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On Thursday 21 June 2007 15:29, Ferris McCormick wrote: |
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> I just happen to think it is a reasonable to require that if a developer |
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> wishes to be a member of a support group, then that developer should |
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> care enough about that group to show up on the group's IRC channel. |
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Agreed; auto-join isn't difficult, and this is only for such times as the |
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individual is logged on to IRC in any case. If they can't be bothered to add |
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the channel, why should the project take them seriously? |
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It leaves the membership of such a group open to abuse if someone can randomly |
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decide they are a member again, and then drift off when any real work needs |
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to be done. It's unfair on the rest of the group, and facilitates politicking |
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rather than development. |
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(I appreciate that people use irssi over screen. I really don't see how it's |
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relevant though; set it up so the support group channel is always /joined and |
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forget about it. If you have too many windows, close one of the other |
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ones.. ;) |
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