Too many chans will clutter it, in the end the devs will have to join 10
chans. The chans aren't that high-traffic ones.

I think we should yust try to do a -m and see what happens.

> Yes, that's a better idea. #reactos-gsoc
>
> On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 6:53 PM, Alex Ionescu <ionucu@videotron.ca> wrote:
>
>> I don't agree. Maintain the auto-voice lists and get someone in charge
>> of
>> operations, like I used to be for many years on IRC.
>>
>> Instead, why not create a #reactos-gsoc or something?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Alex Ionescu
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Mark Jansen <learn0more+ros@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> We can always try it out?
>>> If it doesnt work, restoring it is a simple as setting a flag on the
>>> channel.
>>>
>>> On 24 March 2017 at 16:31, David Quintana (gigaherz)
>>> <gigaherz@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I disagree -- if we can be firm about the channel being only for
>>> development
>>> > talk, things should remain mostly as they are now.
>>> >
>>> > In any community, there's inevitably going to be idle talk, offtopic
>>> > conversations, etc. If you only have ONE place to talk in, all those
>>> thigns
>>> > are going to be mixed in with actual dev talk, but if you have clear
>>> rooms
>>> > set for each thing, the majority of people will be happy to leave all
>>> the
>>> > offtopic talk to the main channel, and dev talk to the dev channel.
>>> >
>>> > It works for plenty other projects and communities so there's no
>>> reason
>>> to
>>> > be pessimistic and think that "our idiots are worse". It's simply not
>>> true.
>>> >
>>> > I vote for trying, and we can always put back the +m if things get
>>> out
>>> of
>>> > hand.
>>> >

>>> > On 24 March 2017 at 16:13, Hermès BÉLUSCA-MAà TO
>>> <hermes.belusca@sfr.fr>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> I don’t approve the idea. The fact is that if the devs quit
>>> originally
>>> >> #reactos, it’s because it was generally too noisy, etc… . If we
>>> remove
>>> the
>>> >> moderation irc bit in #reactos-dev, you may expect the same
>>> phenomenon
>>> to
>>> >> occur in #reactos-dev too.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> De : Ros-dev [mailto:ros-dev-bounces@reactos.org] De la part de
>>> David
>>> >> Quintana (gigaherz)
>>> >> Envoyé : vendredi 24 mars 2017 11:35
>>> >> À : ReactOS Development List

>>> >> Objet : Re: [ros-dev] Opening up #reactos-dev to the public
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> I approve the idea.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On 24 March 2017 at 11:21, Colin Finck <colin@reactos.org> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi all!
>>> >>
>>> >> As you all know, our #reactos-dev IRC channel has been a moderated
>>> IRC
>>> >> channel for decades, and only operators (devs) and voiced people can
>>> >> talk. While we always tried to keep discussions dev-related there,
>>> no
>>> >> topic has ever been enforced on #reactos. The result is that I see a
>>> >> notable number of developers only on #reactos-dev these days.
>>> >>
>>> >> This is a pretty bad situation! Emerging developers hardly have a
>>> way
>>> to
>>> >> interact with all existing devs on IRC. Often enough, legitimate
>>> >> questions from them remain unanswered on #reactos. Moreover, we
>>> don't
>>> >> maintain the list of voiced people thoroughly, so even some
>>> contributors
>>> >> have to ask for temporary voice on #reactos-dev.
>>> >>
>>> >> Keep in mind that we're currently in the GSoC phase where students
>>> shall
>>> >> submit their proposals and get in touch with the developers.
>>> >> How are they going to do this on IRC if #reactos-dev continues to be
>>> an
>>> >> exclusive club?
>>> >>
>>> >> Because of these reasons, I'm proposing to remove the moderation bit
>>> on
>>> >> #reactos-dev and let everybody talk there.
>>> >> Its development topic should be enforced though! As soon as people
>>> get
>>> >> too off-topic, they should be directed to #reactos and kicked if
>>> nothing
>>> >> else helps. Given that all devs are already operators on
>>> #reactos-dev,
>>> >> it's fully in their hands.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Cheers,
>>> >>
>>> >> Colin
>>> >>
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