It has been pointed out to me that it is now possible to give Freenode (which is where irc.debian.org points) one or more contact persons for a project. See http://www.freenode.net/group_contact.shtml
What does this actually allow/require the contact to do? -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. Please http://remember.to/edit_messages on lists to be sure I read http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ gopher://g.towers.org.uk/ slef@jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/