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Re:Win32 on macOS by ddevault on Saturday December 14, 2019 @09:15AM (#21789588)
All of the replies to your comment seem to be pointing out that IRC can be logged, but they're missing the point. You shouldn't play catch-up on IRC. Any useful information to persist should flow into the docs or onto the mailing list. On IRC, no one is expected to stay abreast of discussions they were absent for.
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Re:Win32 on macOS by Rusky on Saturday December 14, 2019 @12:55PM (#21790880)
Long-term documentation is not the reason logs are useful. Asynchronous communication is the reason logs are useful.

That is, you can ping people who are offline, or with a flaky network connection (e.g. mobile, where you can't keep a consistent TCP stream open), and they can still see your message and a bit of context when they get back.

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Re:Win32 on macOS by yitchelle on Saturday December 14, 2019 @04:34PM (#21792432)
Long term documentation should be not be in any emails or IRC logs. It should be properly documented as a formal documentation. But that is different to coordinating a team.
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