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| 3 | IRC Chat |
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| 4 | ======== |
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| 6 | :Authors: Nicolas Bozon, Gérald Fenoy, Jeff McKenna, Luca Delucchi |
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| 7 | :Last Updated: $Date: 2013-03-28 10:00:07 +0000 (Thu, 28 Mar 2013) $ |
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| 9 | Some of the development of the ZOO-Project is coordinated through IRC. This page |
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| 10 | describes how you log on to chat, ask questions, and hack around with the |
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| 11 | developers. |
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| 12 | |
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| 13 | Server and Channel Information |
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| 14 | ------------------------------ |
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| 16 | :: |
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| 17 | |
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| 18 | Server: irc.freenode.net |
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| 19 | Channel: #zoo-project |
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| 20 | |
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| 21 | Why IRC? |
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| 22 | -------- |
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| 24 | IRC is a primary medium where Open Source GIS hackers congregate, collaborate, |
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| 25 | and hack. It makes it easy to communicate things like compilation issues, |
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| 26 | where immediate, iterative feedback allows folks to make a lot of progress. |
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| 27 | Something that might take days of heavily-quoted emails through a mailinglist |
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| 28 | might only take fifteen minutes on IRC. |
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| 29 | |
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| 30 | IRC is a great way to coordinate on-line meetings. The ZOO PSC conducts their |
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| 31 | monthly meetings through IRC. |
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| 32 | |
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| 33 | How do I join? |
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| 34 | -------------- |
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| 35 | |
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| 36 | - `Chatzilla <http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/>`__ is |
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| 37 | probably the easiest way to get going. Chatzilla works with Mozilla or |
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| 38 | Firefox, and once you have it installed, you can log on to the channel by |
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| 39 | pointing your browser at:: |
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| 40 | |
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| 41 | irc://irc.freenode.net/#zoo-project |
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| 42 | |
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| 43 | - There are many other IRC clients available. `This page |
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| 44 | <http://tikiwiki.org/ConnectingToIrc>`__ provides a good listing for many |
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| 45 | different platforms. |
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| 46 | |
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| 47 | - You can also connect to IRC directly in your Web browser without a client: |
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| 48 | |
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| 49 | - goto http://webchat.freenode.net/ |
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| 50 | - enter a nickname (usually your first initial plus your last name) |
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| 51 | - in "Channels" enter: zoo-project |
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| 52 | - Connect! |
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| 54 | IRC logs |
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| 55 | ----------- |
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| 57 | It is possible to see the logs (history) of ZOO-Project IRC channel |
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| 58 | `here <http://svn.zoo-project.org/irc/>`_ |
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