Looks like they have deprecated 'irc.freenode.net' but kept (or have now added) a DNS CNAME:
j...@thunder:~$ dig irc.freenode.net ; <<>> DiG 9.5.1-P2 <<>> irc.freenode.net ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 35348 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 18, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;irc.freenode.net. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: irc.freenode.net. 44 IN CNAME chat.freenode.net. chat.freenode.net. 44 IN A 213.232.93.3 chat.freenode.net. 44 IN A 216.155.130.130 chat.freenode.net. 44 IN A 216.165.191.52 chat.freenode.net. 44 IN A 86.65.39.15 chat.freenode.net. 44 IN A 89.16.176.16 chat.freenode.net. 44 IN A 92.61.33.10 [...] Krzysztof Klimonda wrote: > Well, I have confirmed it as the main rotation DNS is indeed > chat.freenode.net. But irc.freenode.net is also used, it also appear in > freenode documentation (for example: > http://freenode.net/using_the_network.shtml). That page is directly contradicting the other page: http://freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml I tend to believe the latter. > I haven't heard anything > that could make me assume that "irc.freenode.net" address is going to be > disabled. It definitely isn't something worth fixing in Ubuntu itself, > better way would be to report it upstream. > OK, will try to report to telepathy. Cheers JP -- IRC default settings for FreeNode have incorrect server hostname https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/364433 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
