[Talk] Quasi-Administrativia: Status of #flux IRC channel on Freenode

[Adam Glass]

I don't think there is any need to make a big deal over this.  If you
want "official" support you've got it.  But if you need to have people
actually chatting in a channel for no reason other than to keep
someone else from using it ... well, that will be a little harder.

Please remind me, what is the purpose of a channel where 3-6 people
idle all day long?

--Adam


On 12/15/06, Samuel Greenfeld <greenfeld@cerlyn.com> wrote:
> Well, we have the log here; and the IRC staff members know that, and I
> suspect they know who to mutter at.  If we want it back, put it to a
> vote here, and I'll just pass it on. So far, we're like 2/2
> for/against as far as I can tell.
>
> If this has to go to a larger list to get a decent opinion (like
> linux@) then make it so.
>
> I apologize for not making it to the meeting and delaying this to the
> point you learned why a lot of people have problems with Reuben.  But
> I got caught up at the office in northern Broward almost until the
> meeting started.
>
> ---
> SJG
>
> Quoting Terry Richards <sn00per1@bellsouth.net>:
>
> > Nick Simicich wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 09:21, Adam Glass wrote:
> >>
> >>> If nobody from our group is using the channel, it seems a bit of a
> >>> waste of energy to do anything at all.  If somebody else wants it and
> >>> we deny that without using the channel ourselves, that would make us
> >>> look kind of petty, no?
> >>>
> >>
> >> If someone "social engineered" the channel owner out of it, I am of the
> >> opinion that they should not be rewarded for that social engineering.
> >>
> >> Knowing what I know about the channel from reading here, had they just
> >> come here and asked, I'd support giving it to them. If they did
> >> something less than scrupulous to get the channel registration, I'd say,
> >> um, screw them.
> > it is all ok, grumpydog  yeilded and gave me ops. he moved to
> > #fluxradiostaff. really seems like a reasonable person although there
> > is something fishy, he claims he lost the password. the freenode staff
> > is on there now, although not very vocal. it would be most helpful for
> > folks who care enuff to log on there and just hang out if nothing else.
> > seems folks log in then log out when they see no action. grumpydog was
> > gone for 14 hours when he finnaly came back to me and when i explained
> > what was going on he said it made perfect sence to move his staff to
> > another channel and was very happy to yeild the channel back to flux.org
> >
> > now it is only a matter of the staff at freenode to work out a new password
> > i changed the topic to Florida Linux Users eXchange. i have already
> > fielded one question about an install from my sister in toronto
> >
> > /|\
> >
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