27 Oct
2010
27 Oct
'10
2:09 p.m.
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Ged Murphy <gedmurphy(a)gmail.com> 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.