PTLs/TSC Members: I didn’t previously understand how a couple of things actually worked. After educating myself this morning following the PTL call, I’m now a bit confused about our use of the IRC for ONAP. I expect that I am not the only one similarly confused...
ISSUE: IRC is blocked at [insert company here] Are folks that are blocked using the freenode web client or are you using something else? In other words, if you go here do your connection fail? https://www.irccloud.com/irc/freenode/channel/onap-meeting <https://www.irccloud.com/irc/freenode/channel/onap-meeting>. The use of freenode has been proven to work in some of the most restrictive environments. No one here is aware of a situation where using this interface has not worked for the community on a global basis. IF THE ABOVE LINK DOES NOT WORK FOR YOU: Please send me a private message. Don’t "reply-all”. I will consolidate any responses and share with the list. ISSUE: Setting up new IRC channels This is something the community can and really should be taking the ownership of. IRC channels are automatically created whenever someone enters one for the first time; the LF does not need to create IRC channels for you. If you want the channel to be permanent, or if you would like the LF to add a meetbot then the person that created the channel needs to first register it with ChanServ and then open a ticket. If the channel is not registered, there is nothing we can do to assist. Currently the LF basically “owns” as many IRC channels as we can manage ourselves. This is not just for ONAP use, but across the board because A) we've had so many requests to create and manage channels from the opensource community over the years and B) we have our own need for channels within the LF. With regards to the comment about “paying out of pocket”, there is no cost to the community to use freenode. The LF doesn’t charge anyone for the bot either. So the use of this does not incur incremental costs, whereas almost every other messaging service is pay-to-play. As far as hipchat being free, indeed the application would be provided gratis to us from Atlassian, HOWEVER there would be ongoing costs incurred by the ONAP program for the LF to stand-up and support the service on an ongoing basis. Hopefully this helps provide some clarification that will help facilitate the discussion. Best Regards, -kenny Kenny Paul, Technical Program Manager [email protected] 510.766.5945
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