Re: Re: IRC channel listing

[liamfoy at sepulcrum.org]

Eirik Nygaard <eirikn at xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 12.07.2004, 23:44:23:
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 10:28:42PM +0100, Liam J. Foy wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 02:22:06PM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> > > 
> > > :I don't think IRC should be mentioned at all. If we are just a little cranky one
> > > :day that might scare of several users. They should anyway learn to read for then
> > > :self and use the mailing lists. Both those options are a lot better than IRC. I
> > > :think we all know how heated things might get.
> > > :
> > > :-- 
> > > :Eirik Nygaard
> > > :eirikn at xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > 
> > >     I agree.  IRC should not be mentioned, or only mentioned in passing.
> > > 
> > >     If we wanted to support irc officially I suppose we could setup our own
> > >     irc server. 
> > > 
> > > 					-Matt
> > > 					Matthew Dillon 
> > > 					
> > 
> > I believe this could more than likely cause more problems, time and 
> > effort than just mentioning the fact that they do exist.
> > 
> 
> Those who already do IRC will probably look for a DragonFly channel themself. So
> letting them know about the channel will probably not help them, and will most
> likely cause more people to come and want free help without trying to learn on
> their own, and having them try and fail on their own is what we want right?
> 
> -- 
> Eirik Nygaard
> eirikn at xxxxxxxxxxxx

I suppose yeah. They most likely would just look for them if they really
wanted to find one. Although, I don't think I want them to fail rather
to succeed ;).
-- 
-Liam J. Foy
-http://liamfoy.kerneled.org