Gav.... wrote:
Hi All,
I was wondering, Forrest Tuesdays obviously work and I am not saying
anywhere here about stopping this,
but, what about having the IRC forrest channel open permantly, so people can
jump on it whenever they
want and have a discussion about something, clarify, then get on with it.
-1 (see below)
Are there disadvantages to having the channel open 24/7.
Many. The most significant being that it becomes a secondary
communications channel that only serves the purpose of splitting the
community support mechanisms.
Speaking personally, if I have the time to work on Forrest, I read my
mail first. Having an IRC channel open permanently would not change
that. I would not be available any more time than normal.
I ask this, because I notice other projects, such as Geronimo, have a
permanant channel, (theirs has been
open in its current session since early March) and wondered why we could not
do this also.
Search our archives for further discussion on this topic.
Ross
