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What do y'all think about mailing lists and IRC as sole communication channels? (self.programming)

submitted 1 year ago by onlinepersona to c/programming

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Say you want to contribute to a project and find out the only way to do so is by discussing the issue on IRC or the mailing list, then submitting the patch per email.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's fine. They're both open protocols that let a project owner control all of their communication channels. That's a good thing.