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Hi, |
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Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>: |
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> Thilo Bangert <bangert@g.o> posted |
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> 200903101315.52142.bangert@g.o, excerpted below, on Tue, 10 |
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> Mar 2009 13:15:36 +0100: |
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> > the presumption seems to be, that as a dev one has to be available |
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> > via IRC. it has long been my feeling that Gentoo as a project could |
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> > realize more of its potential by better integrating people who dont |
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> > 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 |
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> minute- resolution mode of email/web-form/newsgroup to the |
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> second-resolution mode of IRC/IM. I'm one such person.[1] As a |
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> result, I have experienced a high barrier to getting further involved |
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> with Gentoo, toward becoming an AT or dev. |
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I am a dev with sparse internet connectivity and seldomly found on |
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IRC...and even as an AT I chose to stay away from IRC. So I see few |
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problems there. |
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V-Li |
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-- |
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Christian Faulhammer, Gentoo Lisp project |
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<URL:http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/lisp/>, #gentoo-lisp on FreeNode |
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<URL:http://www.faulhammer.org/> |
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