Re: [Mingw-users] Official Rep of MinGW on IRC (was Re: mingw && gdb)

[Keith Marshall <keithmarshall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 16:34 -0500, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> Quoting Soren Andersen <somian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> > Earnie Boyd has, I am told, been sent email about this some weeks ago
> > from other channel participants than myself. If he's not received it or
> > chosen to ignore it for whatever (I'm sure perfectly good) reason, then
> > the situation with people looking to use IRC to discuss* mingw will
> > remain the same. Someone who fits the above criteria as an authorized
> > representative of mingw has to contact Freenode staff. When they do,
> > they can specify that "mingw" (the official F/L-OSS Project) wishes for
> > an autoforwarding of joins #mingw -> ##mingw to be reinstated
> > permanently, or they can choose some other status for the channel.
> >
> 
> I responded and even CCed Keith.

I don't recall that; perhaps I wasn't paying proper attention.

> IRC is not a sanctioned means of communication for MinGW.

Nor should it be, IMO; we can offer a much better standard of support
through the medium of the mailing lists.

> > *a personal opinion on using IRC to support technical projects:
> >
> > It's my personal viewpoint that IRC is mostly unproductive and
> > wasteful, even detrimental, as a medium on which to cooperate in
> > co-development of F/L-OSS projects, or on which to support users of
> > such projects.
> 
> I feel the same ...

As do I.

> ... and besides [I] do not have a means to use IRC within the time
> frame that I am usually responding to the list.

Same for me.

> (--8<--) Nice summary.  Thanks Soren.

Seconded.

Regards,
Keith.


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