[jboss-dev] Find your community on FreeNode IRC

[David M. Lloyd]

Hello hello!  Attention all JBoss developers, contributors, and community 
members!

If you're only subscribed to the JBoss development mailing lists and 
monitoring forums, you're missing half of the community action.  These days 
a lot of interesting debates and discussions are happening in real time on 
FreeNode IRC.

Using IRC is easy.  Just install a client (check out 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_IRC_clients for a big list), OR 
use the FreeNode web chat feature at http://webchat.freenode.net/ to 
connect over HTTP.

The next step is to register a nickname (and a backup nickname, usually 
your main nickname with a "_" attached to the end).  See 
http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#contents-userregistration for information on 
how (and why!) to do so.

Currently there are several channels dedicated to JBoss projects.  The main 
JBoss channels are:

     #jboss - this is the channel which is primarily used for user 
questions & answers.  Everyone in the community should hang out here to ask 
questions and contribute help!
     #jboss-dev - this is where the developers hang out.  And I mean 
developers from just about every project, though the focus is usually on 
JBossAS in this channel.  If you're a developer and you contribute (or have 
thought about contributing) to a JBoss project, join up!
     #jboss-docs - this relatively new channel is focused on documentation 
efforts surrounding JBoss projects.

There are other project channels too.  Here's a list of just a few of them:

     #jbosstools  #seam  #jopr  #jbosstesting  #richfaces
     #netty  #jbossesb  #jboss-ejb3  #jbossts  #jboss-remoting
     #errai  #infinispan  #jboss-rails

If you're curious about whether there's a channel for the project you're 
interested in, join one of the general channels and ask!

In addition, many of us who are employed by Red Hat will have a special 
"cloak" attached to our user name.  If you do "/whois" on an employee, you 
may see something like this:

--- [dmlloyd] (~David at redhat/jboss/dmlloyd) : David M. Lloyd

This makes it easier to pick us out of the crowd.  If you're an employee 
who does not have a cloak and you'd like one, send me a private email to 
get set up.

Hope to see you all on IRC real soon!
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- DML ☍