Karoly<br><br>Please allow me to respond.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/3/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Karoly Negyesi</b> <<a href="mailto:karoly@negyesi.net">karoly@negyesi.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Apparently it is more important to write mails that make people feel<br>welcome here than to develop and I am actually advised not to read the<br>list or at least parts of it.</blockquote><div><br>It is important (not more important, just important) to welcome and encourage
<br>new comers. Correcting their mistakes in a non-confrontational, non-frictional<br>way would most likely cause us to gain one more developer, as well as a better <br>sense of community as a whole, not to mention the community reputation.
<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">So, I unsubscribe now and stuck to places where actual development<br>happens: the issue queue and the channel. Yesterday a totally new guy
<br>proposed an interesting idea on #drupal and in private and today the patch<br>is submitted. I like this.</blockquote><div><br></div>Karoly, IRC is a valuable collaboration tool, but not for everybody. Others, including
<br>myself, find the "everyone talking to everyone" distracting, and just aggravates<br>the ADD (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention-deficit_hyperactivity_disorder">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention-deficit_hyperactivity_disorder
</a>)<br>factor.<br><br>Moreover, IRC is transient. One cannot go back and check what has been discussed,<br>or what drawbacks a certain approach has, ..etc..<br><br>Dries has repeatedly stated that IRC is not an official communication channel because
<br>of the above reasons. We've also seen some "surprise" decisions for the rest of the<br>community when a small group discusses/decides on IRC and then things are implemented<br>without proper notification to the rest of the community.
<br><br>So, by all means, use it for collaboration and whatever you find useful, but don't<br>make it the sole conduit for everyone else.<br></div>