On 2011-03-04, Michael Herndon wrote: > Anything that should be on the mailing list, in the cms, on a wiki > page, on twitter, or in a jira should be persuaded to find the right > medium to do so.
That's fine, but as Digy already said IRC (or any synchronous medium like a phone call, face to face meeting or IM) discriminates people based on timezone, network connectivity or ability to travel. There may be good uses for IRC like a quick question - I must admit I'm no big fan of IRC myself - but in the end all discussions and in particular all decisions have to be made on this mailing list. Use what you feel is most appropriate for a given conversation but please always report back here - and never make decisions anywhere else. Stefan