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From: Joachim Blaabjerg <styx@×××××.org>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] IRC on install CD
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 07:02:20
Message-Id: 200206101404.18156.styx@SuxOS.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] IRC on install CD by Wout Mertens
1 On Monday 10 June 2002 12:45, Wout Mertens wrote:
2 > Hey there,
3 >
4 > Here's an interesting idea I heard on IRC (from kraylus): provide a
5 > console-based IRC client on the install CD so you can immediately chat on
6 > #gentoo for install problems. (with a little entry in install.txt that
7 > explains how to use it)
8
9 Sounds like a good idea to me... We'd probably have to create a new user on
10 the install CD, though. We don't want to encourage our users to IRC as root,
11 now do we? Perhaps an `alias irssi='su - gentoo-install -c irssi'` could be
12 an idea.
13
14 > Only, I don't know anything about console-based IRC apps, so I wouldn't
15 > know which one is best. pmjorange suggested irssi.
16
17 Yeah, I agree that irssi is the best choice.
18
19 Best Regards,
20
21 --
22 Joachim Blaabjerg
23 styx@×××××.org
24 www.SuxOS.org