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In lugnet.cad, Tore Eriksson wrote a big lengthy post.
Maybe we could have a chat channel for LDraw? I myself would suggest of creating
an IRC channel for users to sit, ask help for and just chat in. As LDraw itself
is free software (even though MLCad is not), I feel it's worth the shot to ask
freenode (http://freenode.net/) if they could let us have a channel and believe
that they probably comply. They're such a big network dedicated for open source
software anyway. :)
What you think..?
-Santeri
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In lugnet.cad, Santeri Piippo wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Tore Eriksson wrote a big lengthy post.
Yes, didn't I? Almost twice as long as your post... ;)
> Maybe we could have a chat channel for LDraw? I myself would suggest of creating
> an IRC channel for users to sit, ask help for and just chat in. As LDraw itself
> is free software (even though MLCad is not), I feel it's worth the shot to ask
> freenode (http://freenode.net/) if they could let us have a channel and believe
> that they probably comply. They're such a big network dedicated for open source
> software anyway. :)
>
> What you think..?
>
> -Santeri
Isn't MLCad freeware? I didn't know that. But then again, I'm not an MLCad user.
I don't know about a dedicated LDraw chat. Would it really be populated? There's
nothing that stops us from creating an LDraw chat room in, say BrickLink. No
need for asking permission or setting up anything. And many of us already has a
BrickLink account, I guess. But I don't think it will be popular either.
Oh, IRC... it was ages since I used it. Didn't even know it still existed in any
form. Is it "in" again?
/Tore
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On 2010-03-22, Tore Eriksson <tore.eriksson@mbox325.swipnet.se> wrote:
>
> Oh, IRC... it was ages since I used it. Didn't even know it still existed in any
> form. Is it "in" again?
It still exists, believe it or not (being actively using it "ever since").
But... my perception is that it's mostly the "same old" users keeping it
alive, and a few occasional new ones dropping in. There are 72708 currently
active clients on IRCNet, hard for me to say on a world-basis whether it's
a lot or little for being just one of the networks.
Cheers,
Matija
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In lugnet.cad, Matija Puzar wrote:
> On 2010-03-22, Tore Eriksson <tore.eriksson@mbox325.swipnet.se> wrote:
> >
> > Oh, IRC... it was ages since I used it. Didn't even know it still existed in any
> > form. Is it "in" again?
>
> It still exists, believe it or not (being actively using it "ever since").
> But... my perception is that it's mostly the "same old" users keeping it
> alive, and a few occasional new ones dropping in. There are 72708 currently
> active clients on IRCNet, hard for me to say on a world-basis whether it's
> a lot or little for being just one of the networks.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Matija
As a data point, IRC is used extensively for helping out with WikiMedia
Foundation related stuff. A fair bit of the traffic in some IRC channels is bot
traffic (some bots posting changes, other bots examining the changes and
reverting vandalism, and the like) but some are extensively used by humans.
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In lugnet.cad, Tore Eriksson wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Santeri Piippo wrote:
> > In lugnet.cad, Tore Eriksson wrote a big lengthy post.
>
> Yes, didn't I? Almost twice as long as your post... ;)
>
> > Maybe we could have a chat channel for LDraw? I myself would suggest of creating
> > an IRC channel for users to sit, ask help for and just chat in. As LDraw itself
> > is free software (even though MLCad is not), I feel it's worth the shot to ask
> > freenode (http://freenode.net/) if they could let us have a channel and believe
> > that they probably comply. They're such a big network dedicated for open source
> > software anyway. :)
> >
> > What you think..?
> >
> > -Santeri
>
> Isn't MLCad freeware? I didn't know that. But then again, I'm not an MLCad user.
Well yes, but it's not open source nor "free software" in the GNU sense.
> I don't know about a dedicated LDraw chat. Would it really be populated? There's
> nothing that stops us from creating an LDraw chat room in, say BrickLink. No
> need for asking permission or setting up anything. And many of us already has a
> BrickLink account, I guess. But I don't think it will be popular either.
>
> Oh, IRC... it was ages since I used it. Didn't even know it still existed in any
> form. Is it "in" again?
I don't know has it ever died but I myself have seen newbies come and go on
#kvirc on freenode. It is around, that's for sure.
>
> /Tore
I checked the freenode policies - the network is "created to serve groups which
exist outside of IRC. It's designed to encourage community members to improve
their skills in the areas of cooperative effort, interpersonal communication and
project coordination, and to create a real-time bridge to the outside world for
our target communities." - http://freenode.net/policy.shtml
And freenode is a large network - currently there is ~55,000 users connected.
Maybe it could help us get some global attention too? ;)
-Santeri
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In lugnet.cad, Santeri Piippo wrote:
> And freenode is a large network - currently there is ~55,000 users connected.
> Maybe it could help us get some global attention too? ;)
>
> -Santeri
Well, at least I'm not against giving it a try.
/Tore
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