Felix Singer submitted this change.
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 To avoid having outdated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>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/56031
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Nico Huber <nico.h@gmx.de>
Reviewed-by: Edward O'Callaghan <quasisec@chromium.org>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/68059
---
M README
M flashrom.8.tmpl
M flashrom.c
3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README b/README
index b5ed946..cd2a927 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -182,10 +182,6 @@
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 143d76c..37e8398 100644
--- a/flashrom.8.tmpl
+++ b/flashrom.8.tmpl
@@ -1146,24 +1146,13 @@
.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" .
+You can report bugs, ask us questions or send success reports
+via our communication channels listed here:
+.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 51f9721..2213da1 100644
--- a/flashrom.c
+++ b/flashrom.c
@@ -1940,16 +1940,16 @@
#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 to the mailing list at flashrom@flashrom.org or on\n"
+ "IRC (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 to the mailing list at flashrom@flashrom.org or on IRC (see\n"
+ "https://www.flashrom.org/Contact for details), thanks!\n");
}
static void emergency_help_message(void)
@@ -1957,14 +1957,14 @@
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("Get help on IRC (see https://www.flashrom.org/Contact) or mail\n"
+ "flashrom@flashrom.org with the subject \"FAILED: <your board name>\"!"
"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\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 to the mailing list at flashrom@flashrom.org or\n"
+ "on IRC (see https://www.flashrom.org/Contact for details), thanks!\n");
}
/* The way to go if you want a delimited list of programmers */
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