On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Andrea Aime <[email protected]> wrote: > Simone Giannecchini ha scritto: >> >> The suggestion of an IRC once a month comes from experience. I find >> email a bit dispersive, generally speaking, therefore I tend to prefer >> a short chat once in a while than many emails over a few days. >> I mean, we can make it optional, the release manager (or anyine via >> email) could suggest to hold the IRC chat and propose a time. People >> can reject the idea or accept. >> I understand this is similar to a >> synchronized (attendees) >> { >> attendees.attend_irc_chat(); >> } >> >> but if we pay attention to: >> >> 1> reduce the number of times we actually do the IRC >> 2> reduce the time we use for the IRC >> >> synchronization should not scare us :-) > > The problem I have with once a month is that a lot happens in > such a time. > For example, now I know Justin has the resource/publishing split > almost ready, and he should synchronize with you for the Hibernate > catalog as both hit a certain set of classes. > > Shall we wait a month to talk about that? Of course not. > We can maybe reverse the situation: we use the mail for roadmap > updates when people need to discuss something, and IRC monthly > to force people to talk (since people tend to forget to talk > and just go code).
Ehm, that is exaclty what I meant :-) I would mention IRC as a why to quickly round the discussion about the release, in case there are points to address where emails would take too much time. IRC should not replace anything but come into play if/when needed. > > In any case, having a point person to keep the wiki page up to > date when any roadmap related discussion happens is important, as > it provides some guarantee the updates do happen. I did not see the IRC as a replacement for anything, just as an (optional) addition. Simone. > > Cheers > Andrea > > > -- > Andrea Aime > OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org > Expert service straight from the developers. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
