Re: [ros-dev] Networking

[Olaf Siejka]

Look, before you guys start venting off, please at least try to understand
what are you really getting mad about. As much as you seem to hate
communicating via IRC, personally i see no other way of introducing someone
to ROS fundamentals, including (but not limited to):

- necessary tools
- checkout layount
- compilation commands
- vm setup
- debug setup
and many many more. I need at least 30-60 minutes to pass this information
via irc, as well as get immediate feedback on any problems. But no! This
undermines the purpose of THIS maillist!!!!

Dou you REALLY want me to do it via ros-dev maillist??!!!

2010/10/27 cheer_xiao [e-mail]
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Ged Murphy [e-mail] wrote:
> > Aagghhhhh!!! Why is everything always done over IRC????
> >
> > The neglection of the reactos mailing lists is one of this _big_ things
>
> this
> > project does wrong.
> >      It forces the community into a sort of hidden niche group and
> >
> > alienates people who don’t use IRC
> >      It gives the impression that reactos activity is low. There
>
> are
> > thousands of people who follow this project aren’t on IRC and have no
>
> idea
> > of what is going on.
> >      It arguably deters new people from joining because they can’t
> >
> > really get to grips with the project without becoming a slave to IRC
> >      It means important discussions are missed, even by the core
>
> team,
> > if they aren’t watching the IRC chat 24/7 or miss a PM
> >
> > I could go on and on with reasons of why you neglect the mailing lists is
>
> so
> > harmful, but I fear no one will listen to my cries.
> >
> > Maybe I should vent my frustration in IRC for the niche community, and we
> > can all have an internal discussion about it???
>
> As a undergraduate of CS I subscribed to this mailing list a year or
> two ago, hoping to keep informed about what's going on within the
> project, and perhaps that someday I could find something that really
> interests me and help it out. But according to Ged it is quite
> frustrating that most people prefer IRC, for you know, we have 24 time
> zones on earth and I'm on the opposite side from most people on this
> project. The IRC is also potentially making the project
> time-zone-restricted.
>
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