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

Peter Korsgaard peter at korsgaard.com
Sat May 29 20:13:04 UTC 2021


>>>>> "Yann" == Yann E MORIN <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr> writes:

 > 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>

I am fine with moving to OFTC.

Acked-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter at korsgaard.com>

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard



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