Perhaps it would be wise to open #Ubuntu-LTS?

[John Vivirito]

On 05/10/2010 03:50 PM, Jason Ribeiro wrote:
> On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 7:37 AM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad <
> joerlend.schinstad at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I was thinking it might be a good idea to open #Ubuntu-LTS instead of
>> redirecting it to #Ubuntu.
> 
> [...]
>>
> Don't you think?
>>
> 
> I have to disagree with this proposal mainly because there aren't too many
> release-specific issues that pop up in #ubuntu that aren't in the release
> notes.  #ubuntu+1 deals with issues specific to using an unstable version,
> issues that are usually different than #ubuntu.  #kubuntu, #xubuntu (are
> there more?) deal with different desktop environments.  #ubuntu-server,
> again focuses on very specific tasks.  With an LTS release however, what
> sort of issues come up to warrant a channel separate from #ubuntu?  I'm sure
> I could name a handful, but not much more.
> 
> But there are other reasons too.
> 
> Creating a #ubuntu-lts channel and shuffling LTS users there splits the
> users providing support into two channels.  This makes it harder to get
> support, unless the user asks in both channels which defeats the purpose of
> the channel.
> 
> On top of that, it will create more non-support chatter in #ubuntu due to
> all of the "forwarding traffic" like #ubuntu+1 already does.

I didn't this of this at the time i made my post,
this really does make sense

> 
> I think that if an LTS user simply announces he is using an LTS release in
> #ubuntu it accomplishes what #ubuntu-lts hopes to accomplish, namely having
> other LTS users to talk to.
> 
> That's my two cents.  In the end, I don't think LTS is different enough from
> the other supported releases to really benefit from a separate channel.
> However, a lot of people seem to be supporting the idea, so I wouldn't
> object to a trial period of a week or two to see how things work out.
> 
> jrib
> 
> 

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