Ross Gardler wrote: > > At present we have a free-for-all with respect to time. So in order to > ensure one is online when something important is being discussed one has > to be present for 24 hours - not good. At least with the shorter > sessions one can be present or can veto the discussion. This should > limit exclusions from the sessions due to time differences to external > commitments.
When we started these sessions, we deliberately chose a 24-hour window so that everyone had a chance to be involved. It seems that that doesn't work too well for everyone. Personally i found that it did work well. I always knew a month in advance that it was happening, so plenty of notice to schedule it. I would stay up late at night to be involved with people in other timezones and usually continue a bit on the next day. Reading back the log enabled me to comment on issues that happened while i was away. One cannot be present for everything. Overall i think that the sessions were great. They seemed to work best when we had specific bite-sized issues to solve, that were already well-documented in Jira. This meant that we generally didn't need to spend time explaining to each other. The XHTML2 issue is just too big to deal with in one session that has people coming and going. Perhaps it is better to use an SVN branch for stuff like that, coupled with definite IRC sessions for specific aspects. -David
