Re: [boost] Official IRC channel/group?

From: Martin Wille (mw8329_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-07 18:49:21

Rene Rivera wrote:
> We currently have an "unofficial" IRC channel which, in some ways 
> because of GSoC, is becoming more popular. Most times there's a good 1 
> to 10 ratio of developers to users on the channel. So I'm proposing we 
> make the IRC channel "official".
> 
> OK, some of you may be asking: What's more official than posting a link 
> to the channel on the website? It essentially means that some of the 
> Boost developers become channel operators, and possibly that we enforce 
> some rules on the channel, as we do on the lists.
> 
> The technical aspect of this is finding an IRC network that we are 
> willing to stick with. As opposed to know where it's either freenode or 
> efnet. After some investigation it seems that freenode 
> <http://freenode.net/> is the best choice for us. They provide the kind 
> of group registration we would want

FWIW, the #boost channel on Freenode has been registered already three 
years ago. IIUC, there's nothing to be done on Freenode. I can add 
channel operators as needed.

Regards,
m