use of private DMB IRC channel

[Dan Streetman]

On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 8:47 AM Lucas Kanashiro <kanashiro at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Em 05/04/2022 05:33, Sebastien Bacher escreveu:
> > Hey Lukasz,
> >
> > Le 05/04/2022 à 10:10, Lukasz Zemczak a écrit :
> >> The only uses it had so far was more of like a coordination use,
> >> as this was the place where (at least previously) all DMB members were
> >> easily accessible. So when we wanted to discuss like some chairing
> >> situation, or send a reminder to everyone, it was easier.
> > Thanks for adding some context. I was thinking about that when I
> > replied earlier, adding some though
> >
> > - having a place to contact the group, drop notes and ask questions is
> > nice but IRC doesn't do a great job unless everyone use a proxy to
> > stay connected and have the backlog which isn't the case (I wish the
> > Ubuntu community would move to something more modern like mattermost
> > but that's another topic...)
> >
> > - coordination and questions would probably be fine on a public channel
> >
> > I think the mailing list is probably the best place at this time to
> > reach out
>
> I became aware of this private IRC channel when going through the
> knowledge base wiki page [1]. I already did use it yesterday to make
> sure I was correctly doing the task assigned to me but it could
> definitely be done elsewhere. I also have no strong opinion about this
> private IRC channel, so it is fine if the other members want to close
> it, but which channel would be more appropriate to ask quick DMB related
> questions? Would it be #ubuntu-devel? For some things a mailing list
> post seems too much.

I agree that #ubuntu-devel is a good choice for public communication.
I don't think we have enough IRC communication (outside of IRC
meetings) to need our own public channel, and any longer discussions
should probably happen either on the ML or during a meeting, I think.

>
> Cheers!
>
> [1]
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DeveloperMembershipBoard/KnowledgeBase#Checklist_after_a_DMB_election
>
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