znc and bitlbee are godsends when using irc asynchronously. In particular I feed all irc convos into bitlbee and then into erc on emacs (so I am not hurt when my connection goes away).
On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 5:00 AM, David Woodhouse <dw...@infradead.org> wrote: > On Mon, 2016-05-16 at 12:46 +0100, Bruno Randolf wrote: >> On 15/05/16 05:53, Daniel Dickinson wrote: >> > >> > I'd really appreciate if we could actually use the mailing list for the >> > main communications venue rather than shutting out people not in the >> > European timezones, which is what happens if IRC is the main way to >> > participate in the community. >> > >> > I have been told that to really be part of the OpenWrt action I should >> > have been on IRC; but I'm not in European timezone so that is not >> > actually a useful suggestion, since most of the most people most >> > relevant to decision-making are in Europe, and I would hope LEDE has a >> > more *inter-continental focus than OpenWrt had. >> Agreed! I don't have time to hang out in IRC channels, usually. Or maybe >> a different working style... (it distracts me too much). Anyhow I think >> all important things and all things which don't need real-time >> interaction should go thru the mailing list, please. > > FWIW, IRC doesn't have to have real-time behaviour, and doesn't have to > be constantly distracting. > > It's perfectly possible to have IRC conversations with people who are > never awake at the same time as you. You say something, they respond > when they wake up... and you respond when *you* wake up. Just like > email, in fact. > > IRC gives you the *option* of real-time conversation, if you happen to > be awake at the same time. > > And you don't have to pay attention to the channel all the time; an IRC > client should highlight if your nick is mentioned because someone is > talking you to specifically. > > IRC is great for conversations which are more ephemeral, and don't need > to be archived for posterity. > > -- > dwmw2 > > > _______________________________________________ > Lede-dev mailing list > Lede-dev@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/lede-dev > -- Dave Täht Let's go make home routers and wifi faster! With better software! http://blog.cerowrt.org _______________________________________________ Lede-dev mailing list Lede-dev@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/lede-dev
