[Debian-uk] Who's up for a UK BSP for Lenny?

[Paul Waring]

Neil Williams wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:18:25 +0000
> Matthew Johnson <mjj29@debian.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed Dec 10 09:22, Paul Waring wrote:
>>> On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 09:38:34PM +0000, Neil Williams wrote:
>>>> I found it a lot easier to concentrate on actually fixing bugs
>>>> during Extremadura than I do at home and I'd like to see if UK
>>>> developers could get together to get Lenny out of the door before
>>>> FOSDEM.
>>>>
>>>> How many people have time off around Xmas that isn't full of
>>>> family visits and what not?
>>> I'd be interested, though only if it was possible to participate
>>> over IRC or some other virtual mechanism as just getting to/from
>>> Cambridge would use up half the hours in a day.
> 
> I find the opposite is true - just participating via IRC means that
> things at home interfere with actually getting things fixed and the
> wasted time is then interspersed throughout the day(s) and actually
> accounts for more time overall. Nobody is accountable over IRC, you can
> wander away at any moment - it's easier to keep the concentration when
> others are in the same room.

Well, like anything else it's a trade off - IRC offers 0 minutes 
travelling time with a high potential for distraction, arriving in 
person requires 8+ hours travelling time with very little potential for 
distraction.

Paul

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