From kde-multimedia  Mon Aug 22 14:22:55 2011
From: Colin Guthrie <gmane () colin ! guthr ! ie>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:22:55 +0000
To: kde-multimedia
Subject: Re: IRC Channel Merge?
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'Twas brillig, and Harald Sitter at 21/08/11 13:30 did gyre and gimble:
> Aloha!
> 
> Recently I started thinking about merging the IRC channel #phonon into
> #kde-multimedia. Reason for this are two things:
> a) #kde-multimedia is not used all that much
> b) a) comes to quite some degree from the Phonominals talking about
> kdemm stuff in #phonon (being lazy and not switching channel... ;))
> 
> So, I'd like to get some opinions on what you think about merging
> #phonon into #kde-multimedia.
> 
> To me it seems like a close enough thing since Phonon is often
> involved when talking about kdemm stuff and vica versa (which makes
> sense since Phonon provides solutions to enable kdemm ^^).
> A disadvantage on the Phonon side of things would be a loss of
> identity + making it harder for people to find us.
> 
> What do you think?

I think it's a good idea.

I don't think the loss of identity for phonon itself is a problem. Much
like with PulseAudio, I think if the job is done right, the average user
should not even know the name - things should "just work".

Col




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