IRC Channels in FreeBSD FAQ

[Lars Engels]

On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 05:04:48PM +0000, Atte Peltomäki wrote:
> On 9/26/06, Lars Engels <lars.engels at 0x20.net> wrote:
> >Hi Doc Team!
> >
> >I just stumbled upon
> >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/support.html#IRC
> >
> >There are far more FreeBSD-related channels on IRC than those.
> >The Wiki has an own page for this:
> >http://wikitest.freebsd.org/IrcChannels
> >
> >Perhaps the link to the Wiki should be added to the FAQ?
> 
> I believe the link as such should not be added, as it includes no guidance
> about the nature of the channels. eg. #freebsd at IRCNet is much like it's
> EFNet counterpart, only even more abusive towards newbies. And EFNet's
> #bsdcode really serves a minor purpose these days, as a new channel has
> been dedicated for those who really work on the sources, leaving #bsdcode
> a mere hangaround joint.

Okay, that is a good point. I didn't think about that.

Anyway, thank you for your quick answer.


--
Lars
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