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> On 16 Jun 2021, at 16:12, Sam James <sam@g.o> wrote: |
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>> On 16 Jun 2021, at 10:13, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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> The only case not covered by your questions is where an IRC client |
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> might autojoin #gentoo@libera (Smuxi does this with #smuxi) in which |
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> case we want to update it. |
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>> 1. Should we be proactively changing the default network in IRC clients |
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>> (provided they have one) from Freenode to Libera.chat? |
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> No, I think this is a bit too opinionated. The exception would be if upstream |
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> made made this change but it's not yet in a release. |
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On reflection, I think I'd be okay with this if other people wanted it. All |
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channel + nick registrations are gone and it's not likely that the official |
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channel for $project is there anymore. |
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> What we may want to do is add a one-off elog about Gentoo's support |
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> services being on Libera and/or a link to our page about this: |
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> https://www.gentoo.org/get-involved/irc-channels/ |
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>> 1a. If yes, then should we also make a change if clients default to |
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>> network other than Freenode? |
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> N/A. |
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>> 2. Should we be proactively *removing* Freenode from the network list |
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>> in IRC clients (provided they have one)? |
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> No, this is too opinionated and some channels are staying there (even if |
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> they'll move later). |
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>> 2a. Should we be adding Libera.chat to the list even if we do not remove |
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>> Freenode? |
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> Yes, as it's a new and very prominent network and most IRC clients don't seem to have had |
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> a new release since its birth. |
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> thanks, |
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> sam |
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