Angel Pons has uploaded this change for review.
Replace freenode references
The flashrom project no longer uses freenode. To avoid having outdated
man pages in the future, the contact methods are now listed in the wiki.
Change-Id: I75e8f43c50dc4c3feede0250334a877cdaac8103
Signed-off-by: Angel Pons <th3fanbus@gmail.com>
---
M README
M flashrom.8.tmpl
M flashrom.c
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
git pull ssh://review.coreboot.org:29418/flashrom refs/changes/31/56031/1
diff --git a/README b/README
index 4e7bd4f..71e8735 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -183,10 +183,6 @@
http://www.flashrom.org/
-The IRC channel is
+Available contact methods are
- #flashrom at irc.freenode.net
-
-The mailing list address is
-
- flashrom@flashrom.org
+ https://www.flashrom.org/Contact
diff --git a/flashrom.8.tmpl b/flashrom.8.tmpl
index 228e17b..3dd9a45 100644
--- a/flashrom.8.tmpl
+++ b/flashrom.8.tmpl
@@ -1454,24 +1454,12 @@
.B "/etc/rc.securelevel"
and rebooting, or rebooting into single user mode.
.SH BUGS
-Please report any bugs to the
-.MTOB "flashrom@flashrom.org" "flashrom mailing list" .
+Please report any bugs using one of the contact methods at
+.URLB "https://www.flashrom.org/Contact" "" .
.sp
-We recommend to subscribe first at
-.URLB "https://flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom" "" .
-.sp
-Many of the developers communicate via the
-.B "#flashrom"
-IRC channel on
-.BR chat.freenode.net .
-If you don't have an IRC client, you can use the
-.URLB http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=flashrom "freenode webchat" .
-You are welcome to join and ask questions, send us bug and success reports there
-too. Please provide a way to contact you later (e.g.\& a mail address) and be
-patient if there is no immediate reaction. Also, we provide a
+Also, we provide a
.URLB https://paste.flashrom.org "pastebin service"
-that is very useful when you want to share logs etc.\& without spamming the
-channel.
+that is very useful to share logs without spamming the communication channels.
.SS
.B Laptops
.sp
diff --git a/flashrom.c b/flashrom.c
index 6cc899f..a6f0b8b 100644
--- a/flashrom.c
+++ b/flashrom.c
@@ -1546,16 +1546,14 @@
#if CONFIG_INTERNAL == 1
if (programmer == &programmer_internal)
msg_gerr("This means we have to add special support for your board, programmer or flash\n"
- "chip. Please report this on IRC at chat.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or\n"
- "mail flashrom@flashrom.org, thanks!\n"
+ "chip. Please report this (see https://www.flashrom.org/Contact for details), thanks!\n"
"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
"You may now reboot or simply leave the machine running.\n");
else
#endif
msg_gerr("Please check the connections (especially those to write protection pins) between\n"
"the programmer and the flash chip. If you think the error is caused by flashrom\n"
- "please report this on IRC at chat.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or\n"
- "mail flashrom@flashrom.org, thanks!\n");
+ "please report this (see https://www.flashrom.org/Contact for details), thanks!\n");
}
static void emergency_help_message(void)
@@ -1563,14 +1561,13 @@
msg_gerr("Your flash chip is in an unknown state.\n");
#if CONFIG_INTERNAL == 1
if (programmer == &programmer_internal)
- msg_gerr("Get help on IRC at chat.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or\n"
- "mail flashrom@flashrom.org with the subject \"FAILED: <your board name>\"!\n"
+ msg_gerr("Refer to https://www.flashrom.org/Contact on how to get help. Please specify\n"
+ "your board name when asking for help!\n"
"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
"DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF!\n");
else
#endif
- msg_gerr("Please report this on IRC at chat.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or\n"
- "mail flashrom@flashrom.org, thanks!\n");
+ msg_gerr("Please report this (see https://www.flashrom.org/Contact for details), thanks!\n");
}
void list_programmers_linebreak(int startcol, int cols, int paren)
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