More explicit documentation is usually a good thing, and having clear docs stating that decisions must only take place on the mailing lists is no exception...however, that's not really what this thread was about.
Most of this thread has been about what non-decision-making role should IRC play, if any, for a podling project? The XAP folks already knew decisions shouldn't be made on IRC; they were talking about whether regular, open IRC discussions could be helpful. Based on this thread (particularly Noel and Geir's thoughts, which I steal much of below) and other recent threads, here's what I would propose also be doc'd: "IRC can be used by a podling to bring new people up to speed (e.g. Q&A between available committers and interested users/contributors), although such sessions should be archived and made available to those not able to attend. However, using IRC as a means to conduct development/architecture discussions is discouraged. Even with the best intentions, experience has shown that it is difficult to maintain such discussions without implicit decisions being made in the process." Thoughts? Cliff On 7/11/06, Matthias Wessendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jean- > Given this paragraph in the committers guide [1]: > > > 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.' > > Would adding this sentence to the end help? > > Decisions only get made on Apache mail lists -- not anywhere > off list, such as IRC, IM, or private emails. yes! I like it! I'd like to provide a patch, or go ahead if you have "write" rights. -Matthias > > btw. 404 for: > > http://incubator.apache.org/howtoparticipate.html > > oof! some post-docathon moldly links need to be cleaned up. thanks for > pointing it out. > > -jean > > [1] http://incubator.apache.org/guides/committer.html > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Matthias Wessendorf futher stuff: blog: http://jroller.com/page/mwessendorf mail: mwessendorf-at-gmail-dot-com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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