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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Communication (was: Cowon D2 EABI)Re: Communication (was: Cowon D2 EABI)
From: Rob Purchase <rob.purchase_at_googlemail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:06:05 +0100 On 15/06/2010 20:16, Dominik Riebeling wrote: > > I agree, but from my perspective the main problem is that too much > discussion happens in IRC and almost none on the ML. It's much easier > to follow ML discussions than IRC if you don't have the time to be > active on IRC all day: on a ML I have subject lines that give me an > easy way to filter messages, and if my client isn't totally broken I > can group threads so they aren't interleaved with other things (which > does happen all the time on IRC). Discussions on the ML are also > slower due to the nature of the medium. Which is a good thing > especially for debatable stuff IMO, as it also gives people who aren't > around at the time of the initial discussion the opportunity to take > part before the discussion is over. Taking part on a IRC discussion > that happened 12h ago is almost impossible. Also, reading all IRC logs > is quite time consuming, and I'm rather sure that several developers > (and I definitely can count myself in here) simply don't find the time > to read all the IRC conversations. > I completely agree. I rarely have time to catch up with the IRC logs (although I do try), whereas dev ML posts are much easier to keep track of. Plus, they get delivered to me personally without the need for me to think to check the logs/forums/news/blog/whatever. This last point is key, I think. If a big change like a compiler change is announced, it should be pushed out to all devs, and the easiest way to do this is via email. Rob. Received on 2010-06-16 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |