Re: Contributor Summit planning

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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



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