On freenode, the big unhyphenated channels like #ubuntu, #gentoo, #debian, #rubyonrails are open to support questions. Then you have more specialized channels for developer discussion like #mysql-dev, #kde4-devel etc. You can find a similar pattern on lists for many FOSS projects, e.g. a "project" list and "project-dev" list. --mark On 7/31/07, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb@2bits.com> wrote:
As I understood it was:
#drupal - development focused #drupal-support - support focused - for newbies
The problem is that #drupal is the first place newbies will think of to get support. Once they are there, they are greeted with the "support?" reply telling them to go to #drupal-support.
This can be offputting and make people feel unwelcome. They ask the first question and get a reply that amounts to : "we don't serve your type here, buzz off!" (plagiarised from Esmerel)
So, I don't see why charters can change, with development in #drupal-dev (and only development), then #drupal become community focused, has support, infra discussions, and everything else that is not development.