-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rajko M. wrote:
The IRC as realtime has it's limitations for worldwide usage. It has to be split in regional branches in order to be useful for people that are at work, sleep etc. Second, the people that don't type fast can be only observers.
I don't see why email is not good for topics that are discussed on meetings. There is seldom something urgent that has to be solved in real time like it is with installation and configuration issues, where IRC is in obvious advantage.
The only problem is that people should be aware that some thread is dedicated to discuss issues that deserve broad presence, and it is not meant for chatter, but serious dicussion.
Is there anything else that makes IRC better medium for such topics.
It's usually a lot more productive from my experience because you
interact directly, not with a delay.
The problem I see with discussing things using email is that we don't
have a mailing-list that is appropriate for that purpose.
Definitely not this one.
50% are off-topic,
40% are support questions,
and maybe 10% at best are really about initiatives around the community.
Though I don't even think it's 10%
Any topic that proposes interesting thoughts and sharing opinions about
the project, its initiatives and its future just drown in here, getting
2-3 replies at best.
Most technical support questions like "why doesn't ... work properly on
10.2" gets 20 replies with 10 of them being off-topic.
Personally, I'm really disappointed about the current situation, there's
no place to discuss bigger topics.
And to get back to your proposal: IRC meetings and mailing-list
discussions are very different in nature, one being more effective for
certain aspects and topics, the other one being more effective for
others. They're complementary though. We need both of them.
cheers
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