[LEDE-DEV] A request not making IRC necessary to be part of the action

[Bruno Randolf]

On 17/05/16 09:46, andrew wrote:
> How about something like rocket.chat or one of the opensource self
> hosted alternatives?

Don't get me wrong, the problem is not IRC itself, there are definetly
good uses for it. I'm NOT saying people should not use IRC to
coordinate. My point is: hanging out (async or not) in IRC should not be
required for people to be part of this project as that would again
increase the barrier to participating, instead of lowering it. That just
simply means important issues and decisions should be carried out on the
mailing list, not in IRC.

bruno



> On Mon, 2016-05-16 at 17:29 -0400, Daniel Curran-Dickinson wrote:
>> On 16-05-16 05:18 PM, Daniel Curran-Dickinson wrote:
>>>
>>> The objective is so that you don't have isolated pools of TZ's
>>> where one
>>> TZ has little insight into what the other TZ is doing and has no
>>> *good*
>>> mechanisms for communicating across timezones.
>>>
>>> Reading IRC chat logs is an exercise is pain for many, so that's
>>> not
>>> really the answer for cross-timezone communication.
>>>
>>> IRC, for many of us, is something that is only useful when it's
>>> realtime.
>>>
>> It is also difficult to follow *threads* of conversation that are
>> severely time-delayed.
>>
>> In addition, in order to not miss messages you really need to set up
>> a
>> bouncer that is always on and keeps a unread messages even across an
>> unexpected reboot or logging out of your console/gui session.
>>
>> Email is far superior for time-delayed threads of communication.  If
>> you're having problems with managing your email, it's your email
>> strategy that needs to change, not the use of email.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dan iel
>>
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