On 16/05/16 20:08, Dave Taht wrote: > 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).
Well, thanks for the hints, but please just accept the fact that IRC is not part of everyones working mode. bruno > > > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ Lede-dev mailing list Lede-dev@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/lede-dev
