From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 091D61381F3 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:35:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4987BE08ED; Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:35:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vb0-f48.google.com (mail-vb0-f48.google.com [209.85.212.48]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5EE66E086B for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:35:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vb0-f48.google.com with SMTP id w15so9500118vbf.35 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2013 06:35:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=/2AflrZXld9Z9hf+2ITkg+M3eCg/vgad+VnMYhRnI1k=; b=uZJ9oQfIzItS6WgqgQE44vtfbkVDN/W1vp+hmGUCmtmJwQdEJIPdzWgpNY/bK1bnEC zTqo5BDrTvq6M4X0uAOPxy0JpjVFlpv3GdLfT3fN3BgeWF9NxUAmdo8b/1EmmnKPoZRq sChHNa62/GBWF4hDv9zbwO2yPOjd9Tz+JKIkC9gGJWzry1iBA8T/kSJHlbFFip6BEBUO A8OcRL0rYEGIlyq81uAdeDCdtcCqoQt6doixXyKPADYiA3APG2xjUdVyX3QS5ol0Qldo Y+uNrtx8ItVFo2lI3YmTWycRozIymb4spHo4Y7DABwCcsog+lCs59DNn2JjTtIM5eQOV RSVg== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.58.18.233 with SMTP id z9mr13852841ved.78.1372167339375; Tue, 25 Jun 2013 06:35:39 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.52.180.98 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Jun 2013 06:35:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <1372164171.99503.YahooMailNeo@web120802.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 09:35:39 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 0szXq0t5k90zR2SSyx9kxsA0WoQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Gentoo Hangouts From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 236622dc-7914-46c8-b5d8-3f860d75969e X-Archives-Hash: 59448a66f851eab23e381f9660a5d859 On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Michael Palimaka wrote: > These are all good reasons to not use Hangouts. Fortunately, there was > nothing in the proposal to suggest that it will be required for anyone, or > that it will replace any existing source of information. Therefore anyone > who chooses not to make use of Hangouts will not otherwise be affected by > them. Right now the only "required" forums for communication for developers are the -core and -dev-announce mailing lists, as far as I'm aware. Not even IRC is a required communication medium, though obviously that is where most meetings are held. My main beef with IRC is that meetings tend to drag on, which is fine if you're multi-tasking, but not so fine if you have someplace to be and you'd rather get it done with sooner so that you can get on the road or whatever (where multitasking isn't exactly safe). I think that moving more communication to asynchronous channels might be a better solution than either Hangouts or IRC, and then using synchronous channels for things that actually benefit from it (team building, matters that need some interaction, etc). Rich