Glyph Lefkowitz wrote: > On Jun 19, 2010, at 5:02 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: > >> HoweverI have very little experience with IRC and consequently have >> little idea what getting a permanent, owned, channel like #python >> entails. Hence the '?' that follows. >> >> What do others think? > > Sure, this is a good idea. > > Technically speaking, this is extremely easy. Somebody needs to "/msg > chanserv register #python3" and that's about it. (In this case, that > "someone" may need to be Brett Cannon, since he is the official group > contact for Freenode regarding Python-related channels.) > > Practically speaking, you will need a group of at least a dozen > contributors, each in a different timezone, who sit there all day > answering questions :). Otherwise the ownership of the channel is just > a signpost pointing at an empty room. > Which is yet another reason I don't think it would be productive to attempt any kind of pre-emptive action against the #python team. They do serve a very useful purpose, and there is reasoned logic behind their position even if we might wish it were different.
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