[Wikipedia-l] IRC and setting it

Mon Jun 7 09:22:44 UTC 2004

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>Shaihulud can set IRC up on a Wikimedia server when nobody is 
>against it.
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>Well, actually I am dead against it. 
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>The rationale against is overwhelming; it increases the 
>complexity of the Wikimedia serverpark. The timing is bad; in 
>the middle of a big outage requiring restore.. 
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>Brion Vibber is against it; it puts too many eggs in the same 
>basket. When the servers are down, the IRC goes with it.
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>So, reading the message threat _please_ do not set it up even 
>when you can.
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I dont want to set up an IRC server, I want to install a gateway from http->irc. 
IRC server will be freenode.net. It's only for people who cant get an IRC service through their firewall.

Shaihulud