Vincenzo Palazzo [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2023-04-30 🗒️ Summary of this message: Lightning ...
📅 Original date posted:2023-04-30
🗒️ Summary of this message: Lightning community emphasizes the importance of public communication, including IRC, mailing lists, and Github, to document technical decisions and encourage new participants to contribute.
📝 Original message:
Hi niftynei,
> When I joined the lightning community a few years ago, I was relatively new
> to open source software and specification work. Rusty really impressed on
> me on the importance of holding conversations, as much as possible in
> public.
>
> Practically speaking, this encompasses IRC, this mailing list, and github
> issues/PRs.
>
> The reason for this is twofold. It helps document the range of options
> considered for technical decisions and it provides an interface point for
> new participants to contribute to the discussion.
>
> Given some recent mails that were posted to this list, now seems like a
> good time to reiterate the importance and preference of public
> communication whenever possible, especially for specification or technical
> discussions.
>
I have to admit that I feel the same way. Although I wasn't present during
the early days, when I scanned the list, I found some very good discussions
about possible problems and solutions. It seems like the communication is
more fragmented now.
Cheers!
Vincent.
🗒️ Summary of this message: Lightning community emphasizes the importance of public communication, including IRC, mailing lists, and Github, to document technical decisions and encourage new participants to contribute.
📝 Original message:
Hi niftynei,
> When I joined the lightning community a few years ago, I was relatively new
> to open source software and specification work. Rusty really impressed on
> me on the importance of holding conversations, as much as possible in
> public.
>
> Practically speaking, this encompasses IRC, this mailing list, and github
> issues/PRs.
>
> The reason for this is twofold. It helps document the range of options
> considered for technical decisions and it provides an interface point for
> new participants to contribute to the discussion.
>
> Given some recent mails that were posted to this list, now seems like a
> good time to reiterate the importance and preference of public
> communication whenever possible, especially for specification or technical
> discussions.
>
I have to admit that I feel the same way. Although I wasn't present during
the early days, when I scanned the list, I found some very good discussions
about possible problems and solutions. It seems like the communication is
more fragmented now.
Cheers!
Vincent.