[openbeos] Re: The importance of good communications
- From: "Mikael Jansson (mailing lists)" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:30:46 +0200 CEST
"Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > And one thing I found most untrue in your email is that of the open
> > development process. How could it possibly be more open? Are you
> > *seriously* not on the commit list? If you were, you would have
> > known
> > about
> > Michaels USB progress at the same time as everyone else, right when
> > it
> > happened. When Michael temporarily had no internet access, he even
> > went
> > through the hassle and wrote a lengthy blog entry, just to keep
> > everyone
> > informed. He even posted to this list about it!! IIRC, you were the
> > one
> > doing your development in private, and not right in the repository.
>
> Also, there are always many communication channels, you just can't
> possibly see them all. There are IRC sessions, there are mails
> (mostly
> on one of the lists, but private ones as well), we're sometimes even
> on
> the phone or meeting each other in person - does anyone really and
> honestly ask us to write and publish logs when we meet somewhere?
> That
> would just be ridiculous.
>
The PyPy <http://codespeak.net/pypy> have weekly (I /think/) meetings
on IRC where they discuss things, much like an ordinary meeting with an
agenda, a secretary and such. I think they have a hard limit on one
hour. These logs are then copied into their repository for public
consumption.
https://codespeak.net/viewvc/pypy/extradoc/minute/
Check out the rest of the .../extradoc folder, too.
-- Mikael
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