No matter what you end up doing, I would appreciate a git-annex-announce@ list.

I really like the persistence of ikiwiki, but it's not ideal for quick communication. I would be fine with IRC and/or ML. The advantage of a ML over ikiwiki is that it doesn't seem to be as "wasteful" to mix normal chat with actual problem-solving. But maybe that's merely my own perception.

Speaking of RSS: I thought I had added a wishlist item to ikiwiki about providing per-subsite RSS feeds. For example there is no (obvious) way to subscribe to changes in http://git-annex.branchable.com/forum/git-annex_communication_channels/ .

FWIW, I resorted to tagging my local clone of git-annex to keep track of what I've read, already.

-- RichiH

I think the forums/website currently is sufficient, I do at times wish there was a mailing list or anonymous git push to the wiki as I find editing posts through the web browser is some times tedious (the lack of !fmt or alt-q bugs me at times ;) ). The main advantage of keeping stuff on the site/forum is that everything gets saved and passed on to anyone who checks out the git repo of the code base.

Push access to the non-code bits of git-annex' ikiwiki would be very welcome indeed. Given the choice, I would rather edit everything in Vim than in a browser. -- RichiH

.1 cents: Having IRC would be really nice for seeking quick help. E.g. like I was trying to do now, google lead me to this page.

I would also like an git-annex channel. Would be #git-annex@OFTC ok?

We seem to be using #vcs-home @ OFTC for now. madduck is fine with it and joeyh pokes his head in there, as well. I just added a CIA bot to #vcs-home and this comment is a test if pushing works. -- RichiH

@Jimmy mentioned anonymous git push -- that is now enabled for this wiki. Enjoy!

I may try to spend more time on #vcs-home -- or I can be summoned there from my other lurking places on irc, I guess.