Too many chans will clutter it, in the end the devs will have to join 10 chans. The chans aren't that high-traffic ones.
I think we should yust try to do a -m and see what happens. > Yes, that's a better idea. #reactos-gsoc > > On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 6:53 PM, Alex Ionescu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't agree. Maintain the auto-voice lists and get someone in charge >> of >> operations, like I used to be for many years on IRC. >> >> Instead, why not create a #reactos-gsoc or something? >> >> Best regards, >> Alex Ionescu >> >> On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Mark Jansen <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> 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) >>> <[email protected]> >>> 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 BÃLUSCA-MAÃTO >>> <[email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> >> >>> >> I donât approve the idea. The fact is that if the devs quit >>> originally >>> >> #reactos, itâs 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:[email protected]] 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 <[email protected]> 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 >>> >> [email protected] >>> >> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> Ros-dev mailing list >>> >> [email protected] >>> >> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Ros-dev mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ros-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ros-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >> > _______________________________________________ > Ros-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev _______________________________________________ Ros-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
