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>>>>> On Wed, 16 Jun 2021, Michal Prívozník wrote: |
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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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>> Yes. IMHO Freenode is no longer a reasonable default. |
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> Why should we mangle with packages this way? I mean, to me Gentoo was |
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> one of the few distros that allowed real choice for users (systemd vs |
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> openrc, selinux or !selinux, etc.). We shouldn't be making choices on |
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> behalf of users. The best we can do is to open issues for whatever IRC |
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> client we have in portage to switch from freenode to something |
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> different. |
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This is merely about the _default_ network, not about taking away any |
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choices from users. |
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See my answer to question 2 (which you've conveniently omitted, |
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therefore restoring it here): |
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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 (but also don't re-add it if upstream decided to remove it). |
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> BTW: not everybody is switching from freenode to libera.chat. |
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A default is never about everybody, but about providing a good |
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configuration for the majority of users. |
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Ulrich |
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