Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:40:52 +0100 (CET) | From | Jesper Juhl <> | Subject | Re: IRC? |
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2008, lmage11@twcny.rr.com wrote: > You might want to add your name to that address when sending mail...
> I know that Linux kernel development discussion has pretty much always > taken place on mailing lists, but would you guys consider developing a > presence on an IRC network, probably Freenode? There already exists a > ##kernel channel which could be used, and other channels could be > created for specific subsystems. I think it'd be an interesting new > medium to try out for discussion between developers, and it would also > make the developers more accessible to users who find the mailing lists > inconvenient or intimidating. The only subsystem I know of that > maintains a reliable presence on IRC is the DRM subsystem (i.e. Dave > Airlie, Eric Anholt, etc), and it works great. > > Not trying to start a flame war here, just wondering what you guys > think. :) > Everyone and their grandmother knows how to use email - :) Significantly fewer people know how to use IRC - :(
The mailing list is archived in various places - :) IRC chats are rarely archived - :(
Archiving all LKML mail locally is easy - :) Archiving all of a IRC channel continuously locally is not so easy - :(
Email archives are easily searchable by subject, sender etc - :) IRC archives are not so easily searchable by subject etc - :(
Email is nicely asynchronous, letting people read and respond at their leisure - :) IRC chats are not as asynchronous - :(
Patches are easily distributed via email - :) Patches are not very easily distributed via IRC - :(
IRC channels can be a nice suplement when a few people need to discuss something in semi-real-time related to some LKML thread or just some kernel related topic, but it's no replacement for the mailing list.
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