Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753132AbYL3CXR (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:23:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752040AbYL3CXE (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:23:04 -0500 Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.44.29]:61406 "EHLO yx-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751833AbYL3CXC (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:23:02 -0500 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:23:01 -0500 From: "Kyle Moffett" To: "Jesper Juhl" Subject: Re: IRC? Cc: lmage11@twcny.rr.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20081230011918.EYAC3.401225.root@hrndva-web19-z02> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 829 Lines: 18 On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 8:40 PM, Jesper Juhl wrote: > IRC channels can be a nice suplement when a few people need to discuss > something in semi-real-time related to some LKML thread or just some > kernel related topic, but it's no replacement for the mailing list. Especially considering that LKML can reach up to 60 lines per second for sustained periods of time during certain discussions, even excluding patch content. With subject filters and threading, that's perfectly OK. With a single big honkin' IRC channel it is beyond useless. Cheers, Kyle Moffett -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/