Certainly. I wasn't saying the list was broken or anything. IRC is nice for the impromptu discussions, but the list is nicer for most other things. There's room for both synchronous and asynchronous.
-- Kevin On 2/13/08 3:54 PM, "Andrus Adamchik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 13, 2008, at 3:31 PM, Kevin Menard wrote: > >> I've been trying to get the channel going, but most people prefer >> the email >> list. > > There is a reason for that. All of us are volunteers, none of us work > for the same company and many are in different time zones. The only > way to get an inclusive discussion and for the free support to work > *consistently* is to do it *asynchronously* and maintain the archive. > Hence the mailing list. > > IRC is fine as long as the users understand that there is still a much > better chance for them to get consistent help on the mailing list. I > am not surprised that many would prefer to avoid subscribing, but I > don't see how that could scale for the reasons above. > > Andrus >
