[LEDE-DEV] A request not making IRC necessary to be part of the action

[Bruno Randolf]

On 16/05/16 20:08, Dave Taht wrote:
> znc and bitlbee are godsends when using irc asynchronously.
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> 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

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> On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 5:00 AM, David Woodhouse <dwmw2 at infradead.org> wrote:
>> On Mon, 2016-05-16 at 12:46 +0100, Bruno Randolf wrote:
>>> On 15/05/16 05:53, Daniel Dickinson wrote:
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>>>> 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.
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>> FWIW, IRC doesn't have to have real-time behaviour, and doesn't have to
>> be constantly distracting.
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>> 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.
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>> IRC gives you the *option* of real-time conversation, if you happen to
>> be awake at the same time.
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>> 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
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