Hi Emmanuel, Thanks for the explanation. Actually, the content of IRC is still interesting to me (since it seems to show coordination of task among members, although among 2 members at a time). You say you don't have "anymore" logging set up, which makes me think it was recorded at one point. Is that the case? You think I can access whatever was recorded before? Yeliz.
On 9/10/07, Emmanuel Lecharny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Yeliz, > > sadly, we don't have anymore logging set up for IRC. And I must say > that generally speaking, those conversation are not very interesting > from your point of view. > > The point about IRC is just to discuss very precise things wich does > not worth being shared with the community through the mailing lits, > like "you have committed this code, it breaks the build, can you fix > it", or stuff like that which have very short lives. We prefer using > the ML for questions which can be interesting to the community. This > is the point : when a convo seems to be interesting on IRC, it's > copied/pasted on the ML. IRC convo can also be very personnal, like > when we have to organize travels to a conference. > > IRC has been set up at the beginning of the project, like the mailing list. > > Regarding the percentage, I have no idea. I would say 70% when it > comes to dev 2 dev convos, but very few for dev 2 users convos. No > important decision is made on IRC, so the balance may change even for > dev 2 dev convo. > > Hope it helps. > > On 9/10/07, Spark Shen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > I think directly discuss our development problem in the mailing list is a > > better idea. Just a suggestion. > > > > 2007/9/10, Yeliz Eseryel < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi guys, > > > > > > I am wondering if the conversations at the IRC channel (for > > > developers) are being logged somewhere that I can access? > > > > > > If it is not being logged, would you please give me an idea on 1) When > > > you started using IRC (for developers), 2) What is the main purpose of > > > this channel 3) On average, what percent of developers' communication > > > occurs over this channel. > > > > > > Thank you. > > > Yeliz. > > > > > > -- > > > Yeliz Eseryel > > > Ph.D Student in Information Science & Technology > > > Syracuse University School of Information Studies > > > http://enterprisesystems.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Spark Shen > > China Software Development Lab, IBM > > > -- > Regards, > Cordialement, > Emmanuel Lécharny > www.iktek.com > -- Yeliz Eseryel Ph.D Student in Information Science & Technology Syracuse University School of Information Studies http://enterprisesystems.blogspot.com -----------------------------------------------------------------------
