Re: [9front] Questions about community dynamics

[Jacob Moody <moody@posixcafe.org>]

On 9/23/23 17:53, ieliedonge@wilsonb.com wrote:
> How do things generally get decided around here: e.g. patches merged, meetings
> planned, etc?
> 
> I'm mostly just trying to get a feel for the de facto social dynamics here.
> After lurking on the mailing list for a while, there are obviously a lot of
> highly intelligent, curious, and thoughtful people. At the same time, I also
> see some of loud voices that drown out the former.
> 
> Is there any kind of facilitation that goes on in the background?

Can you expand on what you mean by this?

> 
> Personally, I don't have the time or energy to deal with highly combatant
> collaborators and am pretty sure I'm not alone in that sentiment. We get enough
> of that kind of thing at work! :P
> 
> I really like playing around with Plan 9 and would be sad if the community
> really is as unwelcoming as has felt so far on the mailing list. The ML is
> obviously a particular cross-section, so maybe I'm just misreading the room?
> 
> Anyway, happy hacking!