Am 18.07.2013 um 10:32 schrieb Richard Frith-Macdonald: >>> >>> ..., why splitting up the available channels further and having the burden >>> to maintain this infrastructure too? IMHO this is a waste of effort. >>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep >> >> +1 >> >> >> For me, communication is divided clearly in: >> 1) email >> 2) IRC >> which I both can access through SeaMonkey and, in theory, with two (aging) >> gnustep programs. >> For person-to-person communication there is the horribly proprietary Skype >> which ends up being effective because it works and it is used, even if it >> means that usually I have a second laptop just to use that crap ;) > > I kind of agree ... when I'm at the computer I'm working on something > (whether it's paid work or GNUstep work) and concentrating on what I'm doing. > That means, for me, that instant messaging and similar social media tools > are horrible distractions which cause me to lose track of what I'm doing, so > I always have them turned off.
++10. > Anything that can wait, I do on email. If it can't wait (or is just too > complicated or unclear to do in email), then text chat is far too slow for me > and I need speech... which in practice means phone or skype. > > That being said, if there's a good free software voip system we could use for > conferencing and voice chat, I'd like that. I also almost agree, except of the role of "can't wait" in OSS. In my experience in OSS projects there is almost never a situation that can't wait. It is different for paid projects where you need to ask your customer for clarifications of specifications (or more time&money :) before you can continue. So for me e-mail and a bug tracker is completely sufficient and I don't even use Skype or similar tools. Well, a forum *may* be good and is a better archive than e-mail but as others have pointed out it must be actively used or it is exhibiting "death" (a fate I have seen for several fora). And citing "why splitting up the available channels further" from this discussion above, I would even suggest to reduce the mailing lists to a single one - sharing developers, users, testers, open discussions etc. since I recently learned that there are other gnustep lists with may transport important information that is not available elsewhere. I.e. GNUstep discussions are already fragmented. Just my 2 ct, Nikolaus _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
