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On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 03:37:28PM +0000, Duncan wrote: |
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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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There are many devs who rarely venture on IRC, yet do a lot of good |
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work. As far as ATs go, it's not a necessity to be on IRC; pretty much |
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the only communication that occurs in #-amd64-dev is coordination of |
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stabilization efforts and goofing off(and the occasional xfce dev talks |
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:p). |
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Thomas Anderson |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Areas of responsibility: |
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