Idea for module

Ger0_ · Post by **Ger0_** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 1:42 am

A new chanmode that makes the opped away users get deopped when they get away

suggestions?

AngryWolf · Post by **AngryWolf** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 11:39 am

Why is that good? Just because a channel operator becomes away for some time, should the channel mode stop him/her from receiving messages sent to +#channel, %#channel and @#channel, and thus make his/her logging capability useless? Additionally, for example, XChat marks away users as gray in the channel members list (maybe there are similar features in other clients as well), so I think it shouldn't be a problem if chanops are away.

codemastr · Post by **codemastr** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 4:25 pm

Not to mention the fun that can occur if the channel only has 1 op. I set /away, now there are no ops. And if the channel wasn't registered, or services are down...

aquanight · Post by **aquanight** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 10:01 pm

That bit wouldn't be so bad if the module remembered ops that set away, and reop them when they unset it.

But I agree that it's rather useless. There are better ways to show that you're away: 1) you can deop yourself (and you might not want to do this for unregistered channels / services gone down). 2) you can change your nick to something else. (A 3rd method would be to announce it every so often - on a /timer perhaps - but I personally have a tendency to want to strangle people that do that...)

Oh and by the way, why the HECK is a module-related thread in the services forum?

w00t · Post by **w00t** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 11:14 am

Lol.

I agree with aquanight here, it COULD be useful, but then why not just /whois them and look at their idle time/away status.

codemastr · Post by **codemastr** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 5:01 pm

That bit wouldn't be so bad if the module remembered ops that set away, and reop them when they unset it

Well what I meant is, what if something happens while you're gone? When I'm away, I still have my flood-kick script going and such. So if no other opers are around, my script will get rid of flooders. However, if I'm deopped whenever I set /away, that user can flood for hours until I return.

w00t · Post by **w00t** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 11:28 pm

A valid point you raise codemastr.

However, most major channels that I know of have at least two active ops at a time.