Freenode IRC

[Mark Anderson]

I think I favor option B. But I don't have to maintain it. I would
prefer not to go to something like slack, but one of the more modern IRC
replacements when I can at least read history is nice. So rocket chat? Or
gitter?

—Mark
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On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 1:58 PM Rainer Müller <raimue at macports.org> wrote:

> On 19/05/2021 15.43, Marius Schamschula wrote:
> > It has come to my attention, on Twitter, that freenode.net
> > <http://freenode.net>, were MacPorts hosts it’s IRC channels, is having
> > some serious issues [1]. The admins have resigned and control may now be
> > in questionable hands.
>
> Right, we need to take action and move away from Freenode. This also
> opens a few opportunities for us on how to go forward.
>
>
> a) Move #macports to Libera.Chat
> While there are also other IRC networks, the new Libera.Chat appears to
> become the direct successor of Freenode. Many projects are moving right
> now.
>
> b) Declare RocketChat as official chat
> We already have a RocketChat instance at chat.macports.org, which has
> been running for a while in parallel and we already gathered a few
> users. [1]
>
> c) Evaluate further options
> IRC is old, lacks modern features. Self-hosted RocketChat requires
> regular maintenance. Matrix could be another federated alternative.
>
>
> Rainer
>
> [1] The RocketChat #general channel is supposed to be bridged to the IRC
>     channel, but this is broken at the moment.
>     See https://trac.macports.org/ticket/62908
>
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