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Re: Is IRC participation possible?

From: Jim Driscoll <Jim.Driscoll_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:58:33 -0800

I dunno - most folks are behind the Sun firewall - which means setting
up Socks proxies, which is kind of a pain. But that's a pretty good
idea, I'll see if I can encourage some folks to hang out there.

Jim

Jason Lee wrote:
> A little random, but: :P
>
> For what it's worth, I'm an operator on the Glassfish IRC channel
> (#glassfish) on irc.freenode.net (the same network, by the way, where
> the quasi-official JSF channel is). I idle in #glassfish pretty much
> all the time. One of the most common complaints is the lack of any real
> traffic/discussion in the channel. I know it's not really an official
> support... medium for Glassfish, but what are the chances of some
> Glassfish devs trying to spend some time there? In ##jsf, Ed Burns,
> Ryan Lubke, Roger Kitain, and (occasionally) Jennifer Ball are often
> there answering questions, and the response to that has been really,
> really good. Users regularly express their appreciation for having
> pretty direct and "real time" access to the JSF RI devs. To contrast
> that, just this morning, a user in #glassfish said, "Yes, this channel
> is similar to that of an almost dead project, although it is a big
> successful project." which is not good. My hope is that someone who
> knows things better than I and one or two other regulars could be... a
> regular there and help things along.
>
> I realize that may not be possible for a host of technical and/or
> political reasons. I know the devs are busy trying to get v2 out the
> door, and I (and my company) really, REALLY appreciate all that work. I
> just thought I'd relay some of the user sentiment I've seen in the
> channel.
>
> Thanks for "listening" to me ramble. :)
>
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