Oh definitely, and if I implied otherwise I did not mean to. I stopped developing open source software because I got tired of dealing with getting people in my

Oh definitely, and if I implied otherwise I did not mean to. I stopped developing open source software because I got tired of dealing with getting people in my email demanding things from me despite it just being a personal project to scratch an itch, so I understand that a developer may not have the time to set up infrastructure to offer a modern experience over IRC. If that's the case a project is in then I agree - actually developing the project is more important. It's more of a lament that things aren't the way that they were, not a demand that everybody cater to my preferences.