On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Ahmed Kamal <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been thinking about ways to grow the Ubuntu server and cloud > communities. As it stands, I think there is a bit of fragmentation in > the server and cloud related IRC channels. Since active and > knowledgeable IRC community members are a valuable resource, I think it > is beneficial to consolidate channels. Here's what I think could help > > I suggest that #Ubuntu-virt be closed, and all traffic and new joines > force-redirected to #ubuntu-server. > > Similarly, that #Ubuntu-ec2 and #Ubuntu-ensemble be closed and all > traffic and new joins force-redirected to #ubuntu-cloud. > > Thus: > > 1) Development discussion happens in #ubuntu-devel > * e.g. packaging, patching, debugging, development, etc. > > 2) Traditional server discussion happens in #ubuntu-server > * e.g. running Ubuntu on your server hardware or in a virtual > machine, getting it installed, configuration/management of services, > virtualization, etc. > > 3) New-age cloud server discussion happens in #ubuntu-cloud > * e.g. running UEC private clouds, running Ubuntu in EC2, cloud > work loads, ensemble cloud magic, etc. > > When someone /join #ubuntu-ec2, they're plopped right into #ubuntu-cloud > (and the same for the other consolidated channels). > > Would love to hear your feedback
Complete +1 from me on this proposal. I think the 3-way split makes perfect sense (devel, traditional servers, cloud) to me. It greatly simplifies our communication, and reduces the excessive separation of discussion. How soon can we make this happen? :-) :-Dustin -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
