On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Bernd Fondermann < [email protected]> wrote:
> For an Apache project it's imperative that all development decisions > are made on the public mailing list (this list). > Of course. > Especially for a new podling (e.g. Incubator project) meetings on IRC > or in ConfCalls less than ideal, because you want to grow your > contributors. > > http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#communication > > I think a mix of modalities including face to face talks is very helpful. It is absolutely true that we have to work hard to avoid disenfranchising non-local project participants, but I have gained tremendously over the years from Apache oriented get-togethers. Shoot, I bought the beer at the first Hadoop user group meeting!
