Nahuel,
I understand. The intent is to help the developers develop, the users use, and everyone get more out of Koha. As we get more and more users, and more and more of them use IRC for questions, it's going to get harder and harder to have developer-type discussions in the main channel. Having a separate channel is a way to handle that. My concern is that, despite the practical reality of needing multiple channels to organize our topics of conversation, it may be misinterpreted by folks as a divide. Perception is everything, they say. So long as we're clear about the purpose of this channel, and users still get the help they need in the main channel, I'm perfectly okay with it. I just wanted to voice the potential concerns as I saw them, and allow us to "head them off at the pass", so to speak. Cheers, -Ian -----Original Message----- From: Nahuel ANGELINETTI [mailto:nahuel.angeline...@biblibre.com] Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 11:07 AM To: Walls, Ian Cc: koha-devel@lists.koha.org Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] koha-dev IRC channel ? Le 10/12/2009 16:57, Walls, Ian a écrit : > I'm reluctant to agree developers should "split off" from users into a > different channel; it reinforces that perceived divide between users and > developers that has been used to cast aspersions on the community in the > past. Having experts in the community room is important. > > It's not a split porposal! It just an idea, because at the moment, we are not talking at all on IRC, because there is a lot of non-technical talks. The idea is to create more connexions between developpers all over the world. > If we could be in two channels simultaneously, that would make conversational > threads easier to follow. One channel (or more) channel(s) for user/install > questions, another one for developer talk. Mibbit doesn't do well with that, > in my opinion, and I'm limited to using web-based clients, as my network > blocks IRC. Anyone know of a better tool I could use? > Look at this : http://www.web-irc.org/ bests, -- Nahuel ANGELINETTI ------------------------------------------------------------ This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is proprietary, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender by return email and delete the original message. Please note, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The organization accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. ================================= _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel@lists.koha.org http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel
