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On Thursday 26 August 2010 20:48:17 Al wrote: |
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> > Have you thought to join IRC ? You've sent more than 70 mails both to |
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> > gentoo-{user,alt} in less than a week. Most of them could be discussed |
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> > and answered directly on IRC and doesn't require to CC the world. |
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> Hi Florian, |
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> yes, I am hard working to get started with this new stuff. |
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> From other communities I am educated to prefer lists over IRC even if |
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> IRC usually faster. Lists result in a searchable knowlage base. You |
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> can't say the same from the noise of on IRC channels. |
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> However, if you consider IRC the preferred style of gentoo I can switch. |
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> Al |
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Hi Al, |
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I agree with you, lists result in a searchable knowledge base and and is, |
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IMHO, preferred. |
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However, if you have a very urgent issue, IRC might be more suitable, but then |
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people will keep hitting the same issue and asking the same questions because |
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these are not searchable. |
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