Thought I'd ask how y'all are finding the current communication by this forum/website/git repo only.

Would there be a benefit to having an irc channel for git-annex?

Maybe a mailing list? (Any persuasive reason why it would be better than this forum?)

Are the existing RSS feeds on this site, for eg, new comments and posts to this forum, sufficient to keep up with things?

--Joey

No matter what you end up doing, I would appreciate a git-annex-announce@ list.

I really like the persistence of ikiwiki, but it's not ideal for quick communication. I would be fine with IRC and/or ML. The advantage of a ML over ikiwiki is that it doesn't seem to be as "wasteful" to mix normal chat with actual problem-solving. But maybe that's merely my own perception.

Speaking of RSS: I thought I had added a wishlist item to ikiwiki about providing per-subsite RSS feeds. For example there is no (obvious) way to subscribe to changes in http://git-annex.branchable.com/forum/git-annex_communication_channels/ .

FWIW, I resorted to tagging my local clone of git-annex to keep track of what I've read, already.

-- RichiH

I think the forums/website currently is sufficient, I do at times wish there was a mailing list or anonymous git push to the wiki as I find editing posts through the web browser is some times tedious (the lack of !fmt or alt-q bugs me at times ;) ). The main advantage of keeping stuff on the site/forum is that everything gets saved and passed on to anyone who checks out the git repo of the code base.
Push access to the non-code bits of git-annex' ikiwiki would be very welcome indeed. Given the choice, I would rather edit everything in Vim than in a browser. -- RichiH
.1 cents: Having IRC would be really nice for seeking quick help. E.g. like I was trying to do now, google lead me to this page.
I would also like an git-annex channel. Would be #git-annex@OFTC ok?
We seem to be using #vcs-home @ OFTC for now. madduck is fine with it and joeyh pokes his head in there, as well. I just added a CIA bot to #vcs-home and this comment is a test if pushing works. -- RichiH

@Jimmy mentioned anonymous git push -- that is now enabled for this wiki. Enjoy!

I may try to spend more time on #vcs-home -- or I can be summoned there from my other lurking places on irc, I guess.

Comment by http://joey.kitenet.net/ Thu May 19 19:21:51 2011
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