[EMAIL PROTECTED] is for technical discussions relating to the IRC
server software. This is the wrong place for discussions of policy. I
have been tolerant to date due to the fact that these changes are
controversial. That tolerance has just run out. Please take it to a
more appropriate list.
> > Best tool for the job. IRC is overloaded and bloated as it is. Cutting ou
> t
> > some of the unnecessary features is a *good thing*. Not that I agree that
>
> The problem is that you aren't removing the commands, you're making them oper
> only, which equates to more power to the opers, and a less informed userbase
> that continues to get abused by things such as throttling, which doesn't do
> anything for clones, global I lines, which do nothing for clones, etc.
>
> > the hiding of the network topology is a good idea, and quite frankly if I h
> ear
> > that flame war one more time I'm probably going to have to be restrained ag
> ainst
> > my will or I'll hurt someone. If you don't like the changes, tell the admi
> ns
> > of various servers. /admin shows them to you, or, you can use
> > http://www.undernet.org/servers.php. Telling me that you don't like the id
> ea
> > isn't going to help, it's not going to change anything. It's a free servic
> e,
> > and we are loosing servers over issues such as this. If you don't like it
> > you're welcome to use anyone elses service.
> >
>
> You know as well as I do that most of the email addresses for servers are eit
> her
> directed to /dev/null, ignored, or deleted unread.
>
> [snip]
>
> > --
> > QOTD: "I only touch base with reality on an as-needed basis!"
>
> We've noticed.
>
> --
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Kevin L. Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
