I approve the idea.

On 24 March 2017 at 11:21, Colin Finck <co...@reactos.org> wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> As you all know, our #reactos-dev IRC channel has been a moderated IRC
> channel for decades, and only operators (devs) and voiced people can
> talk. While we always tried to keep discussions dev-related there, no
> topic has ever been enforced on #reactos. The result is that I see a
> notable number of developers only on #reactos-dev these days.
>
> This is a pretty bad situation! Emerging developers hardly have a way to
> interact with all existing devs on IRC. Often enough, legitimate
> questions from them remain unanswered on #reactos. Moreover, we don't
> maintain the list of voiced people thoroughly, so even some contributors
> have to ask for temporary voice on #reactos-dev.
>
> Keep in mind that we're currently in the GSoC phase where students shall
> submit their proposals and get in touch with the developers.
> How are they going to do this on IRC if #reactos-dev continues to be an
> exclusive club?
>
> Because of these reasons, I'm proposing to remove the moderation bit on
> #reactos-dev and let everybody talk there.
> Its development topic should be enforced though! As soon as people get
> too off-topic, they should be directed to #reactos and kicked if nothing
> else helps. Given that all devs are already operators on #reactos-dev,
> it's fully in their hands.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Colin
>
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