly have >> no objections for the channel being there. > > Right. It's nicer for more casual conversation. Sometimes it's > easier for > real-time interaction as well. > > As another idea, we could try to do a developer Skype chat or > something. I > think the Tapestry folks did it once and it sounded like kind of a > neat > idea. I know my interaction with just about everyone here has been > email > only. > > -- > Kevin > Craig Russell Architect, Sun Java Enterprise System http://java.sun.com/products/jdo 408 276-5638 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp!
