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Thilo Bangert <bangert@g.o> posted |
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200903101315.52142.bangert@g.o, excerpted below, on Tue, 10 Mar |
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2009 13:15:36 +0100: |
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> the presumption seems to be, that as a dev one has to be available via |
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> IRC. it has long been my feeling that Gentoo as a project could realize |
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> more of its potential by better integrating people who dont do IRC. |
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This has bothered me too. Some people simply don't do well in |
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"immediate" (textual) communication mode. They much prefer the minute- |
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resolution mode of email/web-form/newsgroup to the second-resolution mode |
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of IRC/IM. I'm one such person.[1] As a result, I have experienced a |
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high barrier to getting further involved with Gentoo, toward becoming an |
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AT or dev. |
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That may be simply the way things must be (after all, to take an extreme |
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example, who could reasonably argue that snail mail contributions could |
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even work at all for more than the one-off, for something like Gentoo), |
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but I can't say I see it that way. Even in instances where the second- |
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resolution of IRC really does work better, say meetings, a mixed-mode |
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approach much as the council has recently taken, with most of the |
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discussion via minute/hour resolution mailing list leaving the official |
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IRC meetings as ideally little more than formalizing the vote, arguably |
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works far better. |
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[1] I like to be able to type up my message, look at it, revise a bit |
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where necessary, then send, on second-resolution media such as IRC/IM, |
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that's hardly possible as it looks like "dead air" from the other end |
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when there's 2-3 participants and the discussion has usually long moved |
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on by the time the submission is ready, in larger groups. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |