Hi, Emily Shaffer wrote[0]: > Seems like there's been some kerfuffle with Freenode staff and new > ownership[1][2][3]. What does this mean for Git project? I think #git > on Freenode isn't maintained by Git developers directly, right? https://gitirc.eu/ involved a lot of work by Jan Krüger (thanks!), so cc-ing him since he likely knows who else is active there. [...] > We do > theoretically keep up #git-devel on Freenode, though it's largely > silent. Should we be worrying? Migrating? The main practical struggle on #git-devel has been spam. I don't know that any particular IRC network is better at spam prevention than others. It looks like most of the Freenode admins have moved to https://libera.chat/, so that would be a close equivalent. Another alternative is OFTC <https://www.oftc.net/>, which is used by irc.debian.org, for example. There are also other real-time chat programs such as Zulip (open source, used in Outreachy), Discord (used by LLVM), and Slack (used by Chromium); each has its benefits and flaws. Thanks, Jonathan [0] https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAJoAoZ=e62sceNpcR5L5zjsj177uczTnXjcAg+BbOoOkeH8vXQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > [1] https://boingboing.net/2021/05/19/freenode-irc-staff-quit-after-new-owner-seizes-control.html > [2] https://gist.github.com/joepie91/df80d8d36cd9d1bde46ba018af497409 > [3] https://fuchsnet.ch/freenode-resign-letter.txt
