Clarify that xen-devel is the only official communication channel.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xilinx.com>

diff --git a/source/communication-practice.rst b/source/communication-practice.rst
index 70f5b8c..356df7a 100644
--- a/source/communication-practice.rst
+++ b/source/communication-practice.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,22 @@ This guide provides communication Best Practice that helps you in
 * Being aware of your own and counterpart’s communication style and culture
 * Show empathy towards other community members
 
+Communication Channels
+======================
+
+All important communications and messages should be sent to the
+`xen-devel <10_>`_ mailing list, which is the only official channel for
+code submissions, acks, code reviews, and decision-making.
+
+In the modern connected world there are several other communication
+channels available at any given time, including online meetings and IRC.
+Xen Project has an IRC channel named #xendevel on the OFTC network where
+some of the regular contributors and maintainers can be found. However,
+discussions on media other than the xen-devel mailing list should be
+summarized and sent to xen-devel to reach a wider audience, for
+record-keeping, and to make code submissions, acks, and code reviews
+official.
+
 Code reviews for **reviewers** and **patch authors**
 ====================================================
 
@@ -576,3 +592,4 @@ how to avoid and resolve issues.
 .. _6: https://xenproject.org/help/irc/
 .. _8: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Meyer
 .. _9: https://www.nsf.gov/attachments/134059/public/15LFW_WorkingWithMulticulturalTeams_LarsonC.pdf
+.. _10: https://lists.xenproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel

On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 03:59:51PM -0700, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> Clarify that xen-devel is the only official communication channel.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xilinx.com>
> 
> diff --git a/source/communication-practice.rst b/source/communication-practice.rst
> index 70f5b8c..356df7a 100644
> --- a/source/communication-practice.rst
> +++ b/source/communication-practice.rst
> @@ -9,6 +9,22 @@ This guide provides communication Best Practice that helps you in
>  * Being aware of your own and counterpart’s communication style and culture
>  * Show empathy towards other community members
>  
> +Communication Channels
> +======================
> +
> +All important communications and messages should be sent to the
> +`xen-devel <10_>`_ mailing list, which is the only official channel for
> +code submissions, acks, code reviews, and decision-making.
> +
> +In the modern connected world there are several other communication
> +channels available at any given time, including online meetings and IRC.
> +Xen Project has an IRC channel named #xendevel on the OFTC network where

I would avoid mentioning #xendevel and OFTC explicitly. We had to move
networks recently and it's easy to miss this instance and thus become
stale.

The rest LGTM.

Thanks, Roger.

On Mon, 25 Oct 2021, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 03:59:51PM -0700, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > Clarify that xen-devel is the only official communication channel.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xilinx.com>
> > 
> > diff --git a/source/communication-practice.rst b/source/communication-practice.rst
> > index 70f5b8c..356df7a 100644
> > --- a/source/communication-practice.rst
> > +++ b/source/communication-practice.rst
> > @@ -9,6 +9,22 @@ This guide provides communication Best Practice that helps you in
> >  * Being aware of your own and counterpart’s communication style and culture
> >  * Show empathy towards other community members
> >  
> > +Communication Channels
> > +======================
> > +
> > +All important communications and messages should be sent to the
> > +`xen-devel <10_>`_ mailing list, which is the only official channel for
> > +code submissions, acks, code reviews, and decision-making.
> > +
> > +In the modern connected world there are several other communication
> > +channels available at any given time, including online meetings and IRC.
> > +Xen Project has an IRC channel named #xendevel on the OFTC network where
> 
> I would avoid mentioning #xendevel and OFTC explicitly. We had to move
> networks recently and it's easy to miss this instance and thus become
> stale.
> 
> The rest LGTM.

Makes sense.