On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, Dave Martin wrote:
Hi there,
Just a thought--- is it worth experimenting with running the kernel wg meeting on IRC instead of the conf call?
Personally, I find IRC meetings _much_ more digestible than conf calls (better "audio quality"; ability to scroll back when you don't hear / don't understand something etc.), but I don't know whether other people feel the same way -- that may just be my personal preference.
I agree that the audio quality is highly variable. For ex. Paul sounded like those talking humanoids from old sci-fi movies. But some other participants were clear and crisp. Go figure.
Comparing the dev platform group's weekly IRC meeting with the kernel conf call, I've found that the IRC format works quite a lot better for me, but again, that may just be my experience.
Some people are just terrible at written communication. So yes, this might not be universally appreciated.
Nicolas