On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 03:37:28PM +0000, Duncan wrote: > Thilo Bangert <bang...@gentoo.org> posted > 200903101315.52142.bang...@gentoo.org, excerpted below, on Tue, 10 Mar > 2009 13:15:36 +0100: > > > the presumption seems to be, that as a dev one has to be available via > > IRC. it has long been my feeling that Gentoo as a project could realize > > more of its potential by better integrating people who dont do IRC. > > This has bothered me too. Some people simply don't do well in > "immediate" (textual) communication mode. They much prefer the minute- > resolution mode of email/web-form/newsgroup to the second-resolution mode > of IRC/IM. I'm one such person.[1] As a result, I have experienced a > high barrier to getting further involved with Gentoo, toward becoming an > AT or dev.
There are many devs who rarely venture on IRC, yet do a lot of good work. As far as ATs go, it's not a necessity to be on IRC; pretty much the only communication that occurs in #-amd64-dev is coordination of stabilization efforts and goofing off(and the occasional xfce dev talks :p). -- --------- Thomas Anderson Gentoo Developer ///////// Areas of responsibility: AMD64, Secretary to the Gentoo Council ---------
