We can always try it out? If it doesnt work, restoring it is a simple as setting a flag on the channel.
On 24 March 2017 at 16:31, David Quintana (gigaherz) <gigah...@gmail.com> wrote: > I disagree -- if we can be firm about the channel being only for development > talk, things should remain mostly as they are now. > > In any community, there's inevitably going to be idle talk, offtopic > conversations, etc. If you only have ONE place to talk in, all those thigns > are going to be mixed in with actual dev talk, but if you have clear rooms > set for each thing, the majority of people will be happy to leave all the > offtopic talk to the main channel, and dev talk to the dev channel. > > It works for plenty other projects and communities so there's no reason to > be pessimistic and think that "our idiots are worse". It's simply not true. > > I vote for trying, and we can always put back the +m if things get out of > hand. > > On 24 March 2017 at 16:13, Hermès BÉLUSCA-MAÏTO <hermes.belu...@sfr.fr> > wrote: >> >> I don’t approve the idea. The fact is that if the devs quit originally >> #reactos, it’s because it was generally too noisy, etc… . If we remove the >> moderation irc bit in #reactos-dev, you may expect the same phenomenon to >> occur in #reactos-dev too. >> >> >> >> De : Ros-dev [mailto:ros-dev-boun...@reactos.org] De la part de David >> Quintana (gigaherz) >> Envoyé : vendredi 24 mars 2017 11:35 >> À : ReactOS Development List >> Objet : Re: [ros-dev] Opening up #reactos-dev to the public >> >> >> >> I approve the idea. >> >> >> >> On 24 March 2017 at 11:21, Colin Finck <co...@reactos.org> wrote: >> >> Hi all! >> >> As you all know, our #reactos-dev IRC channel has been a moderated IRC >> channel for decades, and only operators (devs) and voiced people can >> talk. While we always tried to keep discussions dev-related there, no >> topic has ever been enforced on #reactos. The result is that I see a >> notable number of developers only on #reactos-dev these days. >> >> This is a pretty bad situation! Emerging developers hardly have a way to >> interact with all existing devs on IRC. Often enough, legitimate >> questions from them remain unanswered on #reactos. Moreover, we don't >> maintain the list of voiced people thoroughly, so even some contributors >> have to ask for temporary voice on #reactos-dev. >> >> Keep in mind that we're currently in the GSoC phase where students shall >> submit their proposals and get in touch with the developers. >> How are they going to do this on IRC if #reactos-dev continues to be an >> exclusive club? >> >> Because of these reasons, I'm proposing to remove the moderation bit on >> #reactos-dev and let everybody talk there. >> Its development topic should be enforced though! As soon as people get >> too off-topic, they should be directed to #reactos and kicked if nothing >> else helps. Given that all devs are already operators on #reactos-dev, >> it's fully in their hands. >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Colin >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ros-dev mailing list >> Ros-dev@reactos.org >> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ros-dev mailing list >> Ros-dev@reactos.org >> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ros-dev mailing list > Ros-dev@reactos.org > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev _______________________________________________ Ros-dev mailing list Ros-dev@reactos.org http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev