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On 14:05 Fri 13 Mar , Michael Higgins wrote: |
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> I believe, rather, that the issue is the 'community' appears more like |
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> a 'cabal' when the discussions take place on #IRC and therefore aren't |
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> available in public archives. |
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This is kind of like saying: "I don't read the Gentoo forums, so |
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everything that happens on the forums is a cabal." When you specifically |
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choose not to participate in an entire method of communication, it's |
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your choice to leave yourself out. A cabal is totally different -- it |
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doesn't give you that choice by never even telling you there is a place |
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where discussions happen. |
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> Even if they are, an IRC log is a *terrible* way to document an issue. |
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I agree. So is a mailing-list archive that is also never summarized. |
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It's not the location that makes it a problem, it's the volume of |
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information and the lack of a summary of important decisions or long, |
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important discussions. |
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> You all get more closely knit, perhaps, yet appear to do more *in |
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> secret*. There is *no way* to find out what is going on, without |
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> becoming part of the problem... by asking, or lurking, on IRC. This is |
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> bad. |
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I can't agree with your assertion that IRC is secretive, is a problem or |
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is bad. I think completely the opposite in all cases. Secretive would be |
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a closed IRC network that we didn't tell non-developers about or didn't |
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allow them to join. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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Donnie Berkholz |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux |
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Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com |
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