[Buildroot] [PATCH] docs: move the IRC channel away from Freenode

[Vincent Fazio]

All,

On 5/22/21 2:40 PM, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> Due to the recent events at Frenode [0], the channel has become a bit
> unreliable (much spammed), and users have started to move away already,
> as quite a few other projects have moved their IRC presence away from
> Freenode.
>
> There are a few alternatives. The first to spring to mond, is the new
> libera.chat network [1], managed by the previous Freenode staff, so we
> could expect quite a good experience there. However, it is a very yong
> network. The second well known alternative is the long-established OFTC,
> which has been very reliable in its 20 years of existence.
>
> So, let's move to OFTC, just because it has a track-record of robustness
> (which Libera.Chat still has to build, for being young).
>
> Note: there are a lot of other IRC networks, some very good too, but we
> probably would be much off-topic on most of them.
>
> [0] https://lwn.net/Articles/856543/
> [1] https://libera.chat/
> [2] https://www.oftc.net/
>
> Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
> Cc: Peter Korsgaard <peter at korsgaard.com>
> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com>
> Cc: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout at mind.be>
Acked-By: Vincent Fazio <vfazio at xes-inc.com>

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Vincent Fazio
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Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc
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