Hi Derrick, Derrick Stolee wrote: > A focused aside, since you brought up the online "standup": it seems the IRC > channel has been less than ideal, with people trying to participate but > having nickname issues or being muted. You also describe another issue: the > timing. Having a real-time discussion has its benefits, but also it leaves > many people out. For me, the real-time element is the entire point. If timezones are a problem for some people, I'm happy to e.g. alternate with a different hour. The current IRC experience might be a bit unrepresentative, due to https://freenode.net/news/spam-shake: | As you may be aware there has been a prolonged spambot attack | directed at freenode (and other IRC networks) in recent weeks, | targeting a number of individuals involved with freenode and the | wider IRC communities. A kind person configured the channel to withstand this spam attack. This involved users having to authenticate to Freenode using https://freenode.net/kb/answer/registration#nickname-setup so that it knows whether you are a spammer. Sorry for the inconvenience. My offer to +v anyone affected by the channel's current settings still stands (just /msg me). Zero people have taken me up on this offer so far. > One idea to try next time is to create a mailing list thread asking for > statuses, and each person can chime in asynchronously and spawn a new > discussion based on that status. Perhaps we can try that next time. I don't want to discourage a good idea. The logical extension of this (not one thread but a whole list) reminds me of the Kernel Newbies mailing list <https://kernelnewbies.org/>, which appears to work well in that context. Given my current time commitments, I wouldn't be able to participate, but I would be happy to see other volunteers set something like that up if interested. The usual practice of sending email about current work on progress to git@vger to get feedback also still works, and that is something I can commit to continue to spend time on. Thanks, Jonathan
