From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Cleaning up rcirc Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 12:20:03 +0200 Message-ID: <87zgsgn52c.fsf@gnu.org> References: <875yv7dqw7.fsf@posteo.net> <87sfy8g8pi.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="18041"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: mu4e 1.6.6; emacs 28.0.50 To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 13 12:32:26 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mPjGE-0004Vw-Fq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 13 Sep 2021 12:32:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55068 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mPjGC-0000nT-7u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:32:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51976) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mPjBf-0006Ib-C0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:27:43 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:60380) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mPjBf-0004Hj-4l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:27:43 -0400 Original-Received: from auth1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.227]:37487) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mPjBf-0001zY-1a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:27:43 -0400 Original-Received: from compute6.internal (compute6.nyi.internal [10.202.2.46]) by mailauth.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61B2D27C0054 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:27:42 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute6.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:27:42 -0400 X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvtddrudegjedgvdejucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpehffgfhvffuffgjkfggtgesthdtre dttdertdenucfhrhhomhepvfgrshhsihhlohcujfhorhhnuceothhsughhsehgnhhurdho rhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpedtjeeuleetgeffueejtddtgfdvgeekgfelhfevue fggfdvffeuveelteefgedttdenucffohhmrghinheplhhisggvrhgrrdgthhgrthenucev lhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehthhhorhhnod hmvghsmhhtphgruhhthhhpvghrshhonhgrlhhithihqdekieejfeekjeekgedqieefhedv leekqdhtshguhheppehgnhhurdhorhhgsehfrghsthhmrghilhdrfhhm X-ME-Proxy: Original-Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:27:41 -0400 (EDT) In-reply-to: X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:274630 Archived-At: Stefan Kangas writes: >> > Oh, and another thing I was thinking about. Currently the default >> > value for rcirc-server-alist connects the user to irc.libera.chat >> > and lets them join #rcirc. I was wondering if it would be ok to add >> > #emacs to this list too, seeing as rcirc is implied to be the >> > default IRC client for Emacs (by "M-x irc"). I can imagine that >> > since the channel is not directly affiliated to the GNU project, >> > that there might be objections? >> >> Adding #emacs is fine, I think. > > Is the #rcirc channel very active? 12 Users right now but it's pretty quiet. There's an rcirc question maybe every few days and nothing much else. > If not, would it perhaps make sense to have only #emacs in that list? I don't know. #rcirc is a very quiet channel but on-topic, #emacs is very active but has lots of off-topic discussions, too. If I had an rcirc-related question, I'd try on #rcirc first. Bye, Tassilo