On Tuesday 10 March 2009 14:15:36 Thilo Bangert wrote:
> > Bugs aren't a good way to keep in touch with developers, that's what
> > irc is for.
>
> while i dont necessarily think, that bugzi is the best way to stay in
> contact with me, it surely is a better way than IRC - on which i am close
> to never.
>
> the presumption seems to be, that as a dev one has to be available via
> IRC. it has long been my feeling that Gentoo as a project could realize
> more of its potential by better integrating people who dont do IRC.
>
> kind regards
> Thilo

	To be honest , I don't agree with that. Being around on irc is quite helpful 
to get direct feedback from users and fix bugs before they hit  more users. 
This is a good way to reduce the amount of bugs that hit bugzilla. 
-- 
Markos Chandras (hwoarang)
Gentoo Linux Developer
Qt/KDE/Sound/Sunrise