On 19:06 Wed 11 Mar     , Thilo Bangert wrote:
> > > 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.

I think IRC helps to build a more tightly knit community and, because of 
this, is very important to Gentoo. The less close we are as a community, 
the more free we feel to be hostile because we don't see the folks on 
the other end of the big tube as real people. It's much like a technique 
that militaries use during wars to de-personalize the enemy, except with 
the Internet, we start that way and have to apply effort to grow closer.

-- 
Thanks,
Donnie

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