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Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:28:32 -0500 From: <lmage11@...ny.rr.com> To: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>, Kyle Moffett <kyle@...fetthome.net> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: IRC? ---- Kyle Moffett <kyle@...fetthome.net> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 8:40 PM, Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net> wrote: > > IRC channels can be a nice suplement when a few people need to discuss > > something in semi-real-time related to some LKML thread or just some > > kernel related topic, but it's no replacement for the mailing list. > > Especially considering that LKML can reach up to 60 lines per second > for sustained periods of time during certain discussions, even > excluding patch content. With subject filters and threading, that's > perfectly OK. With a single big honkin' IRC channel it is beyond > useless. Aside from the fact that I'm not proposing a complete replacement, there wouldn't have to be "a single big honkin' IRC channel" - as I said, there could be a big general one for people who don't know exactly where to look yet, and a bunch of smaller ones for each subsystem where the actual discussion happens. Ari -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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