I've always wondered why the developer meetings to place on #koha. It seems logical to me to have them take place in #developer-meeting or something similar. The meetings would still be open to all, but people not interested in the meeting would not interrupt it by accident.
Kyle http://www.kylehall.info Information Technology Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org ) On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Walls, Ian <ian.wa...@med.nyu.edu> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel@lists.koha.org http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel
