Anastasia Klimchuk has submitted this change. ( https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/75192 )
Change subject: doc: Add info about Discord channel ......................................................................
doc: Add info about Discord channel
The patch adds information about Discord #flashrom channel. Because there are now two different real-time channels, the page is re-structured to have "Real time chats" section and information about Discord and IRC inside "Real time chats".
Change-Id: Ide57b8d04bd805cf42e402a79653e0b051a477da Signed-off-by: Anastasia Klimchuk aklm@chromium.org Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/75192 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) no-reply@coreboot.org Reviewed-by: Angel Pons th3fanbus@gmail.com Reviewed-by: Thomas Heijligen src@posteo.de --- M doc/contact.rst 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
Approvals: build bot (Jenkins): Verified Thomas Heijligen: Looks good to me, approved Angel Pons: Looks good to me, approved
diff --git a/doc/contact.rst b/doc/contact.rst index 3a29c24..3411ce0 100644 --- a/doc/contact.rst +++ b/doc/contact.rst @@ -31,26 +31,39 @@ If your mail contains any BIOS images or F segment dumps (instead of links which are fine), the mail will be rejected for legal reasons (we do not have the right to distribute BIOS images).
+Real time chats +--------------- + +Flashrom has real time channels where you have the chance to talk to people being involved or interested in the project. +Most of the discussion is about flashrom development, contributions, tech talk and user help. + +You are welcome to join and discuss current and future flashrom development, ideas and contributions. + +If you have a problem and would like to get help, don't ask for help. Instead, just **explain** your problem right away, +and make sure to **describe** the situation as much as possible, so that other people can understand you and provide meaningful answers. +Otherwise, others have to ask or guess the details of your problem, which is frustrating for both parties. + +Should you need to paste lots of text (more than three lines), please use a `paste service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastebin`_. +For flashrom logs, feel free to use `paste.flashrom.org https://paste.flashrom.org`_. +Other good paste services are `ix.io http://ix.io/`_, `paste.rs https://paste.rs/`_, `bpaste.net https://bpaste.net/`_, +`gist.github.com https://gist.github.com/`_ and `dpaste.com http://dpaste.com/`_. + +Questions on `coreboot https://coreboot.org`_, `OpenBIOS http://www.openbios.info/`_, firmware and related topics are welcome in **#coreboot** on the same server. + IRC ---- -Some of the flashrom developers and users hang out in the `#flashrom irc://irc.libera.chat/#flashrom`_ +""" + +You can join `#flashrom irc://irc.libera.chat/#flashrom`_ channel on the `Libera.chat https://www.libera.chat/`_ `IRC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat`_ network. If you don't have an IRC client, you can use the Libera.chat `webchat https://web.libera.chat/#flashrom`_.
**#flashrom** channel is bridged to `Matrix https://matrix.org/`_. If you would like to join, you can use `this invite link https://matrix.to/#/#flashrom:libera.chat`_.
-Here you have the chance to talk to people being involved or interested in this project. -Most of the discussion is tech talk and user help. - Do note that IRC's nature has a significant effect on conversations. People from all over the world can join this channel with many different cultures and timezones. Most people are in the `CET timezone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_Time`_, so the channel may be very quiet during `CET nighttime https://time.is/CET`_.
-If you have a problem and would like to get help, don't ask for help. Instead, just **explain** your problem right away, -and make sure to **describe** the situation as much as possible, so that other people can understand you and provide meaningful answers. -Otherwise, others have to ask or guess the details of your problem, which is frustrating for both parties. - If you receive no replies, **please be patient**. After all, silence is better than getting replied with `"IDK" https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/IDK`_. Frequently, somebody knows the answer, but hasn't checked IRC yet. In any case, please **do not leave the channel while waiting for an answer!** @@ -64,12 +77,11 @@ Instead of sending lots of tiny messages with only about two words, prefer using longer sentences, spaces and punctuation symbols. If reading and understanding your messages is easy, replying to them is also easy.
-Should you need to paste lots of text (more than three lines), please use a `paste service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastebin`_. -For flashrom logs, feel free to use `paste.flashrom.org https://paste.flashrom.org`_. -Other good paste services are `ix.io http://ix.io/`_, `paste.rs https://paste.rs/`_, `bpaste.net https://bpaste.net/`_, -`gist.github.com https://gist.github.com/`_ and `dpaste.com http://dpaste.com/`_. +Discord +"""""""
-Questions on `coreboot https://coreboot.org`_, `OpenBIOS http://www.openbios.info/`_, firmware and related topics are welcome in **#coreboot** on the same server. +Flashrom Discord channel is hosted on coreboot's server. Once you join, you will be able to see all coreboot's and flashrom's channels in one place. +To join, use the `invite link https://discord.gg/dgcrkwVyeR`_.
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