> > I had another possible thought. Could we consider doing a bi-weekly
> > call where we discuss some component of the Derby architecture?
> > This might be a way to get folks up to speed a bit quicker as well.
> I think I am going to take this suggestion back. A friend of mine
> who has worked on open source projects for a long time reminded
> me that this is not the norm for open source projects for a variety
> of very valid reasons.
Actually, there is a monthly thing (First Friday, IIRC) that Cocoon does for
bug fixing.
I am wary of IRC for development, but this might be an interesting approach,
and could be worth a shot. I would suggest that THIS type of session be
logged (with a reminder when starting the session), the log posted to the
mailing list, and further follow-up discussion occur on the mailing list, so
as not to exclude people who are not able to participate on the IRC.
I would certainly caution against creating a culture where development
discussion habitually happens on IRC. In my view, that is detrimental to
community building.
--- Noel
