On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Paul E. McKenney <paul...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 10:36:29AM +0000, Dave Martin wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Paul E. McKenney >> <paul...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: >> > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:34:30PM -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote: >> >> On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, Dave Martin wrote: >> >> >> >> > Hi there, >> >> > >> >> > Just a thought--- is it worth experimenting with running the kernel wg >> >> > meeting on IRC instead of the conf call? >> >> > >> >> > Personally, I find IRC meetings _much_ more digestible than conf calls >> >> > (better "audio quality"; ability to scroll back when you don't hear / >> >> > don't understand something etc.), but I don't know whether other >> >> > people feel the same way -- that may just be my personal preference. >> >> >> >> I agree that the audio quality is highly variable. For ex. Paul sounded >> >> like those talking humanoids from old sci-fi movies. But some other >> >> participants were clear and crisp. Go figure. >> > >> > Connectivity issues forced me to use a cellphone, but glad to provide >> > some vocal variety. ;-) >> > >> >> > Comparing the dev platform group's weekly IRC meeting with the kernel >> >> > conf call, I've found that the IRC format works quite a lot better for >> >> > me, but again, that may just be my experience. >> >> >> >> Some people are just terrible at written communication. So yes, this >> >> might not be universally appreciated. >> > >> > I would be OK with trying it if there are no strong objections. >> >> Well, as nico says there could be downsides ... unless your cellphone >> has an IRC client of course ;) > > Heh! I was in an office with an IP-connected deskphone that had an > Ethernet port. My laptop refused to work with that IP port, but > worked just fine if I unplugged the IP-connected deskphone and plugged > my laptop in instead. Which of course meant that the deskphone was > not usable. So I had IRC connectivity, but had to use my cellphone. > >> I leave it up to you--- it was just a thought. > > How about if we do next week's meetings via phone and I ask people > what their thoughts are on IRC meetings? >
Sure, that sounds fair. Cheers ---Dave _______________________________________________ linaro-dev mailing list linaro-dev@lists.linaro.org http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-dev
