| Umbrello UML Modeller: A Diagramming Programme for the Unified Modelling Language Developed Using Bazaar Methods; BSc Honuors Dissertation, Final Report; University of Stirling, Department of Computing Science and Mathematics; April 2003 | ||
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Internet chat is used by many projects to allow for an interaction not possible through e-mail. Trivial problems can be asked about and solved almost instantly while more lengthy ideas can be discussed at length bouncing ideas off each other. I proposed an IRC channel for Umbrello which would be used for discussing development ideas and helping users but there was little interest. There are simply not enough developers to justify an IRC channel and the volume of traffic on the developers list is small enough for people to follow without having to catch up on the day's news. However I did make extensive use of IRC for talking to KDE developers, asking questions where I could not find the answers in documentation or mailing list archives, and especially for discussing the technical details of the integration of Umbrello into KDE.