X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/wiki.git/blobdiff_plain/975c12279f0b80f68f665ff488132cbd3a5d9c84..95889445afe199a7cd797ebf80cf43710dda74a1:/office/zephyrClasses.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/office/zephyrClasses.mdwn b/office/zephyrClasses.mdwn index 67f44f1..2c5861b 100644 --- a/office/zephyrClasses.mdwn +++ b/office/zephyrClasses.mdwn @@ -1,6 +1,59 @@ [[!meta title="SIPB Zephyr Classes"]] -Many SIPB members and prospectives use zephyr to communicate about projects, discuss what's new (or old) in the computing world, and generally keep in touch. Here's a list of some zephyr classes you might be interested in subscribing to. +Many SIPB members and prospectives [use zephyr](http://sipb-www.scripts.mit.edu/doc/wiki/UsingZephyr) to communicate about +projects, discuss what's new (or old) in the computing world, and +generally keep in touch. Here's a list of some zephyr classes you +might be interested in subscribing to. -* '''''' - The general class for SIPB members and prospectives. General discussion. +*Note*: If you're new to zephyr or to any of these classes, you're +encouraged to just listen to the class at first and get a feel for the +class's typical modes of behavior. If you jump right in, you might +risk accidentally offending someone. +* **<sipb,\*,\*>** — The archetypal zephyr class for SIPB +members and prospectives. Features general discussion about the SIPB, +from brainstorming about projects to random bits of humor. It's +considered polite to always use an instance when sending to **-c +sipb**. *High traffic.* + +* **<sipb-door,\*,\*>** — Receives a zephyr whenever SIPB's office door opens or closes. Great way to keep track of whether the [[office]] is open or not. + +* **<sipb-auto,\*,\*>** — *High traffic.* Receives a variety of automatically generated zephyrs, including... + * **<sipb-auto,sipbmp3,\*>** — Activity on [sipbmp3](http://sipb.mit.edu/sipbmp3/). *Usually high traffic.* + * **<sipb-auto,sipb-door,\*>** — See **<sipb-door,\*,\*>** above. + * **<sipb-auto,sipb-www,\*>** — Commit logs when changes are pushed to this website. + * **<sipb-auto,backups,\*>** — Log messages from automated backups of the SIPB AFS cell. + * **<sipb-auto,nagios.stuff.HTTP,\*>** — Alerts when SIPB's [stuff.mit.edu](http://stuff.mit.edu) server goes down. + +## Classes for SIPB Projects + +In general, you should only sub to these classes *if and only if* +you're interested in helping with a specific project. + +* **<scripts,\*,\*>** — If you're interested in getting involved +with [Scripts](http://scripts.mit.edu/), subscribe here to see what +the Scripts team does behind the scenes. *High traffic.* + +* **<barnowl,\*,\*>** — Discussion of [Barnowl](http://barnowl.mit.edu/), a zephyr client written and maintained by SIPB members. + +* **<debathena,\*,\*>** — Discussion of [Debathena](http://debathena.mit.edu/), a project designed to bring the functionality of Athena to your Debian or Ubuntu system. Debathena is also the basis of the next official version of Athena. *High traffic.* + +* **<dodona-discuss,\*,\*>** — Discussing the development and coding of [Dodona](http://dodona.scripts.mit.edu), a SIPB zephyrbot. + * **<dodona,\*,\*>** — The "official" class for Dodona to run and give advice on. Currently *low traffic*, as Dodona rarely runs. + * **<dodona-test,\*,\*>** — Class for trial runs of Dodona. *High traffic*. + +* **<clockworks,\*,\*>** — Discussion of [[clockworks|projects/clockworks]]. + +* **<mitex,\*,\*>** — Discussion of the development of [mitex](http://mitex.mit.edu). Note that this class receives a zephyr with each commit made. + +## Other Useful Classes + +These are not actually SIPB-related classes, although many people +affiliated with SIPB and/or IS&T listen to them. You should not send +zephyrs to any of these classes unless you have a good reason. + +* **<consult,\*,\*>** - + +* **<filsrv,\*,\*>** — Announcements of filesystem outages + +* **<3down,\*,\*>** — Recieves zephyrs about MIT service status (see also [3down website](http://3down.mit.edu/))