Discussion medium proposal.

Shawn K. Quinn skquinn@speakeasy.net
Sun Sep 15 10:46:02 2002


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On Monday September 9 2002 08:09, Justin Troutman wrote:
> Here is a message I originally sent to Werner.  I would appreciate
> any feedback on the idea. Much thanks for your time.

I see you got no replies to this when originally sent. I was going back=20
over old messages and noticed this one so=20

> I would like to propose another medium in which to discuss GnuPG
> matters, albeit hopefully satisfactory to you.
>
> A few friends of mine who run a small, stable IRC server have
> graciously allowed me the opportunity to place a "#gnupg"
> channel on the server.
>
> The server is public, but has a small user-base and stable
> uptimes. The operators are very knowledgeable and would be more
> than happy to have a channel which pertains to GnuPG discussion.

I think this is mostly a good idea.

> My idea is that this may be another convenient way in which to
> discuss GnuPG, without the hassle of most large IRC servers
> which are drowned in lag and thousands of users, without relying
> solely on the mailing list.

The fact it's isolated has benefits. The downside is that this makes it=20
more difficult for some IRC clients to access (I maintain a presence on=20
EFnet IRC and this would mean I would probably need to open a second=20
instance of my client to participate).

Is this server still up? If so, would you mind telling us where it is?

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Shawn K. Quinn
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