Re: [9fans] the futility of #plan9 on irc

[Tim Newsham <newsham@lava.net>]

>> #plan9 never has and never will serve as a developer channel.
>> signal/noise ratio is too low.  any useful comments are quickly
>> drowned in the sea of drivel.  grep the logs for expletives -- you'll
>> find more there than in a linux driver for sparc hardware.
>
> What's the solution then?  Having a more interactive venue to

Despite what Andrey said (most of which is true), IRC is still
the first place I'd recommend someone with a plan9 question
go ask.  Depending on who is watching, they could get a good
answer, or perhaps just a snide 'RTFM.'  When it works it
works well and when it doesn't, there's 9fans for a slightly
less timely response.

I also think IRC somewhat works for development chat.  People
who are interested in development can talk to each other.  Its
not hard to ignore people who arent contributing.

So, yah, you dont get free multilingual, almost 24 hour/day
support service for free... there's a cost -- occasional
newbie bashing, dick swinging and off-topic rants.  All told
still a good buy.

>      -eric

Tim Newsham
http://www.lava.net/~newsham/