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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:58:49 -0500
From: Michael Schmalle <mike@teotigraphix.com>
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Subject: Re: IRC Channel link on website?
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Quoting Greg Reddin <gredbug@gmail.com>:

> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Alex Harui <aharui@adobe.com> wrote:
>> What kinds of things get discussed on Struts IRC? =A0Is there an archive=
 that
>> is searchable?
>
> I'm not sure. I've not spent much time there. It might not even be =20
> used anymore.
>
>> I'm worried about confusing folks about what gets discussed
>> where. =A0I thought there was a convention of having a project-user mail=
ing
>> for folks need help using the release of a project.
>
> The only real stipulation is that project decisions cannot be made on
> IRC. If some users want to gather there it's fine. If the flex project
> members don't hang out there folks will eventually get the message and
> will take their questions where they will be answered. It's fine to
> publish links to non-apache list archives, unofficial forums, IRC
> channels, etc. as long as these media are not called official. If you
> don't like the IRC channel, don't hang out there. If enough people do
> hang out there it will survive. If not it won't. The thing is these
> things are not Apache resources so they are not official communication
> channels.
>
> Greg
>

I reverted the changes because it seemed like the consensus was =20
immediate that even seeing the link on the Official website would =20
already cause confusion even if the word official wasn't present.

Again, I'm sorry to the group for making that mistake, it won't happen =20
again as far as the website and my committing is concerned.

Mike