[IRCServices] Services information in documentation

Andrew Kempe andrewk at icon.co.za
Fri Sep 24 11:13:31 PDT 1999


I have not had the chance to go through all the documentation, but I think
most references have been removed. Unfortunately, there are numerous other
references to "EsperNet Services" that our beyond my control - such as
websites, software archives etc.

Andrew

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ircservices at ender.shadowfire.org
> [mailto:owner-ircservices at ender.shadowfire.org]On Behalf Of Ian R.
> Justman
> Sent: 24 September 1999 11:09
> To: ircservices at ender.shadowfire.org
> Subject: [IRCServices] Services information in documentation
>
>
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>
>
> Hi there, from the network who was the first to use this software.  :)
>
> Is there any way to tone down the references to EsperNet in the
> documentation and the source code?  I periodically get requests for
> support in #dragonweyr, EsperNet's official help channel, which I always
> refer to Andy Church's page, <A  HREF="http://achurch.dragonfire.net/services">http://achurch.dragonfire.net/services</A>.
>
> Some of whom stubbornly--sometimes rudely--mitigate said requests by
> saying they're not code questions, but operational questions, when in fact
> the channel is solely for the use of our users, and operational questions
> do entail the use of the code.
>
> I hope I haven't come off like I'm griping or anything, but some people do
> not understand that while Services did have their start on EsperNet, our
> administration channel is not the place to get support for it.  Like the
> other networks I see represented here, we're just another satisfied user
> of the software.
>
> While our staff and I appreciate the recognition, we're IRC operators, and
> any work that we do on the code we do is to get the code to run on our own
> servers and for any customizations we might make for our own purposes and
> of course, bugfixes where we see them.  (Any bugfixes we'll be more than
> happy to have rolled into the core source distribution.)
>
> However, I personally might try running the software under other
> environments to which I have access for portability reasons and for
> reasons of fun.
>
> Thanks. :)
>
> - --Ian R. Justman, Co-Founder and Postmaster, The EsperNet IRC Network.
>
> P.S.  Andy Church, Services' original author, is our other founder. (Hi,
> Andy!)
>
> - -----
> Ian R. Justman (NIC handle IJ12)  ianj at esper.net (Official
> EsperNet business)
> Co-Founder and Postmaster, The EsperNet IRC Network
> Server Administrator, chocobo.esper.net "IJ" on IRC
>
> PGP key available upon request, or finger ianj at esper.net.
>
> If this message was signed with the Postmaster's key, please finger
> postmaster at esper.net for the Postmaster public key.
>
> Type Bits/KeyID    Date       User ID
> pub  1024/BAB34B69 1997/11/15 EsperNet Postmaster <postmaster at esper.net>
>             Key fingerprint = 05 BD 7C B5 8E 0B FD EF  EE 47 49
> C4 96 11 59 75
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