On Thursday 26 August 2010 20:48:17 Al wrote:
> > Have you thought to join IRC ? You've sent more than 70 mails both to
> > gentoo-{user,alt} in less than a week. Most of them could be discussed
> > and answered directly on IRC and doesn't require to CC the world.
>
> Hi Florian,
>
> yes, I am hard working to get started with this new stuff.
>
> From other communities I am educated to prefer lists over IRC even if
> IRC usually faster. Lists result in a searchable knowlage base. You
> can't say the same from the noise of on IRC channels.
>
> However, if you consider IRC the preferred style of gentoo I can switch.
>
> Al
Hi Al,
I agree with you, lists result in a searchable knowledge base and and is,
IMHO, preferred.
However, if you have a very urgent issue, IRC might be more suitable, but then
people will keep hitting the same issue and asking the same questions because
these are not searchable.
--
Joost
