Re: On the Interaction with the design team

[Dave Neary <dneary gnome org>]

Hi,

On 06/01/11 13:57, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 5:31 AM, Dave Neary<dneary gnome org>  wrote:
> > That's disappointing. Using IRC really is an anti-pattern which the
> > design team should avoid
<snip>
> > I really can't think of anything better than a mailing list which you
> > could use to allow GNOME developers to initiate discussion with
> > designers, and to allow designers to work together publicly on design.
>
> Basically, mailing lists don't work for many kinds of productive discussion.
> Calling them an anti-pattern does not change that.

I didn't call mailing lists an anti-pattern, I called excessive 
dependence on IRC an anti-pattern.

Dave.

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