[jjrh]

> This sounds more like "the vast majority of software developers like me" and I'm not sure how much value there is in debating something like that. Mark me down for "disagree".

I'm not a fan of this, but lets not act like A LOT of new projects aren't going in this direction because they are.

> the suggestions are so far-fetched as to be laughable.

Yeah, considering git still is a source of contention on the list changing anything in their process seems nuts.

> I have, in the past, skipped over projects when the only means of contribution or discussion is "sign up for our Slack/Gitter/etc. channel".

I understand - and i'm not a fan, but that goes both ways - lot of folks have skipped over projects when the primary forms of communication are mailing lists/irc - stuff that is foreign to them or seems like a hassle.

I do think that stuff like emacs does get hurt by their processes - moving to git was a big step. The devel list is less than welcoming and at times very hostile.