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From: Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Moving IRC provider
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:47:50
Message-Id: 8b4c83ad1001200547r480dd0b9q4402a5d95e54fe36@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Moving IRC provider by Ben de Groot
1 On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o> wrote:
2 > It is that time of the month again for Freenode, and I'm sure I'm not
3 > the only one whose patience with its continued failures is running
4 > out. About a year and a half ago there was a crisis that sparked
5 > interest in moving to OFTC, but action was never taken. How long are
6 > we going to continue to accept the failures of Freenode? And more
7 > importantly, what needs to happen for us to finally move to OFTC (or
8 > another network if that is preferred)?
9 >
10
11 The same thoughts went through my head, but upon reading about their
12 problems with js spam[1], and their plans to move to a new IRCD[2]
13 which has anti-spam capabilities, I say give them some more time.
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16 1. http://blog.freenode.net/2010/01/javascript-spam/
17 2. http://blog.freenode.net/2010/01/ircd-migration-sat-jan-30th-2010/
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19 --
20 ~Nirbheek Chauhan
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22 Gentoo GNOME+Mozilla Team