Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Gentoo Hangouts

[Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>]

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Egg Plant <egg.plant@rocketmail.com> wrote:
> The resourcefull developers/users can meet each other at Gentoo Miniconf and
> similar other gatherings in real world. That will make us more human.

I don't think this is really sufficient.  As far as I can tell most
people attend such things based on how far they happen to live from
such an event, or whether they have an employer who is willing to pay
for such attendance.  It has little to do with resources, unless
you're talking about so much discretionary money that you're literally
willing to spend $1-2k on travel.  I certainly am not aware of any
conference that Gentoo has had a substantial presence at within a few
hundred miles of where I live.

I think anything that helps increase interaction among devs is a good
thing.  Teams are welcome to organize their meetings in whatever
format works best for them.  Gentoo developers are not required to use
IRC at all.  Everybody has their favorite medium - some prefer email,
some forums, some IRC, some hangouts/etc, and so on.  Some prefer
meeting on weekdays vs weekends, morning vs evening, etc.  There are
going to be people inconvenienced or left out no matter what we do.
Sure, some will not be able to participate in Hangouts who could
participate in IRC, but the reverse is true as well.

Rich