Hey I think it is a neat idea. IMHO I'd love to see jakarta with it's own Jabber client/p2p system but I'm not sure this will work.
I find the mailing list is fine for most purposes and though the search on the archive isn't great it does give us a persistent archive where the irc chat sessions are by definition transient... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Kevin.Bedell@;sunlife.com] Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 5:05 PM To: Struts Developers List Subject: Re: Struts IRC Channel Not sure how much of an issue this is - I've been on and off the IRC channel all day just to check it out and have yet to see anyone there other than a single sysop... "V. Cekvenich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@main.gmane.org> on 10/28/2002 03:31:20 PM Please respond to "Struts Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: news <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Kevin Bedell/Systems/USHO/SunLife) Subject: Re: Struts IRC Channel Also, if a question is answered, at least in theory you can say "Search the mail archive for post X" and thus preserving the knowledge. .V Martin Cooper wrote: > +1 on staying away from IRC. > > IMHO, IRC fragments the community we have on the lists. It also lessens the > pool of people who can answer any given question, for a variety of reasons. > > Who's going to give authoritative answers to Tiles questions asked at 3am > French time? ;-) > > -- > Martin Cooper > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: James Mitchell [mailto:jmitchtx@;telocity.com] >>Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 12:42 PM >>To: Struts Developers List >>Subject: RE: Struts IRC Channel >> >> >>I totally agree with you David. >> >>I've collected an enormous amount of FAQ material (which I >>haven't organized >>yet) from this and the users list over the last 6 or 7 months. >> >>What good does it do to solve a really tricky problem if no >>one else can >>take advantage of that knowledge transfer? >> >>I'll be adding the new FAQ material and a few 'how to' >>sections soon. (for >>example: How to setup Netbeans to step through and debug your web >>application on Tomcat using Remote Debugging - a pictorial guide) >> >> >> >> >>James Mitchell >>Software Engineer/Struts Evangelist >>http://www.open-tools.org >> >>"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human >>stupidity, and I'm not >>sure about the former." >>- Albert Einstein (1879-1955) >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: David Graham [mailto:dgraham1980@;hotmail.com] >>>Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 3:01 PM >>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Subject: Re: Struts IRC Channel >>> >>> >>>I for one, will not be answering questions on another >> >>forum. It's hard >> >>>enough to keep up with the questions on this list :-). Also, I >>>think it's a >>>good that there be a central place to ask Struts questions. >>> >>>David >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>From: Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>Reply-To: "Struts Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>Subject: Struts IRC Channel >>>>Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 14:57:00 -0400 (EDT) >>>> >>>>Hi, >>>> >>>>I've recently started hanging out in #struts on >>> >>irc.freenode.net to help >> >>>>answer questions relating to the framework. I don't know >>> >>that much about >> >>>>some of the esoteric areas of Struts, so I would really >>> >>appreciate it if >> >>>>some of the developers would idle there and field the occasional >>> >>>question. >>> >>>>Activity is very low, so the load shouldn't be too high. >>>> >>>>If you think that this is a waste of time, let me know how >>> >>you'd improve >> >>>>upon it. 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