As a Drupal newb who has been lurking on #drupal / #drupal-dev on and off for a while (my nick is heyrocker) I have read this whole thread and I'm still kind of confused by the purpose of this/these channel(s). The topic says "Drupal Development Chat", which I have always taken to mean development OF Drupal, as opposed to development WITH Drupal. Sitting on the channel bears this out, almost all the chat I've seen has been in relation to core and/or one of the major modules, almost all done by people with CVS accounts. However, I have seen a couple people in this thread mention that general development questions have a place in this channel. If true, I would like to see that be more specifically stated, as I have certainly had many of these over the last few months and been far too intimidated to peek my head into the #drupal waters. I don't really have an opinion as to what solution is best, except to agree with everyone that having development split into two channels is bad.
-----Original Message----- From: development-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:development-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of sime Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 8:26 AM To: development@drupal.org Subject: Re: [development] channels
Quick opinion, no thesis:
#drupal to be like a hotel foyer --> open chat --> no rules other than common courtesy. --> bot info and sign-posts. --> "Is this a #drupal-dev or a #drupal-support question?" type questions. --> a great place for friendly drupal generalists. (me!)
killes: I was intimidated for /months/ by #drupal. I hope you come to see these changes as beneficial.
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