Jukka, Thanks for clearing this up and answering our questions.
Summarizing what I am hearing: while many means of discussing contributions to the project are fine, any "significant" decision making (use common sense here) must give every community member a chance to voice opinions, regardless of schedule, time zone, etc, and experience shows that the Mailing List is the best place for that. For smaller, isolated discussions, such as particular bugfixes or feature brainstorming, it is perfectly reasonable to IM/irc etc. If conversations ever spiral into larger decision making, they should be looped back in to the Mailing List. So, because it is a personal preference of mine, I will work on adding a bot which logs the #cordova irc channel (this is currently very low traffic, as most users are in #phonegap, but perhaps contributors can start hanging out here). If there are ever any interesting conversations, it will be easier to link to/search for them this way. If this ever becomes a problem, we can reinvestigate. Thanks! -Michal On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Plaquette, Paul <paul.plaque...@intel.com>wrote: > Another issue with IRC chat are Time zones > For example the time difference from France and the east coast of USA is 6 > h with west coast 9 h... > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Jukka Zitting <jukka.zitt...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Mike Reinstein > > <reinstein.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > So is it common practice/OK to have a scribe keep meeting points and > > bring > > > them back to a mailing list thread? > > > > Yes, that's fine. Some Apache projects do that, others rely only on > > the mailing list. > > > > The important point to remember here is that a consensus reached on an > > off-list discussion only covers the participants of that discussion, > > not the entire community. That's why it's important to bring all > > decisions and other important matters back to the list where everyone > > has a chance to raise objections or suggest alternatives. > > > > PS. The reason why such rules are Apache policies is long experience > > of community problems caused if not everyone has a chance to > > participate in important discussions. Sometimes it may sound like some > > of such policies exist just to make life harder, but there's always a > > good reason behind them. It's also fine to question a policy and even > > suggest that it be changed if you don't see or understand the > > rationale behind it (perhaps the original concern no longer applies). > > That's the way the ASF evolves and adapts to the ever-changing > > environment. > > > > BR, > > > > Jukka Zitting > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Intel Corporation SAS (French simplified joint stock company) > > Registered headquarters: "Les Montalets"- 2, rue de Paris, > > 92196 Meudon Cedex, France > > Registration Number: 302 456 199 R.C.S. NANTERRE > > Capital: 4,572,000 Euros > > > > This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for > > the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution > > by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended > > recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. > > > > > > > -- > ____________________________ > > Paul Plaquette, > Senior Software Engineer > Intel Corporation SAS > Open Source Technology Center > France, Montpellier >
