On 15:37 Fri 13 Mar     , Duncan wrote:
> 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.

One nice thing about IRC is that people get equal talking time. It's 
very hard to overwhelm anyone with text.

-- 
Thanks,
Donnie

Donnie Berkholz
Developer, Gentoo Linux
Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com