Re: Should we do something with #git-devel on Freenode?

["Michal Suchánek" <msuchanek@suse.de>]

On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 12:08:07PM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Emily Shaffer wrote[0]:
> 
> > Seems like there's been some kerfuffle with Freenode staff and new
> > ownership[1][2][3]. What does this mean for Git project? I think #git
> > on Freenode isn't maintained by Git developers directly, right?
> 
> https://gitirc.eu/ involved a lot of work by Jan Krüger (thanks!), so
> cc-ing him since he likely knows who else is active there.
> 
> [...]
> >                                                             We do
> > theoretically keep up #git-devel on Freenode, though it's largely
> > silent. Should we be worrying? Migrating?
> 
> The main practical struggle on #git-devel has been spam.  I don't know
> that any particular IRC network is better at spam prevention than
> others.
> 
> It looks like most of the Freenode admins have moved to
> https://libera.chat/, so that would be a close equivalent.  Another
> alternative is OFTC <https://www.oftc.net/>, which is used by
> irc.debian.org, for example.
> 
> There are also other real-time chat programs such as Zulip (open
> source, used in Outreachy), Discord (used by LLVM), and Slack (used by
> Chromium); each has its benefits and flaws.

Or Matrix used by Mozilla, GNOME, and others.

Unlike the others Matrix intends to be not just a chat application
(opensource or proprietary) but open standard which has multiple
implementetions of both the server and the client.

In that way it is the most flexible option allowing communication
between people with different UX preferences.

Thanks

Michal