Working on a project such Open [1] as OpenStack [2], IRC is the way to go for meetings &amp; quick discussions ore following-up a bug or an urgent thing, that need to be synchronized.
For everything else (async), Mailing-List allows anyone to be part of any discussion in this Open project. It brings sanity and consistency in the way a community can communicate across different timezones &amp; work schedule.
If you like and respect Open-Source, you&#x27;ll mix IRC &amp; Mailing-list carefuly.<p>Thanks Chris for this blog, I totally agree with you on this one.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.openstack.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Open" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.openstack.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Open</a>
[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.openstack.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Main_Page" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.openstack.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Main_Page</a>