Re: [ros-dev] Opening up #reactos-dev to the public

[Magnus Johnsson]

Then again, just saying here, is that there is such a thing as 'Premature
optimization'. This is a change that is literally one command to roll back
:). Just tell the dev's that its an experiment for a while and to submit
feedback if they see anything wonky. Communication is a good thing.

2017-03-24 16:13 GMT+01:00 Hermès BÉLUSCA-MAÏTO <hermes.belusca(a)sfr.fr>fr>:

>   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.
>
>
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>  *De :* Ros-dev [mailto:[e-mail]] *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
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>  I approve the idea.
>
>
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>  On 24 March 2017 at 11:21, Colin Finck <colin(a)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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