Email vs. IRC (was Re: [Zope3-dev] Lesson's learned about Z3 Dev Practices & Schemas)

[Gary Poster]

BTW, in agreement with this sub-thread:

+1 on more email discussions, and less IRC discussions.  

IRC is a very valuable tool, of course, but (all of these are IMO, of 
course)

 * email is easier for personal archival and reference
 * email is less distracting than IRC
 * email is easier for those not constantly connected
 * email encourages a more quotable writing style
 * email encourages a more welcoming community

...at the expense of immediacy.  The Zope3 list sometimes looks like a 
ghost town, and the IRC channels can as well, unless you happen upon one 
of the occasional busy moments.

Gary


Guido van Rossum wrote:

>>Okay, argument taken. But then there should be a rich communication
>>flow via E-mail, Wiki or even phone (even though that does not
>>bbroadcast very well).
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>Let's stick to email unless it's strictly one-on-one.  I find Wikis
>useless for timely communication -- they're mostly good for archival
>of decisions.
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>--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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