Re: PHP Mirrors: Real-Time Communications?

Hello Daniel,

+1 for the idea.

1. Should we do this: yes
Would I participate: yes
2. Using IRC (with a public or private server with a channel with a key) is the option I prefer (as I'm always in some IRC channels and check IRC from multiple devices).

Met vriendelijke groet, Kind regards,

Mark Scholten

Op 1 jun. 2012 om 23:07 heeft Daniel Brown <[email protected]> het volgende geschreven:

>    Greetings, all;
> 
>    I know you're getting bombarded with emails from me, and I'd like
> to apologize.  Now, with that said, what if there was even more
> communication, but on a regular basis?
> 
>    What I would like to discuss with you all is the idea of having an
> always-on chat system (IRC, Jabber, et al) for official mirror
> maintainers to join, which would allow not only for quicker two-way
> communication between yourselves and us, but also among yourselves, as
> well.  In addition - and here is the most important part - I would
> like for the mirrors program to evolve into more of a democratic and
> participant-driven entity.  Over the years, I've worked with dozens of
> you individually, in public or in private.  I've barked orders from
> time to time and you've consistently been gracious enough to go along,
> even when I'm acting the part of an Army Drill Sergeant[1][2].
> 
>    So I'd like to gather your opinions and see if we can start
> something up right away, and others can join in over time.  If we
> reach eleven similar opinions in favor of doing this (>10% of the
> mirror maintainer population), we'll set the ball rolling in the
> direction of the general consensus.
> 
>    To begin, there's just two two-part questions:
> 
>        1.) Should we do this, and would you participate?
>        2.) Should we use something public like IRC or something
> private like our own Jabber server?
> 
>    Thanks all, for everything.
> 
> -- 
> </Daniel P. Brown>
> Network Infrastructure Manager
> http://www.php.net/