Matthias Wessendorf wrote: >> > Someone did point out that dev traffic is falling off while commit >> > traffic is same or increasing. >> >> Yep -- and since asking about the Synapse perspective, I haven't seen >> a persuasive argument that IRC has been a particularly positive thing >> for them. The key issue could be whether IRC is used as "a learning >> tool to rapidly bring new people up to speed" (as Noel asked, and I >> echoed, curiosity about) , or whether it is more for development >> discussions (which I think is a dangerous move, particularly for a new >> project). > > I think we (or more correct; the Incubator PMC) should put it as an > extra information to the guide lines, that IRC is *not* the "channel" > to make dev. related decisions.
After the recent docathon http://incubator.apache.org/guides/committer.html now has this: > Everything -- but everything-- inside the Apache world occurs or is reflected > in email. As some people say, 'If it isn't in my email, it didn't happen.' Any off-list communication is a potential problem, not just IRC. -jean --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
