I think we should use IRC to supplement JIRA discussions. We already do have some email conversations whose conclusions are put on corresponding JIRA. We should do the same for IRC.
________________________________ From: Johan Oskarsson <[email protected]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 10:49:21 -0800 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Hive IRC channel? That is a valid concern, but looking at the Hadoop irc channel it has worked quite well. It is mostly used for support and general chat about the project. Most open source projects have some discussions done offline, via private email or something like irc. As long as it's clear that any decision making discussions should be done in the correct channels (mailinglist/jira) it shouldn't be a problem. /Johan Ashish Thusoo wrote: > There was one small thing about using chat... > > The thing is that with JIRA the records of all the decisions, trade offs and > discussions are available for people to see later. I am not sure whether we > will have the same level of historical trace with chat and this channel may > over time cannibalize the JIRA channel in the sense that there may be a > tendency for the people to put up the final decision on the JIRA instead of > all the discussions... > > Thoughts? > > Ashish > > -----Original Message----- > From: Johan Oskarsson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 9:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Hive IRC channel? > > Even though it is awfully lonely in that channel I assume nobody will mind if > I put it in the wiki? > > /Johan > > Johan Oskarsson wrote: >> Hi. >> >> I find IRC to be a very convenient way to communicate with others >> interested in an open source project. >> Would people be interested in joining ##hive on irc.freenode.net? This >> is the IRC network where #hadoop and #hbase lives. >> >> Unfortunately the #hive channel is already occupied (by two inactive >> persons). >> Of course IRC isn't a substitute for having discussions on a mailing >> list, but it is a very good complement. >> >> /Johan >
