the different discussion channels for the community are:
*the forum: http://openobject.com/forum/index.php
*the IRC chan: http://openobject.com/irc/
*launchpad: https://launchpad.net/openobject
*the plannet, to make announcements: http://openobject.com/planet/
*the blog, to list all API changes: http://openerp-code.blogspot.com/