And why don't you just do the right thing and drop these semi-closed-source stuff and use XMPP, about the only free/GPLed messenger service. It has: - no central provider - no central servers - server software free for anyone to install - lots of free xmpp services around - crypted or not crypted on user choice -> https://xmpp.org/ You use email, why? -- Regards, Stephan On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 21:41:11 +0530 Amar Tumballi <amar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > We (at least many developers and some users) actively use Slack at > https://gluster.slack.com > > While I agree that it's not a free/open alternative to IRC, it does get > many questions answered, and also gets communication happen related to the > project. > > Regards, > Amar > > > On Mon, 7 Jun, 2021, 9:27 pm Jordan Erickson, < > jerickson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I'm relatively new to the community but I would vote for having a point > > of presence on libera.chat, or OFTC as some other F/OSS projects are > > moving there as an alternative. I use IRC daily for supporting my own > > projects as well as related projects such as GlusterFS. Personally I > > hadn't heard of Matrix until the whole Freenode fiasco happened, so I > > would imagine others may be in the same boat. Anyway, just my $0.02 :) > > > > > > Cheers, > > Jordan Erickson > > > > > > On 6/7/21 5:51 AM, Anoop C S wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I hope many of us are aware of the recent changes that happened at > > > Freenode IRC network(in case you are not, feel free to look into > > > details based on various resignation letters from long-time then > > > Freenode staff starting with [1]). In the light of this take over > > > situation, many open source communities have moved over to its > > > replacement i.e, libera.chat[2]. > > > > > > Now I would like to open this up to GlusterFS community to think about > > > moving forward with our current IRC channels(#gluster, #gluster-dev and > > > #gluster-meeting) on Freenode. How important are those channels for > > > GlusterFS project? How about moving over to libera.chat in case we > > > stick to IRC communication? > > > > > > Let's discuss and conclude on the way forward.. > > > > > > Note:- Matrix[3] platform is also an option nowadays and we do have a > > > Gluster room(#gluster:matrix.org) there ! welcome..welcome :-) > > > > > > Regards, > > > Anoop C S > > > > > > > > > [1] https://fuchsnet.ch/freenode-resign-letter.txt > > > [2] https://libera.chat/ > > > [3] https://matrix.org/ > > > > > > ________ > > > > > > > > > > > > Community Meeting Calendar: > > > > > > Schedule - > > > Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 14:30 IST / 09:00 UTC > > > Bridge: https://meet.google.com/cpu-eiue-hvk > > > Gluster-users mailing list > > > Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > https://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users > > > > > > > -- > > Jordan Erickson (PGP: 0x78DD41CB) > > Logical Networking Solutions, 707-636-5678 > > ________ > > > > > > > > Community Meeting Calendar: > > > > Schedule - > > Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 14:30 IST / 09:00 UTC > > Bridge: https://meet.google.com/cpu-eiue-hvk > > Gluster-users mailing list > > Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx > > https://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users > > ________ Community Meeting Calendar: Schedule - Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 14:30 IST / 09:00 UTC Bridge: https://meet.google.com/cpu-eiue-hvk Gluster-users mailing list Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users
