From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.3 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_ALL,DMARC_QUAR, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from no-spam.it.helsinki.fi (NO-SPAM.it.helsinki.fi [128.214.205.34]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5267AC469 for ; Mon, 10 Jun 2002 06:28:04 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mat-153.math.helsinki.fi (mat-153.math.helsinki.fi [128.214.72.113]) by no-spam.it.helsinki.fi (8.11.4/8.11.4-SPAMmers-sod-off) with ESMTP id g5ABS3e22411 for ; Mon, 10 Jun 2002 14:28:03 +0300 (EEST) Received: from e by mat-153.math.helsinki.fi with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 17HNUO-0003mR-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Mon, 10 Jun 2002 14:37:36 +0300 Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 14:37:36 +0300 From: Einar Karttunen To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] IRC on install CD Message-ID: <20020610113736.GB6110@shellak.helsinki.fi> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 4ce788bc-4a6c-4e6f-bb48-d572aa6d0220 X-Archives-Hash: 1156949c30c4be5362b3d18f829130e6 On 10.06 12:45, Wout Mertens wrote: > Here's an interesting idea I heard on IRC (from kraylus): provide a > console-based IRC client on the install CD so you can immediately chat on > #gentoo for install problems. (with a little entry in install.txt that > explains how to use it) Sounds like a nice idea. > Only, I don't know anything about console-based IRC apps, so I wouldn't > know which one is best. pmjorange suggested irssi. irssi of course :-) It seems that the most popular text mode irc-clients are irssi, bitchx and epic/ircii. Both irssi and bitchx offer more features than epic/ircii. Bitchx is two times larger than irssi. Of course the best approach would be customisable install CDs so that we can have irssi and vi on the install CD and not annoy the users with a different taste. - Einar Karttunen