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+</I>><i> +</I>><i> If we could nail this down right away, it would save much grief later. +</I> +My own opinion is that : +1) a ruling would be too much dictatorial and bureaucratic +2) we should hear both group in case of trouble +3) we should also try to model this based on irc user expectations + +So, instead of trying to generalize naming, and trying to solve problem +that do not show up, let's focus on the issue of -uk . + +How are the others community channel named for both groups ? + +Fedora : +<A HREF="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate#IRC">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate#IRC</A> + +#fedora-uk -> united kingdom +nothing for ukranian + +Debian : +<A HREF="http://wiki.debian.org/IRC">http://wiki.debian.org/IRC</A> debian + +#debian-uk -> united kingdom +again, nothing for ukranian + +Ubuntu : +<A HREF="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/ChannelNaming">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/ChannelNaming</A> +<A HREF="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/ChannelList">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/ChannelList</A> + +#ubuntu-uk -> united kingdom +#ubuntu-ua -> ukrainian + +Opensuse : +<A HREF="http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:IRC_list">http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:IRC_list</A> + +nothing for both + +Gentoo : +<A HREF="http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/irc.xml">http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/irc.xml</A> +#gentoo-uk -> united kingdom +#gentoo-ua -> ukrainian + +Arch : +<A HREF="http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/IRC_Channels">http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/IRC_Channels</A> + +Nothing from both. + +Freebsd : +<A HREF="http://wiki.freebsd.org/IrcChannels">http://wiki.freebsd.org/IrcChannels</A> +Nothing rom both + +So, my own understanding is that most users would expect to have -uk to +be us united kingdom, so we should follow this too. + +-- +Michael Scherer + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002174.html">[Mageia-discuss] Wish List +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002123.html">[Mageia-discuss] UPDATE: Mailing List to Web Forum Bidirectional Gateway +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2116">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2116">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2116">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2116">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |