[Wikipedia-l] IRC and setting it

[Gerard.Meijssen]

Shaihulud can set IRC up on a Wikimedia server when nobody is against it.

Well, actually I am dead against it. 

The rationale against is overwhelming; it increases the complexity of the Wikimedia serverpark. The timing is bad; in the middle of a big outage requiring restore.. 

Brion Vibber is against it; it puts too many eggs in the same basket. When the servers are down, the IRC goes with it.

So, reading the message threat _please_ do not set it up even when you can.

Thanks,
  Gerard