I'd support this idea. +1 First of all, as others have mentioned, #project and #project-devel is a much more common split on Freenode. #project is for "all kinds talk about the project", which ranges from support to "how's that new code coming?" to "Dude, isn't <insert celebrity here> hot." It's the place where first-time IRCers will go naturally. 99% of the time they're looking for an "all kinds talk" channel, so that's what they should get. If they start getting into development, then they can be directed to the "uber-cool developer channel" and feel special. Remember, nearly all developers start out as users. (Well, except Dries, maybe. <g>) If we want more friendly developers, we need to make their first impression as a user as good as possible. Secondly, as to the use of IRC support, no, it's not as permanent or easily referenceable as a forum. But a forum doesn't provide a fast back-and-forth for easy trial-and-error. Sometimes you really do need the instant-feedback in order to solve a problem in 5 minutes instead of 5 hours. A forum doesn't provide that. Larger questions should end up on the forums, yes, and a forum post after solving a tricky idea in IRC would be a good thing as well, but real-time provides a much better environment in which to get a variety of feedback fast. On Wednesday 31 August 2005 06:48 am, Karoly Negyesi wrote:
Hi!
What do you think about:
a) Let's move development talk to #drupal-devel b) Let's rename #drupal-support to #drupal (and even set a forward on it)
I know that Dries, jvandyk, berkes and myself likes this, killes is against (or does not care). Others?
This would have almost zero impact on existing developers and a plus for all support-seeking users.
Regards
NK
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