Re: [Bug-sysutils] #sysutils

[David Weinehall]

On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 08:49:04PM +0200, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
>    > FYI, FreeNode is the offical GNU IRC network.
>    > 
>    > Why is such a drastic move needed anyway (it can't be the
>    > compromise, since then one could equally just argue that sysutils
>    > should move from Savannah or something)?
> 
>    I haven't been informed of any compromise of Savannah?
> 
> In 2000 or so.  alpha.gnu.org and ftp.gnu.org got compromised at the
> same time, including fencepost.

OK, well before mv passwd-ng systils took place, then...

>    OTOH, a move away from Savannah might be an idea, since there still
>    doesn't seem to be any Subversion support available at Savannah
>    (no, arch is *not* an option).
> 
> I think it is a terrible idea.  Savannah is the offical place for GNU
> project, having each and every GNU project on a different server is
> silly.  If you want Subversion support, help implement it.  There are
> plans for it.

Well, I have a full-time job already, thank you very much...

>    Anyway, Freenode has an increasing number of splits, and lilo spams
>    the users quite a lot.
> 
> I haven't seen lilo spam anyone, if you don't like the wallops,
> disable them.  This is a horribly bad reason.  Can you give any

I didn't know it was possible to only filter out specific wallops?

> technical reasons instead of personal ones?

No.  But those wallops are definitely unnecessary noise.

> Splits are a nautral thing on big big IRC networks.

Yes.  And using a smaller IRC network helps alleviate that problem.

> Both Savannah and Freenode are the offical places for GNU source code
> repositories and IRC time wastage.  Why would do you want to make GNU
> Sysutils hard to find and get help with for users?

#sysutils is for us developers, not the users, and as such,
whatever fits us best is most benificient for the project, wouldn't
you agree?

I would prefer not to move away from Savannah though, and if, as you
say, SVN is planned, then I can probably put up for a while longer.  I
am getting frustrated by some of the bullshit going on lately, however,
such as the "FDL documentation only" policy, and the rants about
texinfo...


Regards: David
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