Freenode IRC

[Mark Anderson]

If we do stick with IRC, ZNC is exactly what I'm looking for, so thank you
very much. I'm not sure I'm 100% behind IRC, but I'll follow the
prevailing decisions.


—Mark
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On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 2:25 PM Andrew Janke <floss at apjanke.net> wrote:

> Have you considered using ZNC or another IRC "bouncer"? It'll retain and
> replay history for you so you can get offline messages and have a
> consistent message history between computers and devices. Pretty easy to
> install if you have a Linux server somewhere, and hardly uses any resources.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew
>
> On 5/19/21 2:02 PM, Mark Anderson wrote:
>
> 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
> _______________________
> Mark E. Anderson <mark at macports.org>
> MacPorts Trac WikiPage <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/mark>
> GitHub Profile <https://github.com/markemer>
>
>
>
> 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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