IRC Logs

[Rick Langschultz]

Would it be possible to post IRC logs in html format on the website  
for searching and information?
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[Royce Mitchell III]

Rick Langschultz wrote:
> Would it be possible to post IRC logs in html format on the website  
> for searching and information?
> Rick Langschultz
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I feel very strongly this would be a bad thing.

[WaxDragon]

On 9/29/05, Royce Mitchell III [e-mail] wrote:
> I feel very strongly this would be a bad thing.

+1

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[Rick Langschultz]

My reasoning behind logging IRC would be to provide a place where  
finding information about bugs, features, websites, etc on the  
channel. If someone wanted to look up more information on a  
particular subject they could simply click on the log and go to any  
particular spot on the wiki or the web to obtain more information.  
What if someone wasn't able to use IRC because they were at work, or  
blocked because of parental controls, etc? Providing a log would  
allow a person to find out what is happening. Just a thought.
On Sep 29, 2005, at 1:41 AM, Rick Langschultz wrote:
> Would it be possible to post IRC logs in html format on the website  
> for searching and information?
> Rick Langschultz
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[Ge van Geldorp]

> From: Rick Langschultz
>
> My reasoning behind logging IRC would be to provide a place 
> where finding information about bugs, features, websites, etc 
> on the channel. If someone wanted to look up more information 
> on a particular subject they could simply click on the log 
> and go to any particular spot on the wiki or the web to 
> obtain more information.  
> What if someone wasn't able to use IRC because they were at 
> work, or blocked because of parental controls, etc? Providing 
> a log would allow a person to find out what is happening. 
> Just a thought.

When the reactos.com site was cracked in July, it left a script which
contacted an IRC channel and got further instructions from there. That alone
is enough for me to disallow any IRC connections from the box.

Ge van Geldorp.

[TwoTailedFox]

Doesn't the Wiki serve that purpose?

On 9/29/05, Rick Langschultz [e-mail] wrote:
> My reasoning behind logging IRC would be to provide a place where
> finding information about bugs, features, websites, etc on the
> channel. If someone wanted to look up more information on a
> particular subject they could simply click on the log and go to any
> particular spot on the wiki or the web to obtain more information.
> What if someone wasn't able to use IRC because they were at work, or
> blocked because of parental controls, etc? Providing a log would
> allow a person to find out what is happening. Just a thought.
> On Sep 29, 2005, at 1:41 AM, Rick Langschultz wrote:
> > Would it be possible to post IRC logs in html format on the website
> > for searching and information?
> > Rick Langschultz
> > [e-mail] (Home)
> > [e-mail] (Work)
> > [e-mail] (School)
> >
> > Ros-dev mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > http://reactos.com:8080/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
>
> Rick Langschultz
> [e-mail] (Home)
> [e-mail] (Work)
> [e-mail] (School)
>
> Ros-dev mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://reactos.com:8080/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev

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[Royce Mitchell III]

Rick Langschultz wrote:
> My reasoning behind logging IRC would be to provide a place where  
> finding information about bugs, features, websites, etc on the  
> channel. If someone wanted to look up more information on a  
> particular subject they could simply click on the log and go to any  
> particular spot on the wiki or the web to obtain more information.  
> What if someone wasn't able to use IRC because they were at work, or  
> blocked because of parental controls, etc? Providing a log would  
> allow a person to find out what is happening. Just a thought.

If only these things were discussed on IRC, that would be great. We 
understood your reasoning already, but IRC is blocked by parental 
controls for good reason, and our IRC channels are no exception to that 
rule. This, among other things, makes it a bad idea to log and post on a 
web page, no matter how good some of the tidbits are.

How about this as a suggestion: get on IRC and ask one of the gurus to 
give a talk about a particular thing you are wanting to document, and 
put that conversation on the web, perhaps after a little editing. This 
is the tack I have taken for some things.

[Saveliy Tretiakov]

I think this is not bad idea. #samba-technical already has this.

Rick Langschultz wrote:
> Would it be possible to post IRC logs in html format on the website  
> for searching and information?