Maybe this should go directly to hipl-dev, but I'm not subscribed there.. I was made aware that HIPL now has its own IRC channel. I wondered why it is not on freenode where all the other FOSS projects are: http://freenode.net/ I think HIPL should consider switching servers. It's very convenient to be able to join the channel of whatever library or development tool or other random program to ask questions. I'm also on freenode when I join IRC, in the FFmpeg and MPlayer development channels, under the nickname DonDiego. Diego