Collaborating on an open source software project is inherently an online experience. For me, almost all of my interaction has been via email. I’ll send someone a patch, and they’ll review it and reply to me. Or a user will file a bug, and I’ll respond to it via the bug tracker. More commonly, developers in the open source community will discuss ideas via the email list.read more

Source: LXer – Meeting for the first time after 26 years of open source collaboration