From: Eero Saynatkari Date: 2009-02-25T23:13:01+09:00 Subject: The Ruby IRC Channel is #ruby-lang on Freenode Hi, small public service announcement: The official Ruby IRC channel is #ruby-lang on Freenode (i.e. irc://irc.freenode.net/ruby-lang.) The #ruby channel on the same network should NOT be used at this time because its administration is in the hands of a third party (who has, in addition, been absent for a long time.) There has been a recent increase in people mistakenly joining that channel rather than #ruby-lang. Until the administration is transferred to Ruby Central or other person/entity appointed by matz (and this may take some time with Freenode's policies), all #ruby people should move to #ruby-lang to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort and splintering of knowledge. Everyone else is naturally heartily welcomed, as well! IRC is usually the fastest way to obtain help (although the ML is fairly snappy usually) and the most convenient way to hang out with other rubyists! There are around 500 people on the channel(s), of whom 50 or more are online at pretty much any given time. (There are also several more specific channels such as #rack, #rubyonrails, #rspec, #merb and so on.) Thanks! rue -- Magic is insufficiently advanced technology. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.