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From: Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: devs on IRC (was :Regen2 ( was QA Overlay Layout support ))
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:06:52
Message-Id: 20090313180649.GA3878@comet
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: devs on IRC (was :Regen2 ( was QA Overlay Layout support )) by Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>
1 On 15:37 Fri 13 Mar , Duncan wrote:
2 > Thilo Bangert <bangert@g.o> posted
3 > 200903101315.52142.bangert@g.o, excerpted below, on Tue, 10 Mar
4 > 2009 13:15:36 +0100:
5 >
6 > > the presumption seems to be, that as a dev one has to be available via
7 > > IRC. it has long been my feeling that Gentoo as a project could realize
8 > > more of its potential by better integrating people who dont do IRC.
9 >
10 > This has bothered me too. Some people simply don't do well in
11 > "immediate" (textual) communication mode. They much prefer the minute-
12 > resolution mode of email/web-form/newsgroup to the second-resolution mode
13 > of IRC/IM. I'm one such person.[1] As a result, I have experienced a
14 > high barrier to getting further involved with Gentoo, toward becoming an
15 > AT or dev.
16
17 One nice thing about IRC is that people get equal talking time. It's
18 very hard to overwhelm anyone with text.
19
20 --
21 Thanks,
22 Donnie
23
24 Donnie Berkholz
25 Developer, Gentoo Linux
26 Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com