Hi,

Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@...>:

> Thilo Bangert <bangert@g.o> posted
> 200903101315.52142.bangert@g.o, excerpted below, on  Tue, 10
> Mar 2009 13:15:36 +0100:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> This has bothered me too.  Some people simply don't do well in 
> "immediate" (textual) communication mode.  They much prefer the
> minute- resolution mode of email/web-form/newsgroup to the
> second-resolution mode of IRC/IM.  I'm one such person.[1]  As a
> result, I have experienced a high barrier to getting further involved
> with Gentoo, toward becoming an AT or dev.

 I am a dev with sparse internet connectivity and seldomly found on
IRC...and even as an AT I chose to stay away from IRC.  So I see few
problems there.

V-Li

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