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+Thought I'd ask how y'all are finding the current communication by this forum/website/git repo only.
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+Would there be a benefit to having an irc channel for git-annex?
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+Maybe a mailing list? (Any persuasive reason why it would be better than this forum?)
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+Are the existing RSS feeds on this site, for eg, new [[comments]] and posts to this forum, sufficient to keep up with
+things?
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+--[[Joey]]