Resources for Pkgsrc

[Swift Griggs <swiftgriggs%gmail.com@localhost>]

https://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/developers-guide.html

When folks who are pkgsrc committers want definitive documentation on 
pkgsrc do they use this? Is it more or less up to date? I'm thinking I 
should read it "cover to cover" because I want to become more savvy at 
fixing my own pkgsrc woes etc... I also want to understand more of the 
nuances of problems which are discussed on the list.

Given the number of changes I see in CVS, I also am wondering:

Do folks coordinate mainly on the list or on IRC ? Which channels? 
freenode->netbsd ?

Are the high-impact changes (new compilers, new standards, etc..) made 
"out in the open" or do they mostly happen on IRC or with just a small 
cadre of folks discussing it off list?

Basically, I'm trying to square the large amount of work that gets done 
with the moderate to low amount of traffic on the list. You guys are all 
action right? *grin*

-Swift