[coreboot] Re: What should we do about freenode IRC services?

[Angel Pons]

Hi list,

On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 12:39 AM Stefan Reinauer
 wrote:
> On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 6:01 AM Patrick Georgi via coreboot  wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > you might have heard that freenode.org recently changed management under
> > weird circumstances. Given that we use their services for our project
> > chat, this concerns us as well.
> >
> > In last week's leadership meeting we had a wide variety of opinions: To
> > go for libera.chat (a network created by former freenode staff), some
> > other IRC network, to leave IRC behind and go for something newer and
> > Matrix and Mattermost have been brought up as examples of where this
> > might lead. Of course, we could also decide to stay on freenode,
> > although from what transpires that option seems less and less attractive
> > every day.
> >
> > So, what should we do?

I'd suggest moving to Libera. I think the Matrix bridge to Libera is
running now.
> As we are present on a number of social media, I want to throw in another option - which some folks will love, and others will hate - and that's perfectly fine. This community has grown enough that there will never be a one size fits all again:
>
> Discord
>
> It can both be accessed in a web browser or through a mobile app. I started a "Discord Server" for us there. If you want to come check it out, join us through https://discord.gg/JqT8NM5Zbg

Sure, we can have both IRC and Discord.
> Stefan
> > Regards,
> > Patrick

On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 9:23 AM Urja Rannikko  wrote:
> > > Currently, on libera there are 46 people and on OFTC 2 people (me included).
> > >
> > > So I would say let's move to libera.
> >
> > Agreed. Let’s do what most members in #coreboot users already did.
>
> +1
>
> I know I'm not a regular contributor or anything, but fwiw currently
> the only channels keeping me connected to freenode are #coreboot and
> #flashrom (I assume flashrom will just tag along where coreboot goes),
> so .. let's go, we've watched this long enough.

Yes, definitely. It wouldn't make sense to have #coreboot on one IRC
server and #flashrom on another.
>

Best regards,
Angel