[Python-Dev] core dev IRC nicks (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Wed Aug 29 22:55:33 CEST 2012

On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:50:25 +0200 Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:

On 29.08.2012 15:38, R. David Murray wrote: > On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:21:15 -0500, Brian Curtin <brian at python.org> wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:58 PM, Chris Jerdonek >> <chris.jerdonek at gmail.com> wrote: >> > Is there a list somewhere of the IRC nicks of the core developers that >> > use IRC (and who wish to be listed) alongside their real names? If >> > there is no such list, has there ever been discussion on python-dev of >> > creating such a list? >> >> I'm sure we could make one, but it's probably of limited utility since >> not many people are on IRC, and those who are come and go throughout >> the day, throughout the month, year, etc. >> >> It'd just end up being another list to try and keep up to date >> (alphabetized, of course). You're probably better off just asking >> who's around whenever you're on. > > On the other hand, a lot of people, especially the people who do use IRC > frequently and are therefore most likely to be found there, keep the same > IRC handle for a long time (I've had mine, bitdancer, since 1995 or so). > So I think there would be utility in such a list even if the updates > were spotty.

But so far I've not seen a core developer without the real name field set to their, well, real name, so it's not quite as hard to find out who is who anyway.

And there's probably an entertainment value to it. (I still wonder who "Alex_Gaynor" is, though)

cheers

Antoine.

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