I don't agree. Maintain the auto-voice lists and get someone in charge of operations, like I used to be for many years on IRC.
Instead, why not create a #reactos-gsoc or something? Best regards, Alex Ionescu On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Mark Jansen <learn0more+...@gmail.com> wrote: > We can always try it out? > If it doesnt work, restoring it is a simple as setting a flag on the > channel. > > On 24 March 2017 at 16:31, David Quintana (gigaherz) <gigah...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I disagree -- if we can be firm about the channel being only for > development > > talk, things should remain mostly as they are now. > > > > In any community, there's inevitably going to be idle talk, offtopic > > conversations, etc. If you only have ONE place to talk in, all those > thigns > > are going to be mixed in with actual dev talk, but if you have clear > rooms > > set for each thing, the majority of people will be happy to leave all the > > offtopic talk to the main channel, and dev talk to the dev channel. > > > > It works for plenty other projects and communities so there's no reason > to > > be pessimistic and think that "our idiots are worse". It's simply not > true. > > > > I vote for trying, and we can always put back the +m if things get out of > > hand. > > > > On 24 March 2017 at 16:13, Hermès BÉLUSCA-MAÏTO <hermes.belu...@sfr.fr> > > wrote: > >> > >> I don’t approve the idea. The fact is that if the devs quit originally > >> #reactos, it’s because it was generally too noisy, etc… . If we remove > the > >> moderation irc bit in #reactos-dev, you may expect the same phenomenon > to > >> occur in #reactos-dev too. > >> > >> > >> > >> De : Ros-dev [mailto:ros-dev-boun...@reactos.org] De la part de David > >> Quintana (gigaherz) > >> Envoyé : vendredi 24 mars 2017 11:35 > >> À : ReactOS Development List > >> Objet : Re: [ros-dev] Opening up #reactos-dev to the public > >> > >> > >> > >> 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 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Ros-dev mailing list > >> Ros-dev@reactos.org > >> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Ros-dev mailing list > >> Ros-dev@reactos.org > >> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ros-dev mailing list > > Ros-dev@reactos.org > > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev > > _______________________________________________ > Ros-dev mailing list > Ros-dev@reactos.org > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >
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