On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 5:49 PM Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote:
> Could someone provide more background on this event? Are there wars going > on between different IRC providers?!? > Not really a war between them, more like a split community. A change of administration on Freenode (which led to practically all the staff, all of them volunteers, resigning) followed by policy changes many people disagree with. The staff that left Freenode started a new network instead, which is libera.chat. The policy changes and the behaviour of the new staff on Freenode are problematic for a number of reasons, so the move to libera.chat is pretty much a no-brainer. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/freenode-irc-has-been-taken-over-by-the-crown-prince-of-korea/ has some of the backstory, and there's https://gist.github.com/joepie91/df80d8d36cd9d1bde46ba018af497409 with more details on what went wrong, as well as observations like https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/1397384190644002818 > > On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 6:43 AM Victor Stinner <vstin...@python.org> > wrote: > >> By the way, #python also moved to Libera Chat: >> https://www.pound-python.org/ >> >> The PSF (Group Contact) owns #python*, #pypa* and #psf* channels on >> Libera. >> >> I updated the IRC informations in the Python devguide. >> >> I'm still migrating #python-dev-notifs bots to Libera. >> >> Victor >> >> On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 12:46 PM Victor Stinner <vstin...@python.org> >> wrote: >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > The #python-dev IRC channel moves from Freenode to Libera Chat: >> > https://libera.chat/ I'm connected as vstinner, see you there ;-) Join >> > the channel if you would like to talk about the development of Python >> > itself (the VM, bytecode, stdlib, etc.)! >> > >> > Moreover, bots notifications (GitHub, buildbots, bugs.python.org) are >> > now in a new dedicated channel #python-dev-notifs so humans can talk >> > together again! :-) The migration is on-going, right now some >> > notifications are still on Freenode. >> > >> > -- >> > >> > Yesterday evening, Freenode admins decided to take the control of the >> > #python-fr channel on Freenode (which now redirects to a new >> > ##python-fr channel), only because the channel topic contained >> > "libera"! The french Python association ("AFPy") managing #python-fr >> > lost control and decided to migrate to Libera Chat (libera.chat). >> > Announcement in french: >> > https://www.afpy.org/posts/actualites/1622023152 >> > >> > I'm disappointed by how the events are going. At least, it motivated >> > me to move bots notfications ;-) >> > >> > Victor >> > -- >> > Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. >> >> >> >> -- >> Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ >> Message archived at >> https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/R3YTKHTUPMF3W5UH2YP4ACXHBXTQLQUE/ >> Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >> > > > -- > --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) > *Pronouns: he/him **(why is my pronoun here?)* > <http://feministing.com/2015/02/03/how-using-they-as-a-singular-pronoun-can-change-the-world/> > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/IAIOXCDC32BB5OSEK6HUEU244EW7B6DT/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > -- Thomas Wouters <tho...@python.org> Hi! I'm an email virus! Think twice before sending your email to help me spread!
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