* Chad innocentkiller@gmail.com [Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:14:16 -0500]:
And this is where we've seen a difference. Some people like Jeroen
have
really integrated themselves, hanging around, asking questions,
becoming
a part of the community. I'd like to see our developer community grow
as
a result of GSoC, not just have people show up for their few months
and
then disappear when it's over.
There should be a lot of free time to "hang around". For example, IRC is really inefficient - you ask a question and often you have to wait for a long time (sometimes never). (That was a question how to add tooltips to content actions in 'SkinTemplateTabs' hook). IRC is a "time eater", that's why I personally try to greatly minimize it's usage (work "duties"). Also, it's really hard to prevent ones (including myself) from going completely off-topic in IRC. Too much of non-stuctured informational flow (mediawiki is huge and one channel is not enough).. Dmitriy