Communication

[DJ Delorie]

On Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at 6:54 AM Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org> wrote:
> Instead you retreated to some off-list meeting

I think this statement indicates a problem we need to solve.  Yes,
we're all old-school curmudgeons who prefer email, but the rest of the
world differs.  To them, WE are the ones retreating to some obscure
mailing list, and they wonder why we hide our conversations there,
instead of in an open web forum like everyone else.  Ours is not the
only perspective.

I strongly feel that we need to be open to other forms of
communication besides plain text email or we risk the project
suffering a lack of community when the old farts retire.

Full disclosure: I'm an old fart, and I'm approaching retirement, and
I generally only read the mailing lists.  That doesn't mean I can't
see the bigger picture and hope for a better future for glibc.