I agree that the mailing list is a great method of communication and the archives are useful.
IRC just gives users a real time resource for communicating and can be useful as well. freenodes irc server hosts many open source projects and from a users perspective I've found it a useful tool. Heck, thats the way I learned how to use debian linux a few years back when I was new to linux. JR --- Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 10:53:12AM -0800, Jimmy R. > wrote: > > Is there an IRC channel for this mailing list? > > > > I was thinking it would perhaps give us a good > method > > to help one another out and exchange configuration > > ideas and concepts. > > In what way does a mailing list not "give us a good > method to help one > another out [etc]"? Furthermore, a mailing list is > typically archived for > the ages, and people who aren't tied to their > computers at the same time can > still communicate. > > Having been involved in projects which coordinated > via mailing lists and > projects which were based in IRC, I've come to the > conclusion that a project > without a thriving mailing list tends to atrophy, > regardless of how much IRC > action there is. I'm not sure why that is, but I've > observed it over about > 15 projects (split between the two communication > methods). > > - Matt > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature name=signature.asc __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
